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