lose 17 pounds

and put in my stats and it gave me a maintenance diet because it claimed I am a healthy weight. That is true, I guess, but if I lost 17 pounds I would still be a healthy weight and more of my clothes would fit.

Ok, so I need a plan for this. The plan is as follows:
1) Do Yoga everyday
2) Eat dinner early
3) Eat two servings of fruit and 5 of vegetables every day
4) Cook more at home
5) Eat oatmeal for breakfast
6) Cut out any baked sweets as these are the devil!

Last year I gained 50lbs during my pregnancy. Yikes, I know, but what can I say, I craved carbs and wanted to eat everything on site. And I stopped working out for fear of another miscarriage.
So after I had my baby in April I was left feeling weak, flabby, and overly emotional, not good.
So far I have lost 33 lbs in the past 9 months. I was hoping to have lost it all by now, but life got in the way, and now I’m getting back on track. I hate hate hate dieting, so I’m working out everyday and cutting back on junk food, I only let myself have a tiny bit of dark chocolate just to subdue my sweet tooth.

Just needing to drop these last 17 to get down to my goal weight. These last few are HARD though and I get into this terrible mindset where I decide I’m happy enough with where my weight is, and then stop my healthy eating habits.. then I get to watch the scale creep up again slowly. I am using the calorie count plus website to help me in this goal :)

I am so happy I am making real progress on this gaol, today at 190!

11 pounds to go, also losing BMI and inches. I hope some one notices. I do know my favorite jeans fit, with no sign of a beer belly.

Atkins is working for me!

I have been trying to learn about the Atkins Diet for the last several weeks.

I have just started Phase 1 Induction: Where I am working on reducing my carbohydrate intake to 20 Net Carbs per day. As you reduce carbs and sugars – your body revs into action and begins to use fat for your primary fuel source, resulting in weight loss. I started at 196, let’s see what happens by September 1.

So I lost about 20 pounds, gained about 7 back, now I want to nip this in the bud and lose the last 17 pounds I have left to lose.

my goal is to lose 17 pounds in 3 weeks, so by February 4. At least to lose 10. Since Monday i have only drank water and ate much less, also absolutely no junk food. This is very hard for me because i adore food but staying motivated is the best I can do. I plan to weigh myself each week from the day i started, so i will keep updating.

This had been on my goal list since June 2006! Weight lost averages out to about a pound a month—& it wasn’t exactly slow & steady; there were a lot of ups & downs. But I’m finished at last.

I’m going to adopt a new, small weight loss goal so as to dovetail with my SparkPeople goal & fit into all my “skinny clothes.” As a last hurrah on this goal, below are some tips I put together recently for some SparkPeople friends who wondered how I managed to eat out six times last weekend without gaining any weight.

1. If one meal is a bit hefty, keep the other one small. Examples:

(a) Lunch of Chicago-style barbecue (baby back ribs), with green beans as my side dish instead of potatoes. I ate a couple of pieces of bread & (just a little) butter too. That evening I had just a bowl of soup at a little Thai restaurant—it was exquisite & perfectly satisfying.

(b) Lunch of two slices of spinach/mushroom deep-dish pizza, with some salad & a beer. Supper that night was a Mediterranean hummus-feta cheese appetizer plate & a beer. The hummus was too dry & the other spread wasn’t very interesting, so I ended up eating less than half of that dish.

(c) Lunch of grilled chicken sandwich, steamed veggies, & an orange. That day’s supper of Ethiopian food was mostly vegetables & lentils, but we scooped them up with soft injera bread (no fork or spoon) which provides a kind of primal satisfaction (& fun).

2. Mustard instead of mayo on one’s sandwich! SP mentions this in a couple of articles I have read, but my taste had already made the switch years ago.

3. I also added a little green Tabasco sauce to my grilled chicken—I love spicy food. If your stomach allows you to eat spicy food, it’s a blessing, because hot spices stimulate endorphins & you feel satisfied with less.

4. Light salad dressing or vinaigrette, & always on the side so I can use just a small amount.

5. Water as the beverage of choice, with one glass of beer or wine on occasion. No soft drinks.

6. As noted above, veggies or fruit as the side dish instead of potatoes or rice. If others order potatoes or fries, I can take a few bites of theirs!

No change, started 2007 at 189 and now after Thanksgiving I am still 189.

I have some fat redistrbution from my tummy to my hips. Just what I wanted, although it apears I have lost my beer gut. But I know the rest of the story.