At the beginning of March 2017, my weight hit 280 pounds and i decided i needed to do something. I began an eating lifestyle change called OMAD (One Meal A Day). Here is a link to my post containing information on what OMAD is and how to do it: In depth post about OMAD. Here is a summary of everything that has happened since beginning this lifestyle change in March 2017: My weight has gone from 280 to 200 My pants size has gone from 46″ to 40″, and the 40″ pants are starting to get a little loose My […]
One Year Weight Loss Update – 72 lbs!
It’s been a year since i began my weight loss adventure using the OMAD philosophy of eating just One Meal A Day. I’m now at 208 lbs which is a total weight loss of 72 lbs since March of 2017. Back in July, i had lost 36 pounds. By November, i had lost 54 lbs. It wasn’t a fluke. First, here is a “before” picture because some people asked for it. Below it is a picture of me today, March 2, 2018 wearing an XL shirt, down from a 3XL shirt a year ago. Keep reading! Back in March […]
Updated Information on My Weight Loss: 54 lbs So Far . . .
I’m signifcantly updating my post from July with things i’ve learned since then and more information on the How-To of doing what i’m doing. In July i had lost 36 pounds. It wasn’t a fluke. Here’s a picture of me yesterday wearing an XL t-shirt, down from a 3XL t-shirt 8 months ago. Keep reading! Back in March i began a concerted effort to drop some weight. Now, like everyone else, i’ve done this before only to regain the weight right back plus more, so i had been looking for something different, as in not a diet, but rather an approach to […]
Weight Loss: 36 Pounds (so far . . .)
Back in March i began a concerted effort to drop some weight. Now, like everyone else, i’ve done this before only to regain the weight right back plus more, so i had been looking for something different, as in not a diet, but rather an approach to eating which i could sustain. I started in March weighing 280 lbs. and as of today, i’m at 244. That’s a number i haven’t seen on a scale in about 20 years. Here’s what i want this post to accomplish: Explain the lifestyle change i’m taking Give examples of things which have changed […]
This Sunday is the one when many churches in America conflate Patriotism and Christianity
I want to be very clear that i am patriotic and i am also a Christian. Let me explain what those two things are. Patriotism I believe that our nation as designed by the founding fathers with: separation of powers into three equal branches, a form of republican representation on both the state and federal levels, a structure enabling both individual state’s rights and also an overarching federal union of those states, and with rights for individual citizens as enumerated in our Bill of Rights (and for me, the most important of those rights: separation of church and state along […]