[goat granny]

My husband was a large man and when he hit 250 decided to go on a diet...lost 50 pounds in 3 1/2 months.

He went on 1000 calories a day. I sat down with a calorie book and looked up the calories for each type of food we ate for dinner....he ate the same thing we did, but in amounts a lot less...I had it figured even to how many tablespoons of gravy he could have with his potatoes...I fixed his dinner plate and set it in front of him.

Some vegetables he loved he could have a cup of at certain times...and he stuck to what he was allowed...sometimes I would cheat a little a he got a small slice of chocolate cake...never had to stop eating something he liked entirely..

He could sit down to a spaghetti dinner and eat a 1/2 of loaf of bread at a meal....loved to eat, but when he decided to lose weight had great will power...

May he rest in peace, passed on 20 years ago...

[Jack Hydrazine]

Wow! That’s great! Sounds like you did a great job helping him to realize his goal.

[calex59]

I might have mentioned this before. My daughter had names for both of her grandmothers. My wife's mother was fat, so my little darling, not being long on tact, called her Fat Granny. My mother raised Nubians for the milk and my daughter loved to visit and play with the goats(nubians being very gentle, at least the nanny goats were)and so she called my mother Goat Granny. Every time I see your FReeper handle I remember my mother:)

Sorry to read you lost him 20 years ago.