Beans, Beans and More Beans

Beans, Protein and also a bit of Gas

I have been on a diet now since April, 2009. I weighed in at 266 pounds and decided that if I ever wanted to see my Willy again, I better lose some fat. You can only tell your lover to push back the fat for so long. Then they just give you that LOOK, you know the one!  I needed a sensible diet that would allow me to eat enough to make sure I wasn't starving all the time and still get the protein I needed without fat content. So I settled on beans as my main source of food. I had in past times gone through Weight Watchers diets, Lindora Diet Hell (no Carbs! That is my Hell) and other faddish nonsense.  This time I decided to devise a regimen that I could stick with. It didn't have to include outlandish expectations. Why try to fool myself into believing it could be done in a few short months. I mean WTF, it took me years to put it on, if it takes a few years to get it back off than hey, such is life! I have been very diligent in my quest though, so now I can say that the Wii Fit no longer says " That's Obese! " when I take my body test. It only tells me that I am overweight. Yeah sure, my bod hasn't seen 165 ( my ideal weight) since I was 16. It most likely never will again. The only way that could happen would be if I got some incurable disease that just wasted me away. But for now, I just want to fit back into my semi fat clothing. And it is working for me. Sensible portions of beans, rice, seafood, low fat beef and pork, chicken, turkey, and of course lot's of veggies. Added in the mix are generous doses of Tequila and Wine to round out my new diet experience. Breakfast consists of Kashi and bananas with raspberry's, blueberries, blackberry's and dried cranberries. Top it with 2% milk for the calcium. For me it's important to have that first good meal of oxidants, potassium and carbohydrates. This helps keep my system charged.  So I might overdo on the odd weekend. I expect to see some gain. Can I take it back off by Thursday? Yes, it can be done. Decide not to exercise? You get wrinkles and flappy skin where the fat used to be and it takes forever to lose even a pound. Walking, cycling, whatever, just DO something! So I do what I can when I can.

I will be posting some bean recipes in the next few days or weeks. I hope they can help you take the plunge. Or at least help in your never ending quest. It's a lifelong challenge, so as Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest says, 

" Never give up!  Never surrender! " 

Oh, by the way, if lot's of farts are too much for you, get some Beano or GasX. Personally, I like to give them descriptive names. Like Butt Flapper, Wet Rhoid or Donald Duck. Even the occasional Wookie  can be heard. But when my brother in law Rex hears one of mine, he only laughs and says "That's just not right".

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