Archives for December 2018

I checked my blood pressure for the fist time and was in for a shock.

I mean I know I’m overweight but apparently I have high blood pressure as well. Withing considers it at stage 2 of high blood pressure.

That coupled with my weight is causing me even more to want to try and switch my eating habits sooner rather then later.

I purchased the Withing body cardio WiFi scale and the blood pressure monitor during the Black Friday sale.

Unfortunately they did not ship it out in the timeline they provided. When the scale and blood pressure monitor finally arrived they refused to pair with my phone.

I reached out to Withings customer service and after an hour of troubleshooting they wanted me to try and pair it with a different phone, I had to wait till I got home and tried to pair the scale with my old smartphone. [Read more…] about Withings

Sometime back in Aug 2018 I came across a little YouTube video of Penn Jillette speaking about his weight loss and plugging his book. I logged into my library account and put a hold on the book right away,

I read Penn Jillette’s book Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales. I read the book in a few days and could relate as I had tried dieting many times in the past with only temporary success. What Penn was writing made sense.

Next I reached out to Ray Cronise who actually walked Penn Jillette through his weight loss and asked if he would consider coaching me through the process, First he replied saying ” This works. It’s always food. You’re not broken!” and shared a link to his book Plant-Based Nutrition.

After I read the book I reached out to him again feeling that I would need some help on my journey and because the book does not speak about the actual weight loss phase. His response this time was that “he takes on a limited amount of clients, most at this point from invitations of existing clients”, so I was on my own.

I tried finding information about this specific diet online. All I knew about it was the 2 weeks of eating only potatoes. I knew there had to be more but I could not find it. After a few days of searching I found one source with good information on the next phase from someone who was coached by Ray. https://nutritionalyeast.quora.com I highly recommend reading through his whole blog.

I will be updating my journey along the way, and keep you all posted.

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I will be sharing my thoughts and feelings along my weight loss journey here.

I’ll probably start posting after the weekend.