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Jody, please read some of the information that I took the time to share with you. I believe that you are missing some information on saturated fat and it will harm you down the road significantly even if you do get to a "healthy" weight. Butter is good. Most dairy is bad, I agree with you on that especially with the casein. I'll quote a few key things here...

4. Eliminate seed oils - grain and seed derived oils (cooking oils) Eat or fry with with ghee, pastured butter, animal fats, or coconut oil. Avoid temperate plant oils like corn, soy, canola, flax, walnut, etc. Go easy on the nuts, especially soy and peanuts.

6. Whole foods from animals. Eat them for the protein, the micronutrients and the fuel.
Favor grass-fed ruminants like beef and lamb for your red meat. These meats have excellent n-6/n-3 ratios and their saturated and monounsaturated fats are a great fuel source. Wild game is good if you can process it yourself- but commercial venison and bison is too lean and is expensive.
Eat fish a few times a week and pastured eggs if you like them.
Eat offal for the vitamins and choline- some fresh beef liver 1-2 times a week is plenty. Mix it with your ground hamburger if you prefer. Pastured butter is good source of K2.
7. Choose fuels from the EM2. Both animal fats and starchy plant organs are time-tested fuel sources for humans.
Animal fats are an excellent dietary fuel and come with lots of fat soluble vitamins. It can work very well to simply replace your sugar and wheat calories with animal fats. If you are not diabetic and you prefer it, you can eat more starch and less animal fat. A low carb diet can rely more on ruminant fat and pastured butter.
Plant storage organs like potatoes and sweet potatoes are nutrient laden and well tolerated by most people. Bananas and plantains are convenient starchy fruits. The soluble fiber in all these starchy foods is very likely beneficial, unlike the insoluble fiber in bran.
If you are not diabetic, there is no reason whatsoever to avoid either animal fats or starches in whole food form.
12. If you are allergic to milk protein or concerned about theoretical risks of casein, you can stick to butter and avoid milk, cream and soft cheeses. Aged cheeses 6 months and older may not have beta-casomorphin and are good sources of K2.

 

I can't edit my previous post appropriately for some reason so I'll add a bit more here.

According to Dr. Simeons (founder of the HCG diet) there are 3 types of fat:

1. Structural fat: this is good stuff, it protects the organs
2. Reserve fat: a normal fuel reserve -- Neither #1 or #2 when at full capacity are to be considered, or cause, obesity
3. Abnormal fat: this is the cause of obesity; it's a POTENTIAL reserve fuel but it is very hard to access; it's locked away

Low fat diets can deplete structural fat and reserve fat to the point of illness and injury. You will lose your normal reserve fat first, and then the body will start to deplete your structural fat. So now your organs aren't protected as well and there are even cases of people breaking the heel bone just walking from depletion of the fat pad under the heel.
If interested, Dr. Simeons' manuscript Pounds and Inches is an amazingly revealing read into obesity and why we are losing the battle against it.

 

You are doing a fine job Jody! I hope you get all healed up and get moving down the road to losing the extra 130.

 

Awesome. Good luck. Hope ya see the lbs waste away.

 

I only stumbled upon this thread today, Jody. You're doing a great job! Hope you'll be up and about soon.

 

Super success story! Thanks for keeping us updated.

 

Yup, there's a significant difference! Keep up the good work!

 

Well done Jody.

Keep at it.

 

Keep it up! Good work!

 

Ya know, Mike, with your Minions and my Penguinators, we should be able to whip Jody into shape in no time. Certainly, he'd never lack a motivating work out partner. What do you think?

Either that or we can combine armies and take over the world. Ah heck, why not do both?

 

Well done Jody!

I had a ventral incisional hernia repaired a few years ago so I feel for you during your recovery.

 

I have just came across this thread today. I must say CONGRATULATIONS to you Jody. I am a guy just like you. I am 47 and I was up to 390 and now I am stuck around 340. I have a lot of issues with stress and with that comes a lot of problems. I want to say thanks for posting this as it has inspired me and I have already been working on changing a lot of the things I do and eat. Your thread has just added even more motivation to getting back on track.

Thanks Bro and keep it up!

 

Lookin' good! Keep on keepin' on!!

 

Congratulations! I been struggling most of my life. I do eat healthy 90% of the time but with my work schedule it doesn't work out so great for me to exercise. Maybe u will be a better inspiration for me I'm just under 260lbs I would like to be 200lbs

 

Hi Jody what do you usually have for breakfast? That's is my hardest meal of the day.

 

Wow!! Thanks so much, I usually don't have time in the morning. I'm always hungry that's my problem.