Hello
My name is Scott and my wife Cathy and I are planning a permanent
change in our eating habits for health and weight concerns. We really
like the Atkins high protein diet and are currently eating insane
amounts of carbs. We farm and are more active than most and have thus
far in life managed to keep in sight of our toes. I’m 6′4″ and go 280,
my wife is 5′10″ and goes 220. My wife has always been your typical
corn fed farmgirl and I went through my Marine corps hitch at 204, 20
years ago. We each feel we could drop 60-70 lbs and still look healthy
and be able to man/handle haybales, equipment and critters. We also
live in Central Wisconsin and need to keep warm.
We also really respect natural, uncontaminated, unprocessed, and
chemically free foods. We can even respect vegetarians for their
organic thinking and certainly appreciate fruits and vegetables. We
recently purchased a juicer and love experimenting with new coctails.
Is there a way to blend the juices into the atkins diet. We don’t
feel we have a metabolism problem as much as we eat way too much in as
little as one decent meal per day.
We have never paid attention to carbs and calories, we have
typically , regained our clothing sizes by cutting out 2nd’s and 3rd
helpings. Is their an easy way to get a handle on our daily intake. A
computer program would be great, since I like puters a lot more tahn I
like labels.
We are hoping to straighten our act out and regain a little
vigor. We have cancer histories in our families, are uninsured, and
believe firmly in our own immune systems and prevention rather than
pill doctors and radiation. These are our biggest motivators, and have
seen too many times, what naturally bolstered immune systems can do in
our animals. These are our goals and motivators. Does it sound like
atkins theology applies?
Thanks
Scott and Cathy