About
This will be short and sweet. I am a 36 year-old man who has been overweight most of my life. I have been skinny (well maybe not skinny, but not fat) once as an adult (Atkins Diet).
I started this blog to give myself some accountability. When I began this diet I knew I didn’t have a choice – I had to lose weight. Unfortunately, I was having trouble sticking to any diet. I knew what seemed to work for me; I just needed to do it. I am going to be very transparent in my posts in an effort to make myself more accountable. I generally follow the South Beach Diet, but not exactly. In summary, I eat lots of fresh vegetables when available. I eat some fresh fruit. I eat meat, but I try to keep the quantities limited. Grains are not forbidden, but I only eat them on rare occasions. Sugar is out and processed foods are rare. This, in combination with regular exercise, is what works for me. This is not only my plan for weight loss, it is my plan for life.
Why am I doing this? Why did I have to lose weight? Of course, I wanted to be a healthy weight, but that was not my real motivation in the beginning. I had to lose weight because I was killing myself. I was a walking time bomb when it came to health. If something didn’t change, I was very afraid that I would not live to be a healthy, middle-aged man, much less a healthy old man. I want to see my children’s children. I want to grow into my senior years and enjoy a long retirement with my wife. If my children choose to get married, I want to be at the wedding. If my health did not change, I was very afraid I would not see any of those things.
It’s now been over sixteen months since I started this lifestyle, and I don’t regret it a bit. I have lost 65-70 pounds, depending on the week, and I am still going. While my doctor and my wife tell me I am at a great stopping point, I want to lose another 10-15 pounds. Nevertheless, I would be happy if I never lost another pound. My health has improved, and my capacity to live has increased. I am getting more fit by the day. I have muscles showing that I never expected to see. I can see my ribs when I stretch, and I can feel them in my upper chest. I still have a gut, which I want to see gone; nevertheless, I am healthy, happy, and well on my way to being one of the most fit 36 year old men I know.
Now, although I probably don’t know you, I am going to ask a favor of you. My journey is not complete, and I need all the help I can get. Visit often and when you see me falling off the wagon, stick it to me!
Now, onward, forward, and pressing toward the goal!
It’s great to find a blog about another guy losing weight and who’s not trying to cheat the system. I’ve seen so many other blogs of guys who are going to use this supplement or system to lose 40lbs in a month and their blog never lasts longer than a week. Keep up the progress. I’m sorry I came late to it but I will follow it from now on.
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South Beach Steve Reply:
June 1st, 2009 at 5:33 am
Thanks for visiting Ehren. I have marked you blog to check out tonight. I agree that it is nice to find others guys who are trying to do this thing without “cheating”. The funny thing about the “cheating” is that you never come out on top in the end.
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Hi, I like your website. It’s really inspiring and well written. I’m also trying to lose weight and am looking for websites to link to mine. I have a few websites that are related to yours that I would be willing to pay you to place my link on your website. How much do you charge for a link? I can pay you monthly. Please get back to me asap. Drop me an email at ryancan123 (AT) gmail.com
Thank you
Happy weight loss =)
-Ryan
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Hey steve, it’s ryan again.. i tried to email you but it got sent back to me.. what’s your email address? Here is what i replied:
The site is http://healthproductreview.org – It reviews diets and health products
I’m willing to send you some paypal money if that’s needed!
Just let me know asap
Thanks and have a wonderful day!
Awaiting your reply =)
-Ryan
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i cant reply to your emails… do you have another email i can send email to? whenever i try it keeps saying that your email is invalid…
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Hi! great story
Sounds like you have really found something that works for YOU! Good luck!!!!
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South Beach Steve Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Sana, thanks for the comment. I am very pleased with where things are for me. I feel fortunate to have found a plan I can live with for the rest of my life.
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The widespread rate of succeeder of these weight loss platforms which are incessantly competing with each other is more or less the one. And the most funny part is that these programmes all fail at the one vault in wound of making really tall claims. This passes because the trunk gets accustomed to the rigorousness through which it is invest and alines itself to the new routine and the metabolic process slows down. You have to be brainier than nature to be able to magic the body into turning a loss weight. Without coming this footprint then you will incessantly question why you cannot fall back weightiness.
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Hi Steve
Wow, you’ve done tremendously well – you must feel fantastic! I’ve not heard of the South Beach diet before, but it sounds like it would be pretty good for me (I’ve veggie and love fruit, veg and grains!) I’ll have to look into it more.
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If you get a spare 5 minutes please take a look at my blog. I found yours from a link on one of the blogs I follow, and I’ll now be following yours too!
Bye for now
Patsy
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South Beach Steve Reply:
October 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Thank you Patsy! I am glad you stumbled upon my blog. It has been an interesting journey that is going really well right now, but that doesn’t mean it has been without its tough times. There could be nothing further from the truth, but it is worth it.
As far as the South Beach Diet goes, the fruit and grains are limited, especially the grains. But you are permitted to have whole grains daily once you get to phase two. It is truly the best way of eating for me.
I will put your blog on my list of things to look at this evening. I am always anxious to find a new person who is on a similar journey.
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Hey Steve.
I am definitely sending you positive thoughts today for your brother’s speedy recovery. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you this, but please spend all the time you can with him. “Say What You Need To Say” and push him to recover. Sometimes mental motivation can cause the body to react.
*praying hard for you*
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South Beach Steve Reply:
August 1st, 2010 at 5:48 am
Thank you Irene. We are all doing just that. Today is probably a critical day in his recovery. Hopefully well learn more this morning too.
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I am new to your blog and wanted to let you know I have said a prayer for your brother. Biz said in her post that his blood sugar was over 1,000?! That is just insane to me–I can’t even imagine. I thought I was going to die when I was diagnosed with type 1 and my blood sugar was 700. Thank you for reminding me why I need to stay on top of my blood sugars and lose weight to get healthy. I admire and respect your dedication to a healthy lifestyle (the before and after photos are impressive!) and hope that your brother has the chance to do the same.
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South Beach Steve Reply:
August 5th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Veronica, thank you for your comment. I hope my brother turns things around too. BTW, his blood sugar was actually 1636 – the highest the doc had ever seen.
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I just stumbled upon your site about a week ago and I must say congratulations, your results are very impressive. I tried South Beach once before, but I didn’t commit. Even though the Phase I results were fantastic and Phase II was going well, I stopped (incredibly I did this after losing 27 pounds in only two months). I have a real food addiction, but I have promised myself that I will commit to a full year of this on January 1st. I look at your progress pictures and hope that I will have similar results. Can you tell me how long you decided to work with Phase One? The program says two weeks, but to go longer if you feel it is needed. Also, do you have any other recommendations outside of the plan shown in the book? I also bought the South Beach cookbook because there are so many other cool ideas in it.
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South Beach Steve Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Kelley, I sent you an email on this. Let me know if you didn’t receive it.
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Hey, my hubby and I really like your blog. We’re both bloggers ourselves, and he insisted that I message you. We used to spend a bunch of time writing blog posts, giving are all, but we weren’t making much moolah, hehe.
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