An Old Poster

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I have been on this list for years although I have not posted in a very long

time, mostly because I found CRON life a little too difficult to maintain.

However I have still read the posts and found this information extremely helpful

in living a healthy life-style, if not CRONly. The reason I posted and went

through the hassel of setting up a account (did not have one) is to pipe

in about NOT talking politics here. I understand there are political issues

that get us all worked up but they belong elsewhere.

So while I am here, let me at least state where I am in my life

Started CRON in May 2001 in very good physical shape (went to the gym 5 days a

week) at 190 lbs (5 foot 9 inch Male, then 38 years old. I have a wife and 2

daughters, now teenagers. In 2 years I went down to 165 lbs and was is great

shape even dropping gym visits to biweekly. Due to a short illness with my wife

I started drifting away from CRON and paid for it with increased weight, however

I still maintained very good eating habits if eating too many calories. A year

ago I went for a physical at 220 lbs and was told to start exercising and losing

weight. Today I exercise daily (cardio and weights) and have trimmed to 210 lbs

with a much higher muscle mass than fat. While this is not really at CRON

weight (I have read Dr. Walford's books numerous times) it is where I am happy

with myself and feel good! There is still fat to lose but I feel I am on track

again.

Since I have been using the CRON idea's for almost 10 years, I thought another

story may actually be of interest here. Perhaps realistic of trying to make

this work while raising a family.

However, there is one very important thing that has occurred in the past 10

years making all this worthwhile. My daughters are at excellent weight's for

their age (at the lower end of the range mid you) and have excellent eating

habits. They prefer real food rather than processes, and eat a lot of fruits

and vegetables. They do eat snacks and other things but the basics of proper

nutrition and healthy living has been instilled in them early, mostly due to

things I have learned from Dr. Walford's books and tips from this list.

Keep up the good work, thanks for the many years!