And here I am .... H's MLC ....

[Jack_Three_Beans]

PEI,

I am going to enjoy reading along your journey I think. You'll have some hard times and times you want to quit I am sure but you have a strength in you that is great to see is a 'noob'.

Pretty f-ing real I'd say...and that will only serve YOU well.

2. Continue to eat so much better than I have in years ... I'm learning to nourish my body instead of fill it!

Doing this myself. When I first had the LBS diet, I crashed down 66 lbs. : ) I am 6'3" I can pretty much hide a Hyundai in my frame, prior to the ILBINILWY speech and affair, I was at my heaviest at 278 lbs...a disgusting slug.

Well being fat happy and stupid...not in my marriage or realtionship...except for my weight, I let it creep back up over the last...what 3 years? To 267 lbs.

You'd think I have learned....what I DID learn was the LBS diet...depression not eating and working out...

I didn't EARN the weight loss.

This time I am, slowly and surely and eating right is a HUGE part of it, as opposed to not wanting or being able to eat.

You said learning about eating to nourish your body.

Hae you ever heard of Alton Brown the host of Good Eats?

AWESOME show. Me and my boys love it. He had gained a bunch of weight and decided to make a life style change and shared it with his viewers...I was amazed and decided to follow his guidlines. 2 months and 25 lbs later... I have another 42-47 lbs to lose...even more than when I did my LBS diet. But the results are great.

AND it is all about nourishment and nothing fad.

IF you are interested:
Alton Brown: Good Eats: Episode: "Live and Let Diet"

Pretty sure there is a video or two if you search out there.

4. Become consistent with activity in my part-time career/business.

Thank you, along with putting weight back on...this was something I forgot to maintain...

Thank you.

5. Read one new personal growth book per month on top of some purely indulgent enjoyment reading.

After the first few...they all start saying the same thing in different ways.Suggest picking up an educational book instead if you want to better yourself.