My journey to better health and trying to maintain and lose weight is years into a better life journey!

All my life I have battled the weight gained – even staying at the same weight is very hard for me!
On top of all that – I am diabetic – and have to watch the sugars – starches –
I am on Metformin – and currently at 6.7% ALC and Glucose at 115!
My GP wants me “DOWN” to 6.5 or below and Glucose under 100!
On the Plus side – my Cholesterol is 108 – my Triglycerides – are 81 and HDL – is 33.
My VDL Cholesterol is 10 – my LDL Cholesterol is 59 and my LDL Cholesterol is 59!
My weight as of this blog is up and down – 189.6 lbs. to 192.4 lbs. every day!
NOTE: I graduated from H.S. in 1967 at 195 lbs.
I see my GP every four months for blood tests – I consume hardly any sugars –
I do not like hard candy and if I have cake – I do not eat the frosting!

I have for almost nineteen years taken a Food Supplement called JUICE PLUS.
This is where every day I get absorbed into my bloodstream –
nutrients from 30 different FRUITS – VEGETABLES and BERRIES!
All are grown on their own controlled farms with no pesticides.
I also take every day OMEGAS – four different kinds from ALGAE and not fish –
grown on The JUICE PLUS farms – no toxics or fish oil or mercury.
My journey is ongoing – each day – my day starts with coffee – one cup –
yes, I know caffeine may not be beneficial – so I limit it – I drink water the rest of the day.
NO SODA – NO DAIRY(milk) – very little butter or oils,
And I have cut drinking down to be – well – if we are by ourselves weeks at a time – no alcohol.
Going out by ourselves – maybe a draft beer – but most of the time water or unsweetened tea.
Even getting together with neighbors or friends – I have tended not to drink.

I also drink a SHAKE every day if I can – made out of COMPLETE – a product of JUICE PLUS.
A powder – French Vanilla or Dutch Chocolate –
I add crushed ice – water and a cup of Almond milk.
Put it in a blender and mix until the ice is gone –
This I substitute for a breakfast or lunch meal.
It gives me plant-based protein and a host of nutrients.
Eating as healthy as I can has given me control over my weight gain and loss each day.
In the four years I have done this on my own –
I have gone from 205 lbs. to the current 189.6 lbs. thru the 192.4 lbs. daily.
A gradual decline over the years.
This formula has worked for me in keeping it off and of course, there are times I treat myself!
Going out to eat – I almost always look for salads and add on of chicken or salmon.
But – there are times I splurge and cheat a little!

With friends cheating with ICE CREAM which I love – but this is rare –
My journey is my own – with help from my wife Sherry who also has her own journey of better health.
She is a tall woman – and watches what she eats every day and also for almost nineteen years-
has taken the health Supplements of Juice Plus and Omegas.
She also does a shake every day and a drink she makes to clean out the impurities – cleansing as she calls it – from both of our bodies.
We are both 75 years old – living life to the plus one day at a time.

My hope is this can bring hope to those who struggle every day being a part of the Baby Boomers –
and SENIOR population!
If you need a contact – mine: fitztdf@aol.com, and Sherry – http://www.sherrylynn49@aol.com
Our journey is not simple – but it is real –
I strive to age as healthy as I can into old age.
Thanks for reading and as always HGD!
PAPA’S WORLD – BETTER HEALTH AND WEIGHT LOSS – my site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog