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The app "myfitnesspal" has been very helpful for me to monitor my food intake. I am very much a "snacker", afew crackers, a piece of cheese, it is amazing how those small bites add up. And they are empty calories too. After seeing that, I eliminated those foods, and my snacking. Big difference, from small chnages.
Yep. I've got something going on with nuts/cheese right now. I'm still losing because I'm fairly active but at some point I'm going to plateau again and I'm going to need to do something about that little habit.
Jasper hits the nail on the head. 17 lbs in one month is insane. I went from 237 to 175 in 9 months. Now it is almost 18 months and I have sustained this weight loss. Largely by doing exactly what Jason outlined. Except it is not a 'diet'. It is a complete lifestyle change.
Extreme dieting. Not lifelong change. No comparison.
Reasonable dieting would be five pounds a month. That is SIXTY pounds a year. What is wrong with that?
Reasonable dieting means modifying current unhealthy food habits, and replacing them with healthier options.
1. No more processed food.
2. Think vegetables, fruit.
3. Reduce carbs.
4. Cut fat. I only eat meat once or twice a month, if that.
5. Eliminate dairy products
6. Increase water consumption
7. Drink green tea. I drink green tea twice a day.
8. Cut the wheat addiction. No bread.
9. One half hour a day of moderate exercise.
Lifestyle changes. Your choice. Live to eat or eat to live.
Your plan will result in weight loss and health. I lost 63 lbs. in a little over a year and I did it safely - I was never overly hungry and allowed myself a small healthy snack if I felt too hungry. I adapted a whole new lifestyle eating plan - vegan with no added oils and no sugar other than fruit - which I eat in moderation and as few processed foods as possible (I still use canned beans/tomatoes/stock but that is it). I have Celiac disease so I have no wheat, barley or rye. I eat 2 slices of gluten free bread once in a while...not even every week. I know that I will continue eating this way. I just graduated to a size 6 - down from a size 16, 138 lbs. down from 205 - I am just a hair under 5'10". I get to wear cute clothes for the first time in years
I have become more serious and dedicated to working out with weights and cardio but not overly so - 2 1/3 to 2 1/2 miles on the treadmill (I do crank up the elevation and walking speed - I can't run - bad knees), 3 sets of weights 4 times a week, hill and stair walking, biking (when weather permits). I just had all my blood work done and everything is great - my cholesterol which was around 200 a year ago is now 143 and all numbers are perfect. I have so much more energy now - I will be 63 in a few months. I have worked very hard and completely changed the way I eat and it is all good.
Your plan will result in weight loss and health. I lost 63 lbs. in a little over a year and I did it safely - I was never overly hungry and allowed myself a small healthy snack if I felt too hungry. I adapted a whole new lifestyle eating plan - vegan with no added oils and no sugar other than fruit - which I eat in moderation and as few processed foods as possible (I still use canned beans/tomatoes/stock but that is it). I have Celiac disease so I have no wheat, barley or rye. I eat 2 slices of gluten free bread once in a while...not even every week. I know that I will continue eating this way. I just graduated to a size 6 - down from a size 16, 138 lbs. down from 205 - I am just a hair under 5'10". I get to wear cute clothes for the first time in years
I have become more serious and dedicated to working out with weights and cardio but not overly so - 2 1/3 to 2 1/2 miles on the treadmill (I do crank up the elevation and walking speed - I can't run - bad knees), 3 sets of weights 4 times a week, hill and stair walking, biking (when weather permits). I just had all my blood work done and everything is great - my cholesterol which was around 200 a year ago is now 143 and all numbers are perfect. I have so much more energy now - I will be 63 in a few months. I have worked very hard and completely changed the way I eat and it is all good.
That's wonderful and you should be very, very proud of yourself. Changing your lifestyle isn't always easy, but it's so worth it!!
I find it very hard to believe that you lost 17 lbs in one month.
Not only is doing something that brutal (if it's indeed true) but it's stupid. It's just as stupid as these 500 calorie a day diets combined with HCG and B12 shots.
Losing weight isn't rocket science...it's also not the easiest thing to do..but it can be done when you want it bad enough.
You have to be honest with yourself and ask "How bad do I want this? How bad do I want to drop these lbs?" If you want it bad enough, you'll make those changes you need to make to get yourself healthy.
It doesn't sound like a lot until you start adding up that I had to cut my intake by about 2000 calories a day to do it. I guess that's why it was so brutal. I would only eat one meal a day (dinner). It has been the only thing that has shown any results. That's what is so depressing.
Extreme dieting. Not lifelong change. No comparison.
Reasonable dieting would be five pounds a month. That is SIXTY pounds a year. What is wrong with that?
Reasonable dieting means modifying current unhealthy food habits, and replacing them with healthier options.
1. No more processed food.
2. Think vegetables, fruit.
3. Reduce carbs.
4. Cut fat. I only eat meat once or twice a month, if that.
5. Eliminate dairy products
6. Increase water consumption
7. Drink green tea. I drink green tea twice a day.
8. Cut the wheat addiction. No bread.
9. One half hour a day of moderate exercise.
Lifestyle changes. Your choice. Live to eat or eat to live.
Well, I don't eat any dairy products, so we're on the same page there.
As for the others. hmmmmmmm
You have to understand that I do not have the luxury of preparing my own food. Therefore I am at the mercy of the rest of the world when it comes to eating. I try very hard to eat healthy things, but you can only eat so many salads before you go a little nuts. THere is a local health-food store and occasionally I will try to eat something from there, but frankly, the food does not appeal to me in any way, so that makes it difficult.
People say to me, "eat more vegetables, eat more fruit", which is fine, except that to me eating vegetables and eating fruit is not a pleasant experience. If someone told you that, in order to be healthy, you had to eat a big bowl of steaming hot dog poop every day, would you do it? Even if it meant life or death? No, you would't. Well when I look at vegetables and fruit, I see a steaming bowl of dog poop.
It doesn't sound like a lot until you start adding up that I had to cut my intake by about 2000 calories a day to do it. I guess that's why it was so brutal. I would only eat one meal a day (dinner). It has been the only thing that has shown any results. That's what is so depressing.
20yrsinBranson
That is not healthy in any way, shape or form. No wonder you feel the way you feel, you've thrown your whole system out of whack. How many calories a day were you consuming? If it was less than 1200, that's too low and you'll end up gaining everything plus back. Slow and steady is the way to go with weight lose.
You can't prepare your own food? Why? I'm not being snarky, I'm asking a serious question. Why can't you buy whole foods and cook them yourself?
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