52 years old male....and 412 lbs....help

[Sherri]

Hi Sam,
Oh how you're words sound so familiar to me. I was listening to them from my doctor 5 years ago. I, like you, took heed in his words and did something about it.
I couldn't exercise at first. Like you, I took baby steps and walked just as far as I could each day. With each passing day I gained momentum and endurance and was striving with leaps and bounds before to long. Just stick with it.
This is a very healing woe (way of eating). Take one day at a time, one meal at a time and you will get into your rhythm of weight loss.
I was scheduled for a weightloss surgery but had to lose weight before they would touch me. I started Atkins and well, the rest is history. I never needed that surgery after all.
Atkins reversed my Type-2 Diabetes. I feel as though it saved my life and continues to do so.
Keep with it, you'll be so glad you did. Plus, after a few months, you can go back to your doctors and probably hear a different tone from him. You can return the shock.
Wishing you the best of health and lite.
Sincerely, Sherri
P.S. I would like to invite you to come check in at the Century Club Roll Call each day. Lots of folks there with great support.
See you at the CC.

[Sammy J.]

Wow,

you got a lot of good advice.

You might want to read "your fat can make you thin". It's Atkin's again, but very limited calories.

YOU CAN DO THIS, ONE DAY AT A TIME!

[HoosierDaddy]

I'm in your shoes (probably one of the reasons we both weigh over 400 lbs at the start of the diet, big shoes. . .) and I'm exactly your age. I didn't do it because a doctor wanted me too, I did it for me.

There's a lot of good advice here, and the forum is a great support group, so use it. I do take umbrage with your doc's tone of voice. I kept a neurologist (relapsing/remitting M.S. albeit very mild AND PTSD) for three years who double booked his appointments, kept ordering MRI's despite the four lesions we knew about (expensive) and dismissed me abruptly and quickly at the end of the appointments. He was/is an ***, and he seems to forget that I hired him. . to help me. . .not abuse me.

I do think that you are on the right path though, but I sure wouldn't take crap from a doctor like that. Tough love is okay, but rude is just plain old rude.

[bizzlekitty]

My story is similar to yours and I thought I couldn't exercise either due to my arthritis, fibromyalgia and weight. I didn't exercise much much first year on Atkins and still lost about 60 lbs. I would have lost more if I had exercised.

I started out really really slow when I did start, like 5 mins on the treadmill at a time and not shying aware from walking places. Then I upped it to 10 minutes, and then 15, 20 and 30. I also started lifting weights at the gym and other exercises I could do at home (you can use canned good or other things if you don't have any weights) and floor exercises of leg lifts, etc.

I messed up when I hit a plateau, then injured my shoulder and let myself fall off the wagon and regained too much of the weight back. Big mistake. But I'm back on track now and doing much better.

My knees and back are SO much better, especially with the exercise. I now do 2-3 mile walks and do strength training 2-3 times a week and use my recumbant bike when the weather isn't good.

Do Atkins. Do it right. Get rid of the soda (you'll thank yourself later) and drink water or tea (unsweet) instead. I found the more soda I drank, the less water I did. Go clean for 3-4 months on Induction/extended induction and clean yourself of all the bad habits and craving.

Then watch the weight come off.

Stick around here for support. can be your lifeline.

[mission to lose]

Hi,
Don't give up, and as far as exercise, you don't have to start by running. Try looking for exercises online or even youtube for wheelchair bound people or people with limited movement. In Chicago there is a program on TV for exercise that is done entirely while sitting on a chair called "Sit and Be Fit".
Hold on, I just checked Sit and Be Fit is on you tube. Check it out! Hang in there.