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Message: [QUOTE="bobbygt, post: 2143020, member: 693"] I'm not a big guy-5'8", and I've been around 150 my whole adult life. I'm pushing 165 now and I feel awful. Short version- I was very active- playing soccer, reffing games, hiking, biking. Then last August, I came down with sciatica and the mri revealed 2 herniated discs. It was the most painful thing I've ever had. To make matters worse, my wife tore her acl at the exact same time. Since absolutely nothing helped with the pain, I took to drinking a lot of beer. Then in November, we found out my wife was pregnant with twins and her dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Stress high- more beer. After her dad passed away in January, I inherited their liquor cabinet because her mom wanted to purge. So, I started experimenting with cocktails and making my own bitters. On top of this, it's been unusually rainy in the bay area this year and it's been an exceptionally grey winter. But, my wife was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes (pretty common for twins) so she has had to cut out sweets and carbs. Her diet has helped me tremendously and I've decided to have a drink only 2x per week- once on my 'night out' and then 1x on the weekend. My sciatica is much better and even though I can't exercise like I would like, I walk a lot and have started to ride my bike a little. I've just lost about 5lbs over the past two weeks. And I feel so much better. So for me, the key is cutting out the booze (all kinds) and less carbs (sandwiches/pizza) and sweets. It's not a longevity issue so much as a feel better right here, right now issue. For some annoying reason, I can get very grumpy after a night of pizza and beer- especially when my 5 year old wakes me up on Sat/Sun. Knowing that I'll be getting about 2 hours of sleep a night pretty soon with the little ones, being grumpy is not an option. [/QUOTE]

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