Introducing Wheat Belly and Carbo Face

The Last couple days I've been thinking about giving up carbohydrates and how that will affect my life.  I am sick of being sick.  I have a host of chronic illnesses that seem to stem from the fact that my body does not process carbs well.


My partner is healthier than me, but he too has health issues.  He's mainly concerned with losing weight.  Like me, he's struggled with his weight, most of his life.  I'm overweight too, but I have lipodystrophy and the fat in my body is mostly internal adipose tissue, and especially in my liver, there is tons of fat.  I used to feel like there was nothing I could do,  that I straight up had a wonky body that needed tons of meds, but the feeling of helplessness surrounding my health has dissipated.  Like in the movie I was watching tonight, Henry's Crime, where Keanu Reeves's character says,


"I used to go along with everything.  I didn't feel like I could change it."


Now I wonder why I felt that way - so resigned to my fate.


Well, maybe think about that later.  For now, I'm just glad I have this feeling of empowerment over my health.


My goal in starting this blog is to motivate and track our progress while we change what we eat and do.  We're gonna shed the habits surrounding food and lifestyle that aren't supporting health and replace them with eating patterns and exercise routines that are easy to live with long term.  I want these changes to be enjoyable.

All this was prompted when Carbo Face cued up this YouTube interview where Gary Taubes  explains how insulin is used to store fat in the liver.

I have type 2 diabetes,  and I've had that diagnosis for the past 10 years, yet it took a random youtube video for me to get this information. Even though I've been seeing tons of doctors, often more than one specialist a month, I've never had one tell me, well that insulin you're taking  - THAT's why you have fatty liver.  Well maybe it's not that simple, but I mean really.  If just once, a doctor had straight up said, carbs turn to fat because of insulin, well maybe I'd have chosen not to eat carbs instead of taking insulin.


Anyhow.  This is where I'm at right now.


Still eating carbs, but doing it in a conscious way where I'm saying goodbye to the foods I've loved that haven't treated me well.  They've been abusive, so I'm thinking on divorce.  First we'll go for a trial separation, then we'll try a couple dates and I'll see how they treat me.


 I'll be doing a weekly weigh in,  and keeping daily food and medication logs, and also note whatever extra effort is made on the exercise front.


Wheat Belly

182 lbs

waist 45
hips 37
neck 16
bicep 11
thigh  18.5

Carbo Face

220 lbs

waist  47
hips    41
neck   16.5
thigh   24
bicep  14


Here's to a healthier future.