Hello,
My name is Jeremiah and I am 35 years old, 6 foot tall, do a decent amount of calisthenics, but weigh in at a sad weight of 231.4 lbs. I have been vegan for 7 years and often succumb to emotional eating (mainly eat food when bored or to enhance an experience even when I'm not hungry). I have been addressing my emotional issues and food addictions as of late and I am not only ready, but thoroughly determined to do the Maximum Weight Loss program so I can finally be comfortable in my own skin! I am starting off by trying this program for the month of May (so a personal 30 day challenge). I aim to lose 12 pounds, exercise every day for 30 minutes, and I have already prepped my snack food for the week with the accompanying chopped veggies. I have allowed myself two exceptions only. Sunday nights, I will allow myself 3 oz of my favorite spirit, and on May 26th for my daughters birthday, I will eat one Beyond Meat burger. Outside of that, I am 100% following everything McDougall suggested, INCLUDING coming on this forum and being involved with like minded people (and hopefully some accountability!).
Thanks to all for reading my post and look forward to reporting back on my progress. It will be hard...but not nearly so hard as to have to face the way I currently look in the mirror every day.
It's the food!
