[SamAdams76]

Congratulations on your success! My experience mirrored yours. I'm 6'3" and I weight 300 pounds on April 1st of this year.

I wore size 48/50 pants and 3XL shirts. I wore sweatpants with the elastic bands most of the time when I was home because they were comfortable. Of course, they allowed me to "stretch" at big meals.

That was when I went low-carb. I now walk 7-10 miles a day, verified by a pedometer that I wear daily for that purpose. I have dropped 70 pounds to 230 and now wear size 38/40 pants and Large shirts. The 3XL shirts look like dresses on me now and I had to get rid of them!

Of course, I'm not stopping here. I'm going to keep going until I can wear size 34 pants. That's the size I wore when I came out of the Marine Corps.

Like you, I've never felt better. At least not since I was 18 or 19 years old. I feel (and look) 10 years younger.

I urge all other Freepers who have a weight problem to check out low-carbing. It works.

[T Wayne]

I have the goal of the 34" waist also. When I left 'Nam in 1970, I weighted 185 lbs on the bagage scale at the DaNang airport.

I want to get back to that, preferably with a similar distribution of muscle and fat.

[tubebender]

As I said on another thread...I have lost 15 pounds but I feel and act 15 years younger.

[skinkinthegrass]

I urge all other Freepers who have a weight problem to check out low-carbing. It works.

That will really piss them (PETA/ELF) off... :)

[Chemist_Geek]

That was when I went low-carb. I now walk 7-10 miles a day, verified by a pedometer that I wear daily for that purpose. I have dropped 70 pounds to 230 and now wear size 38/40 pants and Large shirts. The 3XL shirts look like dresses on me now and I had to get rid of them!

Do you work outside the home? When you ate breakfast and dinner, it was usually at home, but how did you handle lunch? Packaged it at home and took it to work?

I'm having real difficulty, with my long commute, in finding the time to get in enough daily exercise (walking). Also, I usually end up eating out at lunchtime, and I know that's not good...

We'll talk about my coffee addiction later! ;-)