more pickles less pete

picklepete · 02-03-2013, 09:28 AM

I figured I'd make a 1-year report. I began reading "alternative" health info around October 2011 hoping to fix some sleep-disruptingly bad acid reflux. My brother had some luck with a generalized traditional cuisine plan--he basically summarized the three devils as "fructose, linoleic acid, and seed toxins", at least in industrial quantities.

After pillaging the library I began shopping, planning, and recording on Feb 01 2012. Now I don't really follow a prescribed plan or even tally carbohydrate but there are so many other reasons to reject the common and popular carbohydrate foods that I probably ended up in the same place regardless. As long as ~90% of my calories serve some nutritional purpose I feel good.

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6 months

12 months

cfine · 02-03-2013, 09:36 AM

Thanks for sharing! You look great AND you always have a wise word to lend

jhbyrd · 02-03-2013, 09:36 AM

Congrats-you look wonderful!!!! You look younger too, the last picture looks like the first pictures son!!!I bet you feel wonderful too!! I also start last Feburary and have lost around 80 pounds!! KUTGW!!!

SchoolPsych1979 · 02-03-2013, 09:42 AM

Crazy. You look totally younger! I'm 34 and people tell me I look like I'm in my mid 20s.now imagine if o lost a bunch of weight! Way to go though! Inspirational!

svenskamae · 02-03-2013, 09:56 AM

Oh wow! You look great, and seem to have lost a couple of decades along with the weight!

When I read the thread title, I was afraid that "less Pete" meant you wouldn't be posting here (off to work on pickles instead, perhaps)? I'm happy that it documented your weight loss, instead; I always appreciate your rational and well-informed posts.

princessmommy · 02-03-2013, 11:24 AM

Incredible! You look at Least 10 yrs younger if not more! Wow! What an inspiration!

Julie1972 · 02-03-2013, 12:30 PM

Great job! Thanks much for sharing! Very inspiring!

SuzanneM · 02-03-2013, 01:55 PM

Well done you! You look great.

Gabby1 · 02-03-2013, 01:57 PM

Pete- thanks for posting the (inspiring) pics-- and congrats on taking control of your health through your food intake. Your posts are always informative and encouraging. Thanks for sharing with us!

Leslie

gello5440 · 02-03-2013, 02:40 PM

Congratulations Pete - you have changed your life.

piratejenny · 02-03-2013, 03:28 PM

Great progress!!!

How's your acid reflux?

Rhubarb · 02-03-2013, 04:23 PM

Congratulations. And thanks for sharing your insights on this board. I always find your approach to be interesting and worth considering.

You look great!

Arctic_Mama · 02-03-2013, 04:35 PM

Woohoo! Less Pete is a good thing, you look great

avid · 02-03-2013, 04:39 PM

Outstanding!
I always enjoy reading your posts.

Britt1975 · 02-03-2013, 04:43 PM

Congratulations! You look great! I have to take this time to say thanks for being such a great board contributor. Your posts and responses are always well thought out and reasonable. Your success and understanding of WHY you are doing what you do, and your willingness to share that with others is very appreciated!

Thank you!

marieze · 02-03-2013, 04:50 PM

AMAZING transformation!!!! Congratulations on your success, Pete!!!!!

lterry913 · 02-03-2013, 06:02 PM

Amazing ...just amazing

giJ · 02-03-2013, 07:10 PM

Wow, you look great.

And SO much younger!

synger · 02-03-2013, 07:10 PM

What an amazing and encouraging/inspiring transformation! Thank you for sharing these pics with us.

thealything · 02-03-2013, 11:31 PM

looking good!

Biochic · 02-04-2013, 02:35 AM

Wow! You look terrific!

picklepete · 02-04-2013, 05:36 PM

You're all way too kind.
I promise I receive more help from the forum than I give.

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Originally Posted by piratejenny

Great progress!!!

How's your acid reflux?

All gone except for travel/holidays (which doesn't surprise me much). I think I've pegged it to gluten.

Strawberry · 02-04-2013, 08:47 PM

(i promise I'm not trying to hit on you) You look totally hot!!!! Congratulations on getting healthy!! Great work!

gladee88er · 02-04-2013, 09:19 PM

Looking good Pete! Keep up the good work. I'll bet you feel much better.

Mimosa23 · 02-05-2013, 01:01 AM

Excellent! Well done, Pete!

Very inspirational to see your journey in pictures. Thanks for sharing!

h82bl8 · 02-05-2013, 05:09 AM

You look great and much younger!! FANTASTIC job!!

