Originally Posted by
Diamondback
Pinz, this already is a HUGE cut--normal in college was a 2-liter a day (even when I was down to 160), then a 1-1.25-liter a day from post-college through the Middle Age Bloat up til a month ago, now down to about 1/4 that. Enough that I've cut most of the bad effects while still avoiding caffeine-withdrawal. Admittedly the 8-ounce Icee Slush on really hot days after having to shove 350# of wheelchair around for a few hours, but the rest of the time that 3/4 bottle has been replaced by more water, tea, and cranberry/cran-raspberry, orange and V8 juices. Thinking is "start easy and see how far that gets me; when it no longer produces results tighten the screws"--remember, eating vegetation is not natural for me, in order to get those salads down I have to bury them under a mountain of protein and drown them in ridiculous amounts of vinegar.
Other considerations: Family histories of both huge frame sizes relative to height AND tending to run fat on top of that, congenital severe allergy to all fish and shellfish. (The past two generations it means violent projectile expulsion at both ends, but in the past it has caused fatalities. Ironic, living in one of the country's seafood hotspots...)
Funny thing, a client over in the Netherlands is my mom's height but only 140, and when she heard about Mom being over twice her weight she commented "Now I don't feel so bad about the little *I* have to work off!"
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