Long time no type

Week seven weigh-in weight at 381.4 pounds, The unfortunate part was learning that pickles are a total water magnet causing an almost total retention of all fluids acquired throughout the day....yikes !!!!

WEEK FOUR

This week felt good going into weigh in, put enough time into the gym and morning walks. Made a mistake with last weeks food buy, not enough soups. Won't repeat that mistake this week, 4 boxes 2 soups, 1 beverage, and a variety pack. This week 397.4 a milestone, 7 pounds lost, and below 400 pounds........Hallelujah !!! O happy day !!!!!

The problem with catching up........

Okay, the diet is almost 4 weeks old and the blog is only 3 days old so, a little catch up is in order.
WEEK ONE:Orientation, Physical, packages of soups, shakes and puddings at my size 4 per day all 200 calories Preketosis weakness, and hunger 3-5 days. Hit ketosis, not so hungry, breath...uuuugh, constipation terrible, in need of laxatives and suppositories (I call it, hitting it from both ends) 1st weekly weigh in, loss...10 pounds....ohh yeah.....
(I know mostly water weight, but still)
WEEK TWO: More of the same, cooking for the kids on the weekend, not a problem, a few times I accidentally tasted, but spit out as soon as I realized... 2nd weigh in, a meager 4 pounds loss....expected, but still disappointed.
WEEK THREE: Now we get to work out at the hospital fitness center, looking forward to kick starting the weight loss...3rd weigh, in feeling good, with a 7.8 pound loss.

Ketosis is the key (?)

The VLCD is based around the notion that at a particularly low caloric intake. the body straddles between starvation and and appropriate functioning, where the lack of nutrients are compensated for by the metabolism of fats in the liver, producing ketones While a popular dieting option, it remains controversial and is only recommended for medically supervised dieting, where live and other functioning can be routinely monitored.
The option to go this route for me involved understanding the risks and feelings that another more conservative approach, would have constituted an unacceptable half-measure.

425/47 and dying

Life circumstances create choices. At a crucial moment, I decided that my morbid obesity was in many ways the cause of many of the problems that had compromised the promise of my life. Something had to be done and the answer at hand seemed to be a drastic assault on the monstrosity of flesh and flab my body had become. That was 4 weeks ago when I made the choice, and 3 and a half weeks when I made the decision to pursue a medically supervised liquid diet.
My background, a 47 year old African American male, who had gone from a college age weight ranging from 165 to 180 lbs to my peak at approximately 44o lbs. It was as a young naval officer that weight issues began and had worsened throughout my adult life. After the service, a time shortened by issues related to, but not exclusive to my weight, I began a descent into a sedentary existence that cheated me but more importantly, those around me. So it was May 12, 2010 that I officially began, what was to be a months long odyssey on a liquid "Very Low Calorie Diet ". Fuel for my body was a combination of meal replacement shakes/soups/puddings, thus beginning a life without food.