Mobear · 02-05-2013, 05:27 AM

Great job Pete

. Thanks so much for the update and your inspirational helpful posts.

clackley · 02-05-2013, 06:30 AM

Pete, you are transformed!! What a difference - not just in size but as others have said, you look quite a bit younger. WELL DONE!!!

Trillex · 02-05-2013, 07:01 AM

CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you have even more happiness and great health ahead of you!

misty1028 · 02-05-2013, 08:40 AM

WOW you look fantastic. You've came along ways Congratulations.

02-03-2013, 09:28 AM	#1
picklepete Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 750 Gallery: picklepete Stats: 265/189/189 WOE: 6hr window + no refined calories	more pickles less pete I figured I'd make a 1-year report. I began reading "alternative" health info around October 2011 hoping to fix some sleep-disruptingly bad acid reflux. My brother had some luck with a generalized traditional cuisine plan--he basically summarized the three devils as "fructose, linoleic acid, and seed toxins", at least in industrial quantities. After pillaging the library I began shopping, planning, and recording on Feb 01 2012. Now I don't really follow a prescribed plan or even tally carbohydrate but there are so many other reasons to reject the common and popular carbohydrate foods that I probably ended up in the same place regardless. As long as ~90% of my calories serve some nutritional purpose I feel good. Start 6 months 12 months __________________ "I can confidently state that quantity of diet may safely be left to the natural appetite; and that is quality only which is essential to abate and cure corpulence. These important desiderata have been attained by the most easy and comfortable means by a system of diet that formerly I should have thought dangerously generous." -William Banting (1863)

02-05-2013, 05:27 AM	#27
Mobear Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: OH Posts: 1,086 Gallery: Mobear Stats: 235/192/LESS WOE: Bernstein Start Date: 9/2010	Great job Pete. Thanks so much for the update and your inspirational helpful posts.

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02-03-2013, 09:36 AM	#2
cfine Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,609 Gallery: cfine Stats: 276/210/199 WOE: NK Start Date: Atkins 4/12 Nutritional Ketosis 1/13	Thanks for sharing! You look great AND you always have a wise word to lend

02-03-2013, 09:36 AM	#3
jhbyrd Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 572 Gallery: jhbyrd Stats: 235/157/140 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: Feb 2012	Congrats-you look wonderful!!!! You look younger too, the last picture looks like the first pictures son!!!I bet you feel wonderful too!! I also start last Feburary and have lost around 80 pounds!! KUTGW!!!

02-03-2013, 09:42 AM	#4
SchoolPsych1979 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Californ-EYE AY Posts: 213 Gallery: SchoolPsych1979 Stats: 255/244/145 WOE: ALMOST NO CARBS, with artificial sweeteners Start Date: 03/25/2013	Crazy. You look totally younger! I'm 34 and people tell me I look like I'm in my mid 20s.now imagine if o lost a bunch of weight! Way to go though! Inspirational!

02-03-2013, 09:56 AM	#5
svenskamae Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2012 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 2,926 Gallery: svenskamae Stats: 235/178/135 5'3" WOE: Nutritional Ketosis/Primal/JUDDD Start Date: January 15, 2012	Oh wow! You look great, and seem to have lost a couple of decades along with the weight! When I read the thread title, I was afraid that "less Pete" meant you wouldn't be posting here (off to work on pickles instead, perhaps)? I'm happy that it documented your weight loss, instead; I always appreciate your rational and well-informed posts.

02-03-2013, 11:24 AM	#6
princessmommy Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 2,696 Gallery: princessmommy Stats: 207/149!/140 WOE: Low Carb! Start Date: May 21 Yet Again!	Incredible! You look at Least 10 yrs younger if not more! Wow! What an inspiration!

02-03-2013, 12:30 PM	#7
Julie1972 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 425 Gallery: Julie1972 Stats: 220/174/160 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/1/2013	Great job! Thanks much for sharing! Very inspiring!

02-03-2013, 01:55 PM	#8
SuzanneM Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Santa Monica CA Posts: 5,644 Gallery: SuzanneM Stats: 150/143/125 WOE: Hhcg	Well done you! You look great.

02-03-2013, 01:57 PM	#9
Gabby1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 575 Gallery: Gabby1 Stats: 220/183/170 5'9" 46yo WOE: Low Carb Paleo Start Date: 6/22/2012	Pete- thanks for posting the (inspiring) pics-- and congrats on taking control of your health through your food intake. Your posts are always informative and encouraging. Thanks for sharing with us! Leslie

02-03-2013, 02:40 PM	#10
gello5440 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 699 Gallery: gello5440 WOE: Low Carb - Atkins Start Date: October 2010	Congratulations Pete - you have changed your life.

