I thought we used to have like a diet support type of thread, but I couldn't find it... 
Decided I'd just start my own thread. Wanted to see if anyone else has made any recent diet / lifestyle changes and if so, thought this would be a good thread to discuss the topic, offer support and also act as a place for video links and such on the topic.
I've tried, off and on through my life, to eat better, with varying degrees of success. I've never been fat, or even "heavy", but wanted to eat better to become healthier. I've been very wary of fast food for years and had not eaten it often since my 40's. For a while when I was married to my second wife I ate more than previously, but since we've divorced I'm back to pretty much completely cutting it out.
Because of acid reflux, I cut out drinking pop years and years ago and a couple years back I started reducing my sugar intake. I rarely eat anything with added sugar now, which is a huge change from having 2 cups of coffee with 2 teaspoons of sugar in each every day for almost 40 years. I rarely eat any desserts and drastically limit added sugar in my food, though I do eat fruit that has natural fiber to counteract the sugar. I also occasionally have tea with 1 spoon of local raw honey, but that's pretty much it.
A couple of weeks ago I watched a YT video with Jordan Peterson and Max Lugavere, author of Genius Foods and a couple of other books. This got me interested in trying to eat almost totally only whole foods, doing my best to stay away from processed and ultraprocessed foods. I even downloaded and started using Cronometer in order to track what I eat and my nutrition. I already make sure I hike or do some aerobic activity every other day or so, but I'm adding some light exercises as well and plan to start doing some other exercise or weight lifting to add additional ways to be active and burn calories.
A few years back, I was diagnosed with hypertension and have been struggling to lose weight to try to get off the medication. I had set a goal to lose 10 pounds, which I hit this week. Now the trick is to lose another 15 pounds and also to keep it off, as I found out that for my height and age, I'm still considered "overweight". It's a struggle. I've been watching a ton of videos on eating healthy and my head is spinning from all the information, some of which of course is conflicting. I'm just trying to do my best.
Anyway, like I said, hoped to make this a place where others will share their journeys and see if I can inspire others, or possibly gain inspiration from hearing from other people. Here is the video that sparked my most recent lifestyle change to whole foods:
God Bless
Decided I'd just start my own thread. Wanted to see if anyone else has made any recent diet / lifestyle changes and if so, thought this would be a good thread to discuss the topic, offer support and also act as a place for video links and such on the topic.
I've tried, off and on through my life, to eat better, with varying degrees of success. I've never been fat, or even "heavy", but wanted to eat better to become healthier. I've been very wary of fast food for years and had not eaten it often since my 40's. For a while when I was married to my second wife I ate more than previously, but since we've divorced I'm back to pretty much completely cutting it out.
Because of acid reflux, I cut out drinking pop years and years ago and a couple years back I started reducing my sugar intake. I rarely eat anything with added sugar now, which is a huge change from having 2 cups of coffee with 2 teaspoons of sugar in each every day for almost 40 years. I rarely eat any desserts and drastically limit added sugar in my food, though I do eat fruit that has natural fiber to counteract the sugar. I also occasionally have tea with 1 spoon of local raw honey, but that's pretty much it.
A couple of weeks ago I watched a YT video with Jordan Peterson and Max Lugavere, author of Genius Foods and a couple of other books. This got me interested in trying to eat almost totally only whole foods, doing my best to stay away from processed and ultraprocessed foods. I even downloaded and started using Cronometer in order to track what I eat and my nutrition. I already make sure I hike or do some aerobic activity every other day or so, but I'm adding some light exercises as well and plan to start doing some other exercise or weight lifting to add additional ways to be active and burn calories.
A few years back, I was diagnosed with hypertension and have been struggling to lose weight to try to get off the medication. I had set a goal to lose 10 pounds, which I hit this week. Now the trick is to lose another 15 pounds and also to keep it off, as I found out that for my height and age, I'm still considered "overweight". It's a struggle. I've been watching a ton of videos on eating healthy and my head is spinning from all the information, some of which of course is conflicting. I'm just trying to do my best.
Anyway, like I said, hoped to make this a place where others will share their journeys and see if I can inspire others, or possibly gain inspiration from hearing from other people. Here is the video that sparked my most recent lifestyle change to whole foods:
God Bless
