Shedding the PoundsThree friends on a path to lose weight!

Sorry I haven’t updated!!!  I had plateaued and was depressed about updating about gaining weight. So, the 2 days before weigh-in, I ate only chef salads for lunch and supper.  I was down 6 pounds for the 2 weeks!  So 14 pounds total.  Today when I weighed I had lost another pound, so I am at 295 now.  Yay!!  It’s been a struggle tho, especially when I am around my friends.  They are all eating normal, and I am eating low-fat, low-calorie.  Sometimes I cheat of course, then I feel guilty.  I have come to realize that in order to lose weight, you have to change your diet and exercise.  That was one of my biggest drawbacks when I’ve tried losing weight in the past.  I would try to diet, but not exercise.  Or I would exercise, but still eat unhealthy foods.  You have to do both.  People who notice my weight loss as me if I’m on a diet.  I respond that no, I’m on a lifestyle change.  And that’s what it has to be.  I can’t go back to eating all those refined carbs.  I was eating over 2,000 calories everyday and some days it would be over 3,000.  The average active female needs between 1500 and 1700 calories to be healthy.  Even after I reach my target weight of 160 (and I will get there!) I need to continue watching my calories and exercising.  I have been doing really well on not drinking pop.  Water all the way baby!  Although today I got green tea to change things up a bit.  It was okay, but I had to add Truvia to sweeten it up a bit.  Amanda mentioned humus, so this will be my new food of the day.  (Imagine announcer’s voice)  Truvia, all-natural sweetener made from the leaves of the stevia plant.  Calorie free.  And even safe for diabetics!  Yummy.  I actually like it better than sugar.  I think it’s sweeter too.

Current weight- 295 pounds