02-03-2013, 03:28 PM	#11
piratejenny Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,690 Gallery: piratejenny Stats: 293/285/<160 (5'7") WOE: LC/JUDDD/Fast5/Diabetes Miracle 2010-12 Start Date: 2013: IDK!	Great progress!!! How's your acid reflux?

02-03-2013, 04:23 PM	#12
Rhubarb Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 293 Gallery: Rhubarb Stats: 195/131/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 2012	Congratulations. And thanks for sharing your insights on this board. I always find your approach to be interesting and worth considering. You look great!

02-03-2013, 04:35 PM	#13
Arctic_Mama Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,781 Gallery: Arctic_Mama Stats: 257/163/140 WOE: Atkins 2002 Start Date: R1 12/11, R2 3/12	Woohoo! Less Pete is a good thing, you look great

02-03-2013, 04:39 PM	#14
avid Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: treasure coast Posts: 908 Gallery: avid Stats: 180/131/131... WOE: Lotsa veggies and LC	Outstanding! I always enjoy reading your posts.

02-03-2013, 04:43 PM	#15
Britt1975 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 448 Gallery: Britt1975 Stats: 331/293/150 WOE: Low carb whole foods Start Date: 1/14/2013	Congratulations! You look great! I have to take this time to say thanks for being such a great board contributor. Your posts and responses are always well thought out and reasonable. Your success and understanding of WHY you are doing what you do, and your willingness to share that with others is very appreciated! Thank you!

02-03-2013, 04:50 PM	#16
marieze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 1,887 Gallery: marieze Stats: 370/220/180 WOE: My way low carb! Start Date: July 11th 2003	AMAZING transformation!!!! Congratulations on your success, Pete!!!!!

02-03-2013, 06:02 PM	#17
lterry913 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,537 Gallery: lterry913 Stats: 5' 11" 238/174/170 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 12/1/2010	Amazing ...just amazing

02-03-2013, 07:10 PM	#18
giJ Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2004 Location: NOVA Posts: 1,099 Gallery: giJ Stats: Size 18W+/8 WOE: My own - low carb, high fat, calorie controlled Start Date: You mean this time? 9 Jan 2012	Wow, you look great. And SO much younger!

02-03-2013, 07:10 PM	#19
synger Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,227 Gallery: synger Stats: Start: 310 Current: 259 WOE: Calorie and carb counting, IR Diet framework Start Date: IR/PCOS: Dx pre-diabetic 3/2010	What an amazing and encouraging/inspiring transformation! Thank you for sharing these pics with us.

02-03-2013, 11:31 PM	#20
thealything Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 490 Gallery: thealything Stats: 238/196/138 5'7" WOE: Atkins (DANDR) Start Date: restart March '12	looking good!

02-04-2013, 02:35 AM	#21
Biochic Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NY Posts: 721 Gallery: Biochic Stats: 192/151/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 12/28/12	Wow! You look terrific!

02-04-2013, 08:47 PM	#23
Strawberry Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,350 Gallery: Strawberry	(i promise I'm not trying to hit on you) You look totally hot!!!! Congratulations on getting healthy!! Great work!

02-04-2013, 09:19 PM	#24
gladee88er Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Goldfield, NV Posts: 283 Gallery: gladee88er Stats: 240 / 173.1 / 165 WOE: modified Atkins Start Date: April 2011	Looking good Pete! Keep up the good work. I'll bet you feel much better.

02-05-2013, 01:01 AM	#25
Mimosa23 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 5,929 Gallery: Mimosa23 Stats: 220/206/150 WOE: Nourishing Traditions without grains/IF	Excellent! Well done, Pete! Very inspirational to see your journey in pictures. Thanks for sharing!

02-05-2013, 05:09 AM	#26
h82bl8 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,549 Gallery: h82bl8 Stats: 220/170 WOE: what works for me Start Date: Apr. 2013	You look great and much younger!! FANTASTIC job!!

02-05-2013, 06:30 AM	#28
clackley Chatty Cathy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 13,221 Gallery: clackley Stats: 228.5/168/125 WOE: N.K.=vlc/hf/moderate protein & organic/pastured Start Date: Restart Oct 18 2009	Pete, you are transformed!! What a difference - not just in size but as others have said, you look quite a bit younger. WELL DONE!!!

02-05-2013, 07:01 AM	#29
Trillex Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 947 Gallery: Trillex Stats: 235/149.5/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 11 May 2012	CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you have even more happiness and great health ahead of you!

02-05-2013, 08:40 AM	#30
misty1028 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Western Massachusetts Posts: 6,596 Gallery: misty1028 Stats: high 189 to 115 restart 169/132/120 WOE: low carb-Atkins/South Beach Start Date: 1st-9-13-04 restart 1-1-11	WOW you look fantastic. You've came along ways Congratulations.