There Goes my New Years Resolution.... (or maybe not......)

[dalthauser]

So, my new years resolution is to get down to a reasonably healthy weight by 2011.  This involves shedding, at least 50 pounds (I actually need to lose closer to 80....I know, tubby Veggie) :-)

I can't seem to get started.  I am constantly eating - always hungry - making all the wrong food choices.

I need some direction, motivation, inspiration.......

I looked around at the diets and programs out there, and they are all too restrictive.  I even went to the usda food pyramid site - and that's almost doable except it's uninspiring.

I'm thinking I might do something silly and put myself in the goofy hands of Richard Simmons and his Food Mover Program.

Must pull myself together and get a plan - and execute it soon, or I have no chance of meeting my year end goal.

Comments

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

The way I lose weight is to find foods I like that fill me up and don't have that many calories.

When I'm more busy than usual and have to go long stretches without eating I eat proteins to keep me going longer. Eggs baby! Oh yeah. Egg whites are low in calories and keep you going.

Right now I eat oatmeal with fruit, juice and coffee in the mornings, a baked potato for lunch, toast and laughing cow soft cheese for a snack, then an Amy's frozen dinner.

Last week I ate soup and salad instead of the potato.

I usually loose a pound a week like that. So far I lost 19 pounds.

Besides it's easier to maintain after coming off the diet because you're not changing from someone else's system. You will still eat the foods you like.

I go by the height, weight, calories ratio.

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/healthy-weight-tool-kit/weight-maintenance-calculator-women

Hope this helps you.