Update on "Big Daddy Wants to be Thin" 50 Pound Weight Loss Through Fasting ... 30 to Go!

by Robert Buran
(Reno, Nevada)

About fourteen months ago I posted a picture and short article here, 'Big Daddy Wants to be Thin Again', regarding my entry into the fasting community.

You can access that post here:
http://www.fitnessthroughfasting.com/big-daddy-wants-to-be-thin-again-comments.html

At the time I weighed 255 pounds then and this morning, August 13, 2009, I weighed in at 205 lbs. The good news is that I have lost 50 pounds. The bad news is that it has taken me 15 months to do so; and I still have 30 pounds to go, and it ain't easy.

I turn 66 next month and if that is not bad enough I raise my only child, a beautiful son of eight years, without assistance from anyone.

So I have learned to fast while cooking and doing food preparation for my son. But he has learned the right behavior too: Watch Daddy and do not let him lick his fingers when cooking!

Fasting has given me a necessary tool for weight loss and weight control. I am one of those people who can gain a pound by simply smelling pizza! I cannot lose an ounce with simple dieting and 'portion management'.

Fasting is the only way for me to lose weight. But I can 'turn off eating' for a few days from time to time and this is how I keep a handle on things.

Although fasting is not easy it is not so bad either. I feel good when I fast. I try to keep my mind busy with reading and studying computers to keep from thinking about food. I walk several miles a day and this is easier when I fast.

Without fasting I would probably be dead. With fasting I feel I have reversed that damned ticking clock and I will probably see 100 years (both my parents made 95) and grandchildren!

I enclosed a before and after picture, but keep in mind that I still have a ways to go. If it takes me another year to get to 175 lbs so be it.

Oh by the way I am currently in my third day of a fast that I hope will last to the start of my son's school, August 31, 2009.

I do not lose weight rapidly even when fasting, but if I can make it to August 31 I might be able to get 10 more pounds off.

Robert