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[Rainrunner]

Today is my birthday, i am 47. I am on day five of paleo and it is going fabulously!

Three years ago i lost 180 pounds. I was working toward getting a lap band, so i lost 116 on my own and should have kept going and called off the surgery, but i did have it. I do regret getting it, but i do not regret all of the hard work i put in, i literally worked my ass off. or what I learned from it and that it eventually lead me here.

Time passed and i gained 2/3rds of it back, and was depressed, but not beaten.

I read a book on sugar and its effects. Then four other books on sugar, but i could not get off of it. Then i learned about wheat and that changed everything.

I have noticed a huge difference. Edema disappears, mood is better, cravings that i blamed myself for years are gone.

It's early days but i am excited.

I forgot to say that at this point i am doing a lot of walking. and my first goal is one week which will become a goal of one month after that.

[specsAreGrok]

Do you go running in the rain?

[honeybuns]

Anyone who lives in Western Washington and Western Oregon doesn't let rain slow them down!

You can do this!

[Rainrunner]

I live on the Oregon coast, if i only went out when it wasnt raining i would be a hermit. I walk a lot in the rain.

[honeybuns]

Where do you live on the coast? I am quite familiar with the Oregon Coast and am currently living on the Washington coast after living on the Oregon Coast for a few years.

[Rainrunner]

I live near Astoria

[honeybuns]

We moved up from Gearhart and regularly travel to Seaside to visit friends.

Welcome!

[Shelli]

Hello! I too am a native Oregonian, but living a long way away right now, in NSW Australia. Congrats on figuring it out - sugar and wheat really are troublesome and lead to binging. Those two items sing such a siren song. Sounds like you are off to a great start!

[Rainrunner]

Thanks

[Rainrunner]

then you know all about rain, thanks for the support, it's appreciated