I was born on Easter Sunday, March 28 1937. Last Friday, March 28 2014, I turned 77.
My wife gave me a hot air popper for my birthday. Now I can snack on butter free, oil free popcorn in the evening when we watch an old time movie. My two daughters gave me a gift card to Rumbi's Grill and one to Deseret book.
Colleen (my wife) also paid for my lunch and dinner. We went to restaurants where I could stay on my diet. I wasn't even tempted to cheat. I am resolved to win the battle.
It has been a good week and I still feel good. Everything is going well. Thanks for everyone's support.
Forever strong in life,
Larry Strong
Monday, March 31, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Fourth Week Weigh In
I began the WFPB diet 4 weeks ago today on 24 February 2014. I then weighed 412 pounds. Today I weighed me and I now weigh 392 pounds. This is a loss of 20 pounds in 4 weeks for an average loss of 5 pounds a week.
When I began this diet I resolved to stay on it at least 3 month, no matter what. Then I would evaluate it based on 3 factors. First, will I lose weight on this diet. Second, do I have more energy and is my overall health improving. Third, will I be able to stay on this diet for the rest of my life or will the food be so bad that I can't adjust. To date I can give a resounding YES!!! to all three of these criteria. Thank you, thank you, thank you Jane Birch for helping me find the solution to a problem that has plagued me all my life. I really believe my diet dilemma has been solved.
Last Wednesday, March 19, was our 55th wedding anniversary. I told my wife I would take her out to eat any place she wanted and I would try to find something on the menu I could eat. She loves pizza so she picked the Pizza Pie Cafe. They have a salad bar so I took my bottle of fat free balsamic vinaigrette dressing and had a really nice salad. They also have a pasta bar so I had some whole wheat pasta and marinara sauce. Yummy, yummy.
Yesterday I had soup for lunch and again for dinner. It was Dr. McDougall's vegan soup. I had minestrone for lunch and chunky tomato for supper. They were both really good.
It has been a great month and I have a lot of hope for the future. Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments and prayers.
Forever strong in life,
Larry Strong
When I began this diet I resolved to stay on it at least 3 month, no matter what. Then I would evaluate it based on 3 factors. First, will I lose weight on this diet. Second, do I have more energy and is my overall health improving. Third, will I be able to stay on this diet for the rest of my life or will the food be so bad that I can't adjust. To date I can give a resounding YES!!! to all three of these criteria. Thank you, thank you, thank you Jane Birch for helping me find the solution to a problem that has plagued me all my life. I really believe my diet dilemma has been solved.
Last Wednesday, March 19, was our 55th wedding anniversary. I told my wife I would take her out to eat any place she wanted and I would try to find something on the menu I could eat. She loves pizza so she picked the Pizza Pie Cafe. They have a salad bar so I took my bottle of fat free balsamic vinaigrette dressing and had a really nice salad. They also have a pasta bar so I had some whole wheat pasta and marinara sauce. Yummy, yummy.
Yesterday I had soup for lunch and again for dinner. It was Dr. McDougall's vegan soup. I had minestrone for lunch and chunky tomato for supper. They were both really good.
It has been a great month and I have a lot of hope for the future. Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments and prayers.
Forever strong in life,
Larry Strong
Monday, March 17, 2014
Three Weeks Gone
I have been on the WFPB diet for three weeks.
Last week we went to the grocery store to buy the ingredients for three home prepared meals. They are from Jeff Novick's fast food list. The three meals we prepared were Curried Indian Potato Stew, Mexican Beans and Rice and Italian Pasta Primavera. The meals were pretty good and easy to prepare. While shopping (at Harmons) we found some of Dr McDougall's soups and bought several of them. Yesterday we had his split pea soup for lunch and chili bean soup for dinner. They were OK. We also found milled flax seed at the store and bought a package. I now put 2 tbs of flax seed on my cereal each time I have it for breakfast
Wednesday we went to "Taste of India" for lunch, They have a vegetarian menu with 4 vegan dishes. http://www.tasteofindiautah.com/food-menu/ I asked the manager if their vegan dishes did not use any vegetable oils, but she said she did not know. They probably do. My dish was cooked with thick curry sauce which I did not like. That evening I got an upset stomach from the curry. I am not going back.
Saturday we went to dinner at "Cracker Barrel". I had their vegetable plate. I ordered a sweet potato, pinto beans, rice pilaf and mixed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots). It was very good. I think the pinto beans had some oil in them. So next time I am going to order string beans and also have a dry baked potato instead of a sweet potato.
I discovered a web site called Self Nutrition Data nutritiondata.self.com.
It is an interesting site. You can put in any food and it gives all kinds of nutritional data on the food.
This week I have followed Dr McDougall's guide for diabetics. I had been checking my blood sugar levels up to 4 times a day and taking 4 injections of insulin each day. He recommends checking your blood sugar levels only once when you get up in the morning and if the reading is between 150 and 200 taking one 10 mm injection of lantus insulin before you got to bed. So that is what I have done all week. My blood sugar high reading was 161 and the low was 135. When it is below 150 I do not need to take a shot.
