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Phil's Dieting Success Story

Health scares forced Phil to pay attention to his weight. He has used WLR to monitor food and exercise on a daily basis and lose 26lbs.

 

Success Story: Phil

(alias Phil Bradshaw on WLR)

Age: 50
Height: 5' 11½"
Start Weight: 13st 7lb
Current Weight: 11st 9lb
Goal Weight: 11st 10lb
Weight Lost: 26lb
Working to Rate of Loss: 2lb a week
Time Taken: 12 weeks

 

Dieting History

 

Nothing specific. I did try about 4 years ago to give up mars bars and chips, after being diagnosed with high blood pressure and cholesterol but with limited success. I never even weighed myself!

 

Have you lost weight before and regained the weight?

 

None that I would know about. I have not weighed myself for about 20 years.

 

How being overweight has affected you…

 

I was not aware of any specific problems. The gut had grown a bit but I put that down to bad posture. I got out of breath walking up hills; an unavoidable hobby in the Welsh valleys.

 

Motivation to Diet

 

About 4 years ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. My doctor advised me to cut down on the chips and Mars bars and put me on tablets for both.

 

I never thought I was particularly overweight and my doctor did not weigh me. After a couple of months I gave up the tablets without going back to my doctor, as I could not afford the repeat prescriptions. My eating slipped back into old habits.

 

I recently turned 50, moved house and had to find a new doctor. The practice insisted on giving me a check up. My BP was high. I was weighed and came in at 13st 7lb – in the obese range by BMI. I was shocked. Until my mid twenties I was always very slim 10 st 7lbs for years. By 30 I had reached 11 st 7lbs and assumed I still was about the same.

 

At about the same time a friend suggested a sinus problem I had for years may be due to dairy products. I decided to diet seriously to a mid-range BMI and cut out all dairies. By the time my new doctor checked my cholesterol about six weeks later I had already lost 14 lbs and my BP and cholesterol were normal – no drugs required!

 

Discovering Weight Loss Resources

 

I was searching the Internet for information on non-dairy diets when I came across Weight Loss Resources.

 

How Weight Loss Resources Helps

 

It gave me the discipline to monitor food and exercise on a daily basis and to establish a healthy eating pattern.

 

The detailed information helped me to identify areas of excess that would never have occurred to me for example I was drinking over a litre of fresh orange juice a day, and having loads of pesto on my pasta – easy to cut down on with absolutely no loss of enjoyment. I had not even thought of them as contributing to my ‘food’ but they were about 700 calories – equivalent to an extra meal.

 

The Best of Weight Loss Resources

 

Mostly just the diaries. I supplied my own motivation once I had decided to go for it.

 

Phil's Dieting Tips

 

Use the diary fully. Do not just log the food – but which meal it was at. Look at the whole eating pattern. I found it easier to have a complete redesign. I used to have a small breakfast. Moderate lunch. Large evening meal. I switched to large breakfast, loads of snacks, smaller lunch and smaller earlier evening meal. Nothing after 7 pm. This helped to stop any bad habits as the snacks were now part of the plan.

 

Build in some exercise too. I upped my waking from 10 mins a day to about 45 mins.

 

 

More Information:- HEARTUK

www.heartuk.org.uk

H.E.A.R.T UK - ‘We’re passionate about preventing premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease’.

The Charity provides information, advice and support, a telephone helpline and a membership scheme. The staff are committed to raising awareness about the risks and causes of high cholesterol and funding research into detection and treatment of those with high cholesterol.

 

 

 

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Published: 20/12/2007

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