Losing Weight

"Enough is Enough"

Introduction:

Hello .... I am an overweight man. I have been carrying this excess baggage for 50 years LOL... and now as it happened hundreds of times before... I decided to go on a diet. This time I decided to follow a different approach.. I decided to tell the world, to advertise, to share my experience with each individual who passes by, to seek motivation in my fight against the flabs, and to express my ideas and perhaps somebody will benefit from it.

Please If you do not agree with something that is written below.. forgive me.. It is only my opinion and I would love to hear yours. Send me how you feel and i will share it with others. Let us have a forum where we can benefit form each other's experience. Let us do it together

You can e-mail me at smedleg@securenet.net

Why do I want to lose weight?

• I hate myself, the way I look.... "Enough is Enough"
• I miss things that slim people can do and I can not ..... "Enough is Enough"
• • Walking on the beach without being embarrassed,
  • Playing and performing the same sports others do
• I worry about my health, Heart, Blood Pressure. Etc. I want to live longer ... "Enough is Enough"

What do I follow?

I am an engineer by profession and I believe in the energy as something that can not disappear. You intake energy and you spend energy. If you intake more than what you spend, you gain weight and if you spend more you would lose. Simple? Yes.

Calories, Calories and Calories + Motivation = Weight Loss (and You are my motivation!)

Each individual, according to the level of activities he / she does needs a certain level of calories. However for a normal average level we need 2500 calories a day and for every 3000 - 4000 calories that we will miss or store it will represent 1 pound (450Gm) that we shall gain or lose.

I count my calories and keep an average of 1500 calories a day.....This will translate in a pound that I should lose every 4-5 days. Let us hope !!!!

Please be careful of:

• Eat a lot of vegetable and fruits (low cal. Ones)
• Supplement with Vitamins
• Try to increase activities that will burn calories... walking, sports, exercising. Etc. Do you know that you lose 6 calories for each passionate kiss you give ...LOL
• Do not try to lose fast ..You lose fast ... you gain fast as well
• Try to eat 3 times a day .. Fasting is not good for you (you heard that before right?

How to find the calories you consume:

• Million of calories guide are found every where in the book store near you
• The Internet is full of them too. Here is an example Calories control council

My Progress:

• I started Nov. 9th. 1998. Now 3 weeks later I have lost 6 pounds. I will be publishing in details, My daily average intake of calories, my weight loss, my feelings, experience and fall downs as well as my success activities in the near future.
• Six Months later, May 99 .... I lost about 30 pounds, Very Happy and feeling great. I hope I can keep it up (oops I mean down, the weight I mean !!!!)
• Dec. 99, The Century is going to finish, and I am back to where I was a year ago. As I have been doing all my life, The "yoyo theory" I lose and I gain... I am sick of it and sick of my inability to succeed and ....................................................... I hate failure !!
• Feb 28th, 2000 , I am still going in flapping and bulging etc. I am still FAT, very FAT, I have to do something about it, will give it one more try, Pray for me everyone..here we go again
• 28 March 2000, a bit happier, 4 weeks gone and 10 pounds lighter, feel better , and I will do it this time.. I feel it, will keep you posted!!

• If any of you would like to join me, to share his/her experience, advises or tips.. please e- mail me at smedleg@securenet.net

So let us try together & So Let us celebrate our success together

Health sources

Author

My name is Saad ... I am a Mechanical Engineer (by profession) ... my hobby is teaching math to children. I have an 11 years old son, he is in grade 6 and his name is Farid (you can e-mail him if you want at the same address indicated below). I live in Montreal Canada for the last 25 years (I am originally from Egypt).

If you have comments or suggestions, or you want to write to my son .. E-mail us at smedleg@securenet.net

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