It has been a good week. I have more energy and am enjoying the food. And I am not hungry all the time like a normal SAT diet.
Forever strong in life
Larry Strong
Last week we went to the grocery store to buy the ingredients for three home prepared meals. They are from Jeff Novick's fast food list. The three meals we prepared were Curried Indian Potato Stew, Mexican Beans and Rice and Italian Pasta Primavera. The meals were pretty good and easy to prepare. While shopping (at Harmons) we found some of Dr McDougall's soups and bought several of them. Yesterday we had his split pea soup for lunch and chili bean soup for dinner. They were OK. We also found milled flax seed at the store and bought a package. I now put 2 tbs of flax seed on my cereal each time I have it for breakfast
Wednesday we went to "Taste of India" for lunch, They have a vegetarian menu with 4 vegan dishes. http://www.tasteofindiautah.com/food-menu/ I asked the manager if their vegan dishes did not use any vegetable oils, but she said she did not know. They probably do. My dish was cooked with thick curry sauce which I did not like. That evening I got an upset stomach from the curry. I am not going back.
Saturday we went to dinner at "Cracker Barrel". I had their vegetable plate. I ordered a sweet potato, pinto beans, rice pilaf and mixed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots). It was very good. I think the pinto beans had some oil in them. So next time I am going to order string beans and also have a dry baked potato instead of a sweet potato.
I discovered a web site called Self Nutrition Data nutritiondata.self.com.
It is an interesting site. You can put in any food and it gives all kinds of nutritional data on the food.
This week I have followed Dr McDougall's guide for diabetics. I had been checking my blood sugar levels up to 4 times a day and taking 4 injections of insulin each day. He recommends checking your blood sugar levels only once when you get up in the morning and if the reading is between 150 and 200 taking one 10 mm injection of lantus insulin before you got to bed. So that is what I have done all week. My blood sugar high reading was 161 and the low was 135. When it is below 150 I do not need to take a shot.
It has been a good week. I have more energy and am enjoying the food. And I am not hungry all the time like a normal SAT diet.
Forever strong in life
Larry Strong
Monday, March 10, 2014
Second Week
It has been an interesting second week of my WFPB DIET.
My cold is pretty much gone. However I still have my cough and lots of phlegm in my throat and some nasal congestion (a 7 year problem). I was hoping my eliminating dairy might clear it up but so far no help.
Friday my granddaughter got married in the Salt Lake Temple so we spent all day on wedding activities. We had a wedding luncheon at the Wight House in Bountiful. I had a vegetable plate and a salad with no dressing. Before the reception I went to Rumbi Island Grill and had a rice bowl with vegetables. However I think they used some vegetable oil in preparing the rice. At the reception they had strawberry shortcake. I went in the kitchen and thy made me a plate of just strawberries. They also had unflavored popcorn and I had a large cup of it. It was an enjoyable day.
I am eating out at 3 different Chinese buffets. They all have white rice which I am learning to like. They also have stir fry. I checked with the cook and two of them use oil to prepare the stir fry. So I told them I didn't want any oil so they prepared them with water. I also have a cup of hot and sour soup but I think it may have some oil in it. I don't know what to do about that except not have it. Any suggestions. Then I also have some fruit for desert.
We prepare our own meals on Sunday so I had cereal, fruit and almond milk, unsweetened for all 3 meals. I discovered some soups that Dr McDougall sells which are total vegan. I ordered 6 cans each of hot and sour, split pea and chili. So I will be having a couple of cans of soup for my meals on Sunday.
Jane Birch sent me an article of Dr McDougall entitled "Simple Care for Diabetes". It is a great article and I am going to follow his advice but I will probably have to change my diabetes doctor because he is doing everything Dr McDougall advises against. I only check my blood sugar levels when I get up in the morning and if they are over 150 then I take 10 ml of lantus when I go to bed. I have been doing this for several days and have had to take only 1 shot.
I purchased Jim Novick's fast food DVD and am going to try his 5 main meals. I am buying the food today after lunch. However, a caution on his DVD. I can't watch his two hours of video on my computer because they will only run on a windows XP or lower platform and I have windows 7.
I am feeling very good especially since I am over my cold. And the food is tasting better every day. Two more weeks and I will weigh me.
Forever strong in life
Larry Strong
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
A lecture by Dr. John McDougall
I just watched a recorded 1 hour lecture by Dr. John McDougall which he gave at his February 2014 advanced study weekend. What interested me most was his description of what causes diabetes and how it can be reversed and cured.
http://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/videos/free-electures/dr-mcdougall-criticizes-low-carb-diets/
Larry Strong
http://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/videos/free-electures/dr-mcdougall-criticizes-low-carb-diets/
Larry Strong
Monday, March 3, 2014
One Week Down
I've had an additional problem to contend with the first week of my diet. The Friday before I began, (28 Feb) I started coming down with a cold. By Sunday it was really bad and I was going to stay home from church. But I had to speak in Sacrament Meeting so after that I went home and went to bed for the rest of the day. Monday morning I started the diet but still felt lousy. I went to the doctor and he said I had a cold that was going around. It would last about 10 days and all he could do was give me some medicine to help relieve the discomfort. So I have been on drugs all week.
