lose 43 pounds

Hello, My name is Devin and my sister has been trying to loose baby fat soo I started seaching the internet to help her loose and also get support (I was working out with her but I can’t afford to lose anymore weight!) But here is the website address www.GuttBeGone.com I also have a blog about me on here…tells a lil about me and what I have been though.. http://www.43things.com/things/view/2424616/act-for-tyler-p

current weight….......183kg

Last year I was 343.1 lbs in mid April.
By early September I was 294.9.

I did it all with Nutrisystem. At first I didn’t believe it. I don’t believe informercials, but my brother bought into it. He succeeded amazingly by believing the informercials.

I’m way more analytical and end up doing nothing while my brother, who I view to be somewhat naive and gullible at times, ends up getting stuff done because he tries a few things that fail but then finds the one that works.

Nutrisystem worked. He started around the Summer of 2006 and by New Years Day 2007 he had lost over 90 lbs. In a little over 6 months!

At first I was eating his food and not really following the plan but losing a little weight. I did this in April. Then I bought into the system. I officially started doing it on May 6th 2007. I weighed 332.3 lbs on May 6th. I had already lost over 10 lbs since early April eating my brother’s food and just watching what I eat.

In the first 40 days I lost another 20 lbs. I was following it very strictly. Adding veggies and fruits and salad and GI carbs where needed.

Worked great. After that I started slacking a bit.

But still lost weight.

By August, I had lost another 15 lbs or so and then some.

The key thing is that when I really followed the plan, I was losing over .5 lbs per day.

The system is actually EXTREMELY SIMPLE to follow, but you just have to read it and understand it and basically agree that this is what you’re going to do.

It’s harder for women…they don’t get to add a serving of GI Carbs (glycemic index carbs) to every meal. But that’s just a 1/3 cup of couscous or one slice of whole grain bread. No big whoop. You can live without it.

But overall if you follow the plan, you WILL NOT be hungry, you will ALWAYS have energy when you need it.

The problems arise when you start futzing with the plan.

You eat a breakfast entree, plus your protein and GI Carbs and fruit, but then at work you have a big lunch and think you can just skip dinner. But you can’t, because that big lunch had tons of carbs in it and you’re gonna be hungry now for dinner and you will eat a big dinner because the NS food is too little.

This only happens if you screw up the plan. To make it work, the key is to keep your body satiated with NORMAL food and not give it this big high and big low which is what causes cravings and hunger.

I know this becasue I SCREWED IT UP after the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and first gained back 10 lbs and now I’ve gained back another 10.

I’m back on Nutrisystem and would you believe it, it’s working great. I’ve lost 2 lbs in 3 days.

I’m NOT hungry, NOT tired after lunch at work, NO cravings at night.

Stick to the plan and it will work. If it doesn’t work, YOU did something wrong. It’s just the way it is. It’s math, really.

Well, I lost ten pounds, gained five, lost seven, gained four or five pounds…all within the space of two weeks. I’m trying to exercise as much as I can. I bike 2-5 miles a day depending on my mood. I still haven’t figured out the food thing. I’ve been trying to stay away from sugar most of the time and not binge. My BMI is down a point, so I guess I’m making progress. I really only like to do exercise that’s fun. No lunges and that sort of stuff on me. I like the trampoline, biking, and walking best. I’d like to do some running, but [insert excuse of the week]. I am on the lookout for dance classes because I really love dancing and, as a bonus, it also qualifies as exercise. And I’m going to try for some kind of plan with the food situation.

I’m currently at 169 —from my original 178. It’s going very slowly, but steadily.

I’ve watched my weight slowly rise and my ab area balloon. Now that the BMI calculator has put me in the “overweight” sector, I’ve decided to actually do something serious. And,Kim N,I just thought I’d say, I like your list of goals. I think I’ll make my own. Maybe it’ll help motivate me. So here’s to the future!

That’s a 3 pound gain from last week, but it’s understandable. Wednesday, I blew the diet at lunch and had lots of carbs and Tiramisu for lunch. Then Friday I allowed myself a non-diet day because I got off work early and did some touristy things around town. It was like a 4 hours vacation. This week, I hope I can avoid temptation.

Eighteen to go.

Sunday is official weigh-in day. I usually weigh every day even though “they” say you’re not supposed to. But Sunday will be the real results day.

Today, I’m twenty-three down from when I started this goal. Twenty to go.

I’m 7 down from when I started dieting again last Sunday.

Last time I started dieting in earnest, I was 11 pounds down from my high weight. That was a year ago.

This time, I started at 16 pounds down, so I’m happy to report I didn’t gain back *all* the weight I lost before.

I’m trying again. I lost 3 pounds since Sunday, so at this point I’m nineteen down. Twenty-four to go.