I slowed down eating processed food. I eat 3 to 6 eggs a day fried in butter for breakfast. Six on lifting days. Way more chicken and beef. Protein heavy diet. I have a garden for vegetables.
I need to tweek my diet some more and cut down some on Bourbon
and drinking to lose weight. But my health is greatly improved compared to 2-3 years ago.
Last year I began noticing symptoms of potential gout. Out of nowhere, my feet started hurting; it was as if I had stubbed my entire foot on the coffee table kind of pain.
It wasn't good, and it was in both feet.
It happened again after another beer-fueled weekend last November, so I stopped drinking completely and altered my diet to include less red meat.
That helped, but the discomfort was still present, so I talked to my Dr and got a script for Allopurinol (sp?), which also helped.
I was encroaching on 270 pounds and according to the BMI chart at my Dr's office, I'm too short.
I'm not a small guy at 6'3", but since I couldn't figure out how to get to 6'9", I decided to do something about it in the spring of '24.
I bought new tires and tuned up the old Cannondale road bike (which I hadn't ridden for about the past 5 years due to a knee injury and replacement surgery).
I ride most days now, with a 15 mile out-and-back to the beach as my short route, and a 32 mile ride as my preferred workout (when time, weather, etc. permits).
I've already logged in over 160 miles this month in only 5 workouts.
I have been riding routinely now since the spring and I have lost over 30 pounds without taking any meds or including any other workout routines.
I have WAY more energy these days and now I can probably safely discard the XXXL shirts & size 42 pants.