I started my diet on schedule Monday morning and have stuck to the diet 100% all week.
I take insulin shots 4 times a day and check by blood sugars 4 times a day. My doctor wants me to keep my blood sugar levels between 70 and 150 with 100 being optimal. The first two days my blood sugars went in the 40's and 50's several times. This is not good, so I decided if it was below 150 I would not take my insulin before that meal. During the following 5 days (normally 20 shots) I only had to take my insulin twice because it was between 70 and 150. I think this diet is going to help me solve by diabetes problem. Time will tell.
I haven't weighed me because I do not have a scale. I have to go to the doctors office and use theirs. I plan on weighing myself only once a month. But I know I have lost a little around the waist because I have tightened my belt 1 notch which is about 1 inch. I check my pulse rate with a meter every morning and it has been in the 90's when it normally is about 60. I hope it will come back down when the drugs get out of my body.
Several years ago I started getting pimples on the back of my head and beneath my ears. I talked to my doctor about it then and he told me what it was. He gave me an anti-biotic which I took and the problem went away. Several months later the problem came back and has bothered me ever since. But now it is gone again, thanks to my new diet. I think the WFPB plan fixes a lot of our problems we are not even aware of. The word of wisdom says it will provide "the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days--". Temporal means the physical body.
I have more energy and overall feel better, except for my cold. I don't have problems eating the food and fill up quickly. I am not hungry between meals except in the evening when I will eat some fruit.
When I retired 12 years ago my wife said she wanted to retire from cooking, so we have been eating out 9 meals a week. Because of her health it is difficult for her to prepare meals and I am useless in the kitchen. So we are still planning on eating out 9 meals a week. We go to several American buffets and several Chinese buffets. Typically at an American buffet I will have a baked potato stuffed with veges and pico de gallo. I then have a vegetable plate with vinegar and lemon juice. And I finish with fresh fruit. At a Chinese buffet I have a bowl of hot and sour soup and stir fry. Again I finish with fresh fruit. I have cereal, fruit and almond milk (unsweetened) each morning for breakfast. My wife prepares the other home meals from the many fat free vegan recipes that are available.
About 10 years ago we decided to go on the Atkin's diet. After about a week my blood sugars went crazy so I had to stop the diet, but my wife stayed on it for a year and lost 100 pounds. She has put a little of the weight back on but has stabilized. When I invited her to go on the WFPB diet with me she said "no because the Atkin's diet had burned her out and she was not going on any more diets".
I appreciate everyones support, prayers and comments. I am going to make it.
Forever strong in life.
Larry Strong
I started my diet on schedule Monday morning and have stuck to the diet 100% all week.
I take insulin shots 4 times a day and check by blood sugars 4 times a day. My doctor wants me to keep my blood sugar levels between 70 and 150 with 100 being optimal. The first two days my blood sugars went in the 40's and 50's several times. This is not good, so I decided if it was below 150 I would not take my insulin before that meal. During the following 5 days (normally 20 shots) I only had to take my insulin twice because it was between 70 and 150. I think this diet is going to help me solve by diabetes problem. Time will tell.
I haven't weighed me because I do not have a scale. I have to go to the doctors office and use theirs. I plan on weighing myself only once a month. But I know I have lost a little around the waist because I have tightened my belt 1 notch which is about 1 inch. I check my pulse rate with a meter every morning and it has been in the 90's when it normally is about 60. I hope it will come back down when the drugs get out of my body.
Several years ago I started getting pimples on the back of my head and beneath my ears. I talked to my doctor about it then and he told me what it was. He gave me an anti-biotic which I took and the problem went away. Several months later the problem came back and has bothered me ever since. But now it is gone again, thanks to my new diet. I think the WFPB plan fixes a lot of our problems we are not even aware of. The word of wisdom says it will provide "the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days--". Temporal means the physical body.
I have more energy and overall feel better, except for my cold. I don't have problems eating the food and fill up quickly. I am not hungry between meals except in the evening when I will eat some fruit.
When I retired 12 years ago my wife said she wanted to retire from cooking, so we have been eating out 9 meals a week. Because of her health it is difficult for her to prepare meals and I am useless in the kitchen. So we are still planning on eating out 9 meals a week. We go to several American buffets and several Chinese buffets. Typically at an American buffet I will have a baked potato stuffed with veges and pico de gallo. I then have a vegetable plate with vinegar and lemon juice. And I finish with fresh fruit. At a Chinese buffet I have a bowl of hot and sour soup and stir fry. Again I finish with fresh fruit. I have cereal, fruit and almond milk (unsweetened) each morning for breakfast. My wife prepares the other home meals from the many fat free vegan recipes that are available.
About 10 years ago we decided to go on the Atkin's diet. After about a week my blood sugars went crazy so I had to stop the diet, but my wife stayed on it for a year and lost 100 pounds. She has put a little of the weight back on but has stabilized. When I invited her to go on the WFPB diet with me she said "no because the Atkin's diet had burned her out and she was not going on any more diets".
I appreciate everyones support, prayers and comments. I am going to make it.
Forever strong in life.
Larry Strong
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