The road to victory. Fit to be fit.

Pssst... Mike... send Jody another bill for services rendered. Maybe we can finally convince him to go on the "auto billing" program.

 

Where's Bill when you need him? No Bill's left over here. I ran out of 'em... (or rather: they ran faster than me).

 

Why do you need to add oil to hummus ? I make it without oil, only add tehina and lemon juice, garlic and spices.

 

Listen to you walkin' the walk!

Impressed, I am. I know I've said it before Jody, but, youda man, brother.

 

ftfy

 

Oil is added to the beans to make hummus. Traditional Hummus contain a lot of olive oil.... Store bought hummus has a high content of fat....

Your making a fat free hummus. I add 1 Tbs of olive oil per every 2 cups of chick peas, to make it just a little richer. A traditional recipe uses a 1/4 cup or more oil for 2 cups of chick peas. (Truthfully Traditional Hummus tastes way better than any lower fat version)

 

Hi Jody

I have not heard much from you but I wanted to stop in and see how this thread was doing. A while back I posted that I was getting ready to make some huge changes in my diet and I said that I would post an update on that. So here it is.

Just a little under 3 weeks ago my family and I started looking at our food intake in a different way. I am a type 2 diabetic and I have been needing to make a serious change for a long time. When I was first diagnosed (September 10, 2010) I was pretty gung ho about changing my life so I could learn to live with my diabetes. I was at 380 pounds then and I was able to get down to 340 and stayed there for a long time. This year I started looking at all sorts diet plans and their promised effects. The one thing I noticed is that most of them have one thing in common. STOP EATING PROCESSED FOODS. We chose to go with the Paleo way of eating. There is a lot of similarity between a vegetarian diet and the paleo plan with the exception, of course, for the meat.

I have lost 12 pounds since we started but the best part, at least to me, is I no longer take any of my diabetes meds. I was on 1000 mg of metformin twice a day and 5 mg of glyboride in the mornings. I stopped the glyboride last week and have now weened myself completely off the metformin. My blood sugars have stabilized and have been ranging between 82 and 125.

My next goal is to work on the weight loss and continue to monitor my sugar levels.

This thread has been an encouragement to me and helped me get started on the new me. THANKS JODY!

 

That's awesome! Keep it up and good luck!

 

Great work Bill!

I know Jody has been through some surgery and the associated recovery, so don't expect he's been focused on weight.

 

Great going, Bill! Keep it up! (and you as well, Jody)

 

Boy, those Minions sure do get excited!

Maybe it's time to get Bill on board with Mac & Cheese training too? Better send him the brochure, Mike.

 

Thats some going considering the surgery and recovery. the exercise should shock (Kick start if you have hit the wall) the body into more weight loss.