Losing Weight with Starscream

[shilala]

I'm back on my proper diet and what's even better is that Lisa is right on board with me. She doesn't need to lose weight at all, but wants to eat healthier.
My "eat healthy" plan has more or less been an avoidance thing. I stay away from meat as much as possible and watch potassium like a hawk because of my condition. That doesn't leave much I can eat except grains and whole food, plant based stuff.
Fortunately I can tolerate a little of anything, I just can't eat steak 3 times a day and I can't eat chicken at all, it totally screws me up. The potassium in meat breaks down slower and keeps me screwed up longer than the potassium in fruit and vegiees and seafood. Except shrimp. Shrimp is like the chicken of the sea to me.
I haven't been on the scale, but I'm still hanging around 200. That should be dropping quickly as I'm feeling a lot better since I had my meds adjusted, and I'm putting in a good 12 hours a day on my feet now. That's freakin awesome. Thank You, Jesus.

I've also resumed drinking tons of water. Since midnight last night I've put down half a gallon. I'm going for a refill right now.

[MrClean]

Howdy everyone! I know I'm blessed as far as weight goes, but like most people in the early 40's, metabolism has certainly slowed over the years. Early this spring I ended up in the hospital overnight for an AFib episode. I have none of the normal conditions that are seen as a trigger for AFib episodes. The doctors were at a lost for what triggered it, but they did say that is normal for someone with no pre existing conditions. Although they told me that I was clear to resume whatever exercise programs that I wanted, the mental affects of that episode stuck with me for a long time.
I had never been hospitalized in my life and when it comes to my heart, that was some scary sh1t for me!
I signed back up with a local academy that teaches Tae Kwon Do, I love it and the flexibility it provides as well as the workout is great for me. I've been doing that for about 2 years and my goal is to get my black belt, about another year and I should be at my goal.
My wife has started her weight loss journey and we are completely changing our diets. I started out at 207lbs and in 2 weeks I'm down to 199 without working out, that starts this week. We belong to our community center which is fairly new and is a really great facility with tons of workout equipment. We've been down this road before and always kind of regressed, but with her conditions that the doctors recently informed her of, I think we can make the life changes that we need. Being a good example for our kids is another major driver in this as well.