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Listen up! I'm your standard 40 something, pushin 50 (hard) guy, who has maintained his weight to like a 10 pound window for the last decade. BUT I'M FAT! My blood glucose is rising, and already having heart problems, that's scary! So... I need to change my lifestyle. But where do we start?

What's fact and what's fiction?

See, I'm NOT one of those guys who believes you eat blue berries, and you don't get cancer! I eat blues', and guess what I had? It's nonsense, cancers are caused by environmental contamination- that's been proven over and over! And most diet things, seem to be more fad than fact. I want to see facts people!

For example, lately I'm drinking more wine. No, not getting drunk, just two glasses. One with dinner, and as I relax afterwords, about 3 nights a week. Which is suppose to do all these wonderful things for you, particularly when you look at the French, and how they eat. So, why suddenly has my blood glucose spiked up- so MUCH? I think there must be more to the French lifestyle, than drying out the bottom of wine bottles? Like maybe, regular bicycling or something?

When you look at today's American food, what doesn't have CORN in it? And what does corn do besides fatten up cattle for market? I'm actually puzzled on how to reduce carbs, because of of this? You have corn oil, corn starch, corn syrup, high fluctose corn syrup, and xanith gum- it's all corn!!!

We all seem to be getting fatter by the moment. And I read labels, and eat a balanced diet. Still though, 220ish pounds, when I should be 190 TOPS. Fit is most likely a ridiculous 170 or something? And granted I need to get a lot more exorcise, that has to be schedule in, but I can do it. But with winter, and living in the mountains, it's cold, and it's hard!

Then there is also that topic of portion control. Basic rule of thumb (they say) is nothing that doesn't fit in the palm of your hand. Even that single serving of Potato Chips, what do you think it's based on? The palm of your hand. Problem is, that nobody can eat just one!

Now I am a cheese fiend. I just love that sour, salty, creamy, smokey, complex flavor! Can't go a day without a slice of cheese. That's why I take Lipitor! No really it is!

So I don't need to tell you how hard it is to diet. We all know that to be true. This an issue of lifestyle, and choices. I'm not some tiny little gym rat of a girl, who has appearance issues, I'm a fat old man, who already has too many health issues, to continue on this coarse. If you want to live long, you have to work at it. So, your welcome to explore these issues with me. Let's discover the facts about nutrition, diet, and exorcise. I want to hear from people loosing or have lost weight, this is a network for lazy, unmotivated, skeptical bubble butts, like myself.

This is not about looking thin, it's about being healthy(er).
BTW: New Years has nothing to do with this, that just irony of timing at the moment. I feel that my weight is in the way of the lifestyle, I want to maintain. I'm getting older, and I'm starting to feel like I'm living inside a barrel. Maybe it's just fighting off aging, it could be that too, but what's wrong with that anyhow?