[bryony]

Thanks for the link. I started to go low-carb last night after reading your post: it was a long time coming anyways but I needed to be more mindful of it. I don't consider myself terribly unhealthy as is: I'm 5'10" @ 180lbs so I see myself as overweight. I'm hoping to drop ~20lbs and maintain NBE progress with attention to the amount of carbs I cut from my diet.

Hi,

That's great!

I was 182lbs at the beginning of 2009 when I started my current lo-carb regimen. I quickly got down to 168, then, more slowly, to 157 - that was the summer of 2010. However, the incipient depression always lurking behing my "condition" meant that I would always break my diet if I had any kind of special occasion, e.g. birthdays, holidays Christmas - so I have oscillated around 160 since then. However, the first effect that I experienced when I started PM was a relief of the mild depression that was always hanging around me, and I have been able to persevere so that over the last month I have dropped down to 155lbs. My goal is 147, at which point I finally expect to have the flat stomach that I last had 33 years ago!

When that happens, I will have sufficient leeway to eat some carb-rich food at the weekends, without gaining enough weight to matter before I lose it during the week.

Might not happen by Christmas, but I hope so.... ;-)

TTFN

B.

PS - Great photo!