Draglist
Joined June 2012
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Weight History

Start Weight
325.0 lb
Lost so far: 91.8 lb

Current Weight
233.2 lb
Performance: losing 1.9 lb a week

Goal Weight
205.0 lb
Still to go: 28.2 lb
Hi. I'm Bill Pratt. My Draglist nickname comes from my drag racing website, draglist.com. I went from 345 to the 190s in two years, from 2012-2014, using Fatsecret. I am experimenting with maintenance. Currently in the 225-230 range.

I weighed more than 300 over 20 years of my adult life, topping out at 345 by January 2012 and experiencing Type 2 diabetes. I lost 15 pounds in six months that year by dropping breakfast (early 16:8 fasting without knowing it). Then I read a New York Times article about Dr. Carson Chow, an MIT mathematician who figured out an algorithm that gave you an absolute daily calorie goal to lose x amount of weight in x amount of time.

I plugged in 100 lbs. in a year on June 26, 2012. The calorie total per day was 1685. That's when I started with Fatsecret to track those calories. I did not reach my goal on June 26, 2013, but I did one week later, on July 4! I also have had perfect blood sugar since October 2012, along with perfect blood pressure and a resting heart rate in the mid-50s. On my anniversary, I changed my goal weight from 225 lbs. to 190 lbs.

I found it difficult to hit 190 pounds as my original Calories In, Calories Out (CICO) strategy became less effective after losing most of my weight. But I did make it to 196 pounds in June 2014, 192 pounds in April 2015, and 199 pounds in March 2017.

I'm currently doing high protein, moderate carbs/fat, and Intermittent Fasting within calorie targets to stay in my target weight range. I am finding it a completely different strategy to keep in maintenance, and I keep experimenting each month to see how to keep the weight off. I'm sticking with Fatsecret to stay on track and maybe help a few new members find success. Feel free to follow me and drop me a message. I'm here to cheer you on. If you are interested to know how I did it, check out my blog at diettruth.org. Wishing you success! Bill

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  Lose 1lb per week - 12 week challenge
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  No Candy for Halloween Week!
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Chillin' in July 2014 (about 210 - vacation weight!)
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Draglist's Cookbook

cals: 185kcal | fat: 15.66g | carbs: 6.13g | prot: 8.10g
Almond Bread
An easy, quick low carb bread.
cals: 168kcal | fat: 13.47g | carbs: 3.57g | prot: 9.50g
Cream Cheese Biscuit
A very low carb breakfast muffin.
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Mobile app vs. Website
Hi, guys. Late to the party here, but I think both should be functionally equivalent. Lots of things to fix on both, but not bad for free. I sent some feature requests in last week.
posted 14 Nov 2021, 12:55
FatSecrets Podcast
Hi, everyone. I did a podcast with Ben (cannboys) a few weeks ago and here is the result. It was fun to recall my 7 years with FatSecret. The title of it is Taking the Long View. If you want to check it out, here is the link: https://anchor.fm/fatsecrets
posted 14 Oct 2019, 20:40
Fit Bit
Hi everyone. I found a pretty good hack for fixing the inconsistent exercise syncing between Fitbit and FatSecret. As noted above, Fitmess is gone and the FatSecret sync with Fitbit only works about half the time. If FatSecret does not sync up and credit you for all the calories you burned on Fitbit, go to the FatSecret APP (not the website), click MORE, and then Diet Calendar. Click the calorie burn that is underreported and then click the plus sign to add additional exercise to bring you up to the Fitbit total for the day, I use the brisk walking exercise because that's typically what I actually do. Good luck!
posted 20 Oct 2018, 11:49
Body Weight and Glycogen Depletion
Hi, Adam! I like to go back and re-read it every now and then. Thanks to you, I'll do that now!
posted 02 Sep 2018, 00:35
Environmental Pollution in Your Area
Hi, everyone. Watching Mike Mutzel on YouTube and he is speaking with cancer survivor and expert Dr. Nasha Winters on how you can let the body heal itself through diet and other techniques.

She mentioned the following website where you can find out how toxic your local environment is by entering your zip code.

I lived in a heavily industrial area as a kid and I was not surprised at my results (bad).

Here is the website: scorecard.org
posted 08 Apr 2018, 10:24
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