Greetings, my name is Jim and I am from South Carolina. I'm 66, retired and have begun my second year as a senior citizen - so I'm no longer a novice in that group. I've been reading two books lately and accidentally found this forum by Googling "Volumetrics."
My wife (who still works) and I have utilized the South Beach Diet several times and were most successful the first time around. Volumetrics offers me another beginning without dropping fruit from my daily diet.
My heart has been in atrial fibrillation for the last two years and my medicines that restore a decent heart rate render strong negative side effects to this old frame of mine. Seems I'm constantly fatigued and have to really work at it to get some walking in each day. I used to walk four miles each week day morning but now struggle to get one mile in before having to sit and rest. Got to blame something (okay?) and I'm blaming my inactivity rather than my love for eating nuts to my current weight gain. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Since I have been a good size before I'm convinced everything about me that's wrong would be better if I got back down to a decent size again. MY wife is embarking on this journey with me and that simplifies things at meal time. We are starting after Christmas for obvious reasons - then - it's crunch time. Looking forward to getting to know some of you better.
Jim