Eric Blackway: Weight-Loss Program

"Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

Hi Eric,

Your weight story is pretty much the same as mine. I'm one of the least
knowledgable here, and I just proved it because I can't even spell
knowledgeable! Welcome on-board. Stick to your guns & you'll do just fine.

Mike

"Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

Hi Eric,

Your weight story is pretty much the same as mine. I'm one of the least
knowledgable here, and I just proved it because I can't even spell
knowledgeable! Welcome on-board. Stick to your guns & you'll do just fine.

Mike

"Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

Hi Eric,

Your weight story is pretty much the same as mine. I'm one of the least
knowledgable here, and I just proved it because I can't even spell
knowledgeable! Welcome on-board. Stick to your guns & you'll do just fine.

Mike

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

Welcome Eric🙂 You could not have come to a better place!

I wish you all the luck in the world

O

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

Welcome Eric🙂 You could not have come to a better place!

I wish you all the luck in the world

O

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

Welcome Eric🙂 You could not have come to a better place!

I wish you all the luck in the world

O

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

I know what it is like to live in that double life. Having a weight
problem makes you either a slob or the funny guy in the group. I find
that being around people and listening to these guys and gals that
weigh possible 110 pounds but call themselves fat just damn
irritating. They laugh at me and just call me fluffy or pleasantly
plump. What do they know?!? If they truely were fat they wouldn't
know how to handle it. I wish the best of luck to you and look
forward to seeing your posts.

asiegel

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

I know what it is like to live in that double life. Having a weight
problem makes you either a slob or the funny guy in the group. I find
that being around people and listening to these guys and gals that
weigh possible 110 pounds but call themselves fat just damn
irritating. They laugh at me and just call me fluffy or pleasantly
plump. What do they know?!? If they truely were fat they wouldn't
know how to handle it. I wish the best of luck to you and look
forward to seeing your posts.

asiegel

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

I know what it is like to live in that double life. Having a weight
problem makes you either a slob or the funny guy in the group. I find
that being around people and listening to these guys and gals that
weigh possible 110 pounds but call themselves fat just damn
irritating. They laugh at me and just call me fluffy or pleasantly
plump. What do they know?!? If they truely were fat they wouldn't
know how to handle it. I wish the best of luck to you and look
forward to seeing your posts.

asiegel

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

Go for it. Just remember that consistency and tenacity is the key.
Don't fall for your friends saying "just one time won't hurt"...

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

Go for it. Just remember that consistency and tenacity is the key.
Don't fall for your friends saying "just one time won't hurt"...

Eric said:

Hello, alt.support.diet.low-carb.

I'm 6'2", 33 years old, and this evening when I stepped on my brand-
new scale, I weighed 283 pounds, possibly my all-time high weight.

I have been overweight since the second grade and have been going up
and down in weight since I was 17. When I say "up and down in weight,"
I mean from 280 to 180, the lower number being close to where I want
to be.

Something has to change.

Slowly, over the years, I have come upon ways of doing this that work,
and ways that don't. Three of the ways that work are low-carb dieting,
writing, and reading, so here I am. Reading what others write about
this topic will be a fresh experience. Sharing what I write about
weight, food, and losing one while cutting back on the other is a
frightening idea, but I'm determined to go through with it.

In public, I come off as a perfectly reasonable individual with
exceptionally polished social skills. I'm one of those types who live
a double life, and my weight problem has always been a part of my
private life, in which I am a lunatic. There are reasons for this
duality, but hey, different strokes, as they say.

With this in mind, I feel obliged to warn regular readers of this
group that I'm not holding myself to even an NC-17 rating in this
thread. I've never flamed anyone without provocation and I don't
intend to start now, but I'm not just talking about language.

The story of my weight problem is the story of my life, and it's been
strange. Bits and pieces of it have been well beyond the brink of
garden-variety insanity. I'm going to do my best to be true to that.

So wish me luck, or not. Read, ignore, contribute, or not. Life is too
short and my problem is too pressing for me not to try everything to
do something real about it.

Go for it. Just remember that consistency and tenacity is the key.
Don't fall for your friends saying "just one time won't hurt"...

Jim said:

[ Do you think that you could be classified as an "emotional eater",
where you eat in response to emotions ? ]

Hell yeah. I could also be classified as a compulsive eater, a
carbohydrate addict, and in general, a screwed-up piece of damaged
goods.

Jim said:

[ Do you think that you could be classified as an "emotional eater",
where you eat in response to emotions ? ]

Hell yeah. I could also be classified as a compulsive eater, a
carbohydrate addict, and in general, a screwed-up piece of damaged
goods.

Jim said:

[ Do you think that you could be classified as an "emotional eater",
where you eat in response to emotions ? ]

Hell yeah. I could also be classified as a compulsive eater, a
carbohydrate addict, and in general, a screwed-up piece of damaged
goods.

H.L said:

Go for it. Just remember that consistency and tenacity is the key.
Don't fall for your friends saying "just one time won't hurt"...- Hide quoted text -

Thank you, and that sounds so familiar.

H.L said:

Go for it. Just remember that consistency and tenacity is the key.
Don't fall for your friends saying "just one time won't hurt"...- Hide quoted text -

Thank you, and that sounds so familiar.

H.L said:

Go for it. Just remember that consistency and tenacity is the key.
Don't fall for your friends saying "just one time won't hurt"...- Hide quoted text -

Thank you, and that sounds so familiar.

THE FIRST DAY

November 10, 12:38 pm

Well, I wrote my first post yesterday, so I'd better pony up today
with the particulars of my diet. First of all, morning weight-in. I
was at 279.0, 38.0% fat and 45.5% water. The scale gave me two pluses,
which means that I am OBESE. Something must be done, or I feel there's
a very real chance that the next step will be bariatric surgery. I
would like to avoid that, if I could.

I intend to eat eight ounces of cheese every day, along with a multi-
vitamin and 23 grams of additional protein from a wonderfully cheap
source of whey protein powder that I found at my local supermarket.
Eight ounces of cheese will give me 64 grams of protein every day.

In the first week, at least, I'm going to mix the powder with a cup of
whole milk, which will add 6 more grams of protein but 12 more grams
of carbohydrates. I'm also going to suck down some psyllium husk
laxative, to the tune of one full tablespoon, which adds 12 grams of
carbohydrates. The cheese will give me 8 more grams of carbohydrates
for a grand total, in my first week, of:

12 (laxative) + 12 (milk) + 8 (cheese) + 2 (protein powder) = 34 grams
of carbyhydrates

While protein will be at:

0 (laxative) + 8 (milk) + 64 (cheese) + 23(powder) = 95 grams of
protein

I'll swill all the Kool-Aid I can handle, sweetened with Splenda,
which means less than 1 gram of carbohydrates per half-gallon.

Yes, this diet composition is essentially a low-carbohydrate, protein-
sparing fast. I'm worried about potassium amounts and am going out
today to get my hands on a serious supplement, but does anyone else
see anything else that could kill me?