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11 May 2014

So I took two weeks off from the diet for a break. Luckily I didn't gain much weight back. Now after one week back on the diet (and several cheats) I'm 3 pounds lighter and very motivated to keep it up. I actually had pizza and cake on Friday, and it didn't seem to slow me down! It feels good that I can have things that I really want from time to time at a treat, and that it's not the end of the world. I'm trying to find that balance.
I have a really good feel for the diet now and I don't think it will be that hard to follow. I have already made about 20 meals that I have frozen that should keep me going for a while. Maybe this is the way I should go for a while because it is so convenient and easy to stick with. I will make enough meals for lunches and dinners to last about a month. That way I only need to worry about breakfasts and snacks. Thank you Haylie Pomroy for designing the only diet I have tried so far that I really don't mind at all! The best part is that it actually works. I am never hungry, I'm happy, I'm learning good habits. This is the first diet I tried where I actually enjoy cooking the food because I like to eat it! Now Ive lost almost 15 pounds in what I will consider 5 weeks. Not too shabby. If I can keep up that rate (which I don't expect to...) I could potentially lose about 30 more pounds before I go on vacation to the shore in July! Wouldn't that be lovely? I would even be happy with 20 pounds. I'm going to stick with this diet until I lose all the weight that I want. I know now that I can take a week or two off here and there for a "breather" from some of the rules of the diet and still be okay. The diet is designed to heal the metabolism, after all. Perhaps my body is actually responding. I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day! (Thank you Mom, for telling me about this great diet!)
Weigh-in: 197.6 lb lost so far: 17.4 lb still to go: 57.6 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   add comment losing 3.0 lb a week

04 May 2014

Weigh-in: 200.6 lb lost so far: 14.4 lb still to go: 60.6 lb Diet followed poorly
   add comment gaining 0.6 lb a week

19 April 2014

It's been coming off slower, but that's ok. It is that time of the month so I figured I would either gain or not lose weight as that always happens. Tomorrow I will start a week on the less strict version of this diet. I guess it will be more like the maintenance part of it. I will be able to have some candy on Easter and some drinks at my friend's party next week. Who knows? Maybe I will even continue to lose weight now that my metabolism is supposedly a bit healthier? We shall see. I have decided that healthy eating is just a new way of life at this point. This diet is giving me some structure that will make it easier for me stick by. But eventually I will be on my own, no set "rules." I was discussing this with my significant other last night. He was like, I guess I would like to see you eating without all of those imposed rules. When I thought about it, I said "Well, you have a ton of rules about food that you eat, you just don't think about them in the same way as I do." I guess it's all about perspective. If I feel in my head that I am missing out in some way, eventually I will let whatever that food is back in. Yet if I decide on some deeper level that I will not eat those foods because I am truly better off without them and do not let them have any power over me, I will be more likely to avoid those foods in the future. Trying to change your relationship with food is not easy, it is definitely a work in progress. A battle with the mind. But I can do this! I need to... my body wants to be healthy.
Weigh-in: 199.4 lb lost so far: 15.6 lb still to go: 59.4 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   add comment losing 0.9 lb a week

16 April 2014

Weigh-in: 199.8 lb lost so far: 15.2 lb still to go: 59.8 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   (2 comments) steady weight

12 April 2014

So I am continuing to lose weight and it definitely feels good to be just back into the one hundreds again. When I started weighing over 200 pounds I think I was in denial. I would weigh myself once in a blue moon (because obviously I wasn't thinking too much about my weight in general) and when I would see a 200+ number I would think to myself: "Well, I'm weighing myself in the afternoon. I'm feeling pretty bloated. I have some clothes on. This is only temporary, I will be back down in no time without even thinking about it." I can't believe I fooled myself for so long.
But now after three weeks I have said goodbye to the 12 pounds that I have been in denial about. I think from here on I will be even more excited with any weight loss because somehow in my mind I never really did weigh 212 pounds. It must have been a "fluke". I have only been over 200 pounds one other time in my life and the highest was 205. Obviously that weight was sticking because it took me this long to get rid of it.
My weight loss is averaging 4 pounds a week at this point which is a great start. I am starting to become more realistic and I know that my weight loss is going to slow down and that is not a bad thing in itself. I am so ready to be the thinner, more healthy version of myself. I can already see how many of the things I have learned on this diet I can incorporate into my maintenance lifestyle. So far I am loving this diet and I feel like it is so doable. Especially because it makes it easy to stick to the diet on weekends when I would normally fall off of the dieting bandwagon. Feeling good in general about getting my health back on track!
Weigh-in: 199.8 lb lost so far: 15.2 lb still to go: 59.8 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   add comment losing 3.7 lb a week

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