I am proud to say it has been ten years Monday when I celebrated a personal victory on my 50th birthday. I pulled up the original Advocate article from ten years ago. I have been able to keep the weight off. Thanks to my co workers and many friends for their support. With all the good food we have around here, it has not been easy. DJ celebrates huge weight loss 200 pounds lighter, Ardoin has plans for commercial Author(s): BOBBY ARDOIN Date: August 12, 2004 Section: News VILLE PLATTE - Martel Ardoin celebrated his 50th birthday Wednesday with a long-awaited rendezvous with his sweet tooth. As midday approached, he bit into an old temptation - a piece of pineapple cake - which once helped place him on a fast track to cardiac calamity. For the past two years, Ardoin - more commonly known by his radio personna of Mark Lane - avoided sweets and just about every other kind of high-calorie food that once extended his waistline to a size 64. Since Aug. 11, 2002, Ardoin reconsidered the direction of his health and began a low-intake diet that dropped his 396-pound weight to about 200 pounds. Thats why Ardoin, general manager of Ville Plattes KVPI radio and a contributing writer to The Advocate, couldnt help allowing himself a brief moment of self-indulgence at a birthday party held at the station for about 75 people. There were also reminders of Ardoins troubled dietary past - plenty of high-fat food around in addition to several cakes, including the one made of pineapple. My favorite dessert has always been pineapple cake, so Im celebrating by eating some, said Ardoin, who invited the public and city officials to his party. On Wednesday instead of wearing the size-4-extra-large shirt he previously squeezed into, Ardoin wore a medium, tucked into size 38-waist pants. I told my wife two years ago on this date that I was getting on a diet. I was having health problems, and I had borderline high blood pressure, he said. At the time, all the signs for potential health problems were in plain sight, he said. My ankles were swollen, I had foot problems and I was out of breath from just walking from my car to the office, he said. In addition, Ardoin said he had practically relinquished the idea of wearing socks, because the elastic often cut into his ankles. The other everyday reminder came when he prepared to enter his vehicle. He could no longer buckle the seatbelt. One of the proudest aspects of Ardoins self-imposed diet is that it is also mainly an original one. All the other well-known diets, like Atkins and Sugarbusters, I tried and they failed to help me. My doctor had even given me supplements to reduce my appetite and that, too, didnt work, he said. Despite his previous attempts, Ardoin spent his days sluggishly and he even had trouble bending down and pulling the bathtub drain plug. What Ardoin said finally worked was a healthy choice diet that included will power along with no snacks, sweets or between-meal eating. He avoided breakfast and started eating Subway sandwiches at lunch, followed by suppers of chicken sandwiches or maybe toast. On weekends, he said he might cheat and eat a plate lunch or other diet-forbidden entrees. The one mistake he was able to avoid is one he said that often becomes an obsession with some dieters. Lots of my friends have been on diets and some of them have a habit of weighing themselves too much. On my diet I weigh about once a month, Ardoin said. His allegiance to Subway food has helped trigger a potential commercial deal with the company, he said. Ive turned in before and after pictures to them and they are in the process of contacting me about a possible commercial. They have indicated they would like to feature me as a local hero that used Subway to help lose weight, he said. Ardoin said his past 24 months of dieting havent always been mentally easy. There are a lot of days that you get discouraged, but I have had a lot of encouragement and that has kept me going. Comments from people I know who tell me that I was starting to look good really helped, he said.
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