Don't mean to brag, (Oh, who the Hell am I kidding, yes I do), but here's a six month before and after, with the after taken two days ago, me on the right. If this isn't an advertisement for the primal diet, I don't know what is.
Way to go, Doug!
I've always been a bit camera shy (I'm the only non-photographer in the family, too,) so I don't really have a good picture of me before I started the diet. I'll have to see if my brother has one. I'll get my niece or nephew to take one of me this weekend, for comparison, and post them this weekend.
Last summer, when I hit my (known*) peak weight, I was 315 lbs. I started the diet by the fall (IIRC) but didn't go "whole hog" on it until after New Year's. When I weighed myself just now I am at 244.9 lbs., so I've lost 70 lbs so far - more than half of that before I even started exercising.
I have been going to the gym for a full hour (or more) workout three times a week for the past 2-1/2 months without fail. I've been doing that less for any weight loss benefits than for strength training to counteract better than two decades of almost total lethargy. Other than my legs (with at least got a workout moving my fat carcass around once in a while - usually to get more food,) my muscles had nearly atrophied. When I first started working out I thought I'd die, and it's embarrassing how little upper body strength I had at that point. I've definitely been making some progress there, but I still have a way to go.
Basically, there are four major benefits that I have seen by sticking with the Primal diet:
- I never go hungry (unless I choose to skip a meal, which I do occasionally for the hell of it.)
- My joints (especially knees and ankles) have stopped protesting and creaking, like they used to.
- I no longer qualify for a training bra. (Hell, I was pushing towards a B cup.)
- I can look down when standing and see my willy again.
Oh yeah, one more:
I can eat BACON! * I say known weight, because I avoided scales for years, and my 48" pants had been tight for a while when I finally gave in any weighed myself. For all I know I might have weighed even more prior to that.