I am sorry to say that I have not been visiting the DIS boards very often recently and I am just finding this thread now. I have read only a few pages and will take my time reading the rest of the pages.
I have been loosing weight since the first week of June and I have lost 77lbs.
I wanted to share what I have been doing....
I started with a 10 day liquid diet, I did 10 days because I am Morbidly pooh sized. The first three days was full liquids, such a yogurt(light), milk, crystal light, broth (chicken, beef or fish) Tea ( I prefer green tea and if you make it weak you dont need sugar or milk) Oatmeal, low fat soups , sugar free popcicles and sugar free jello. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING...Protein shakes. You need a min of 40 g of protein per day...50 to 70 is better
Then on the 4th day I did clear liquids only for the remainder of the 10 days..so that was tea, broth, Crystal light and protein shakes (mixed with water...not milk)
I lost 35 lbs in those 10 days...sounds like a lot but I weighed 348 lbs...
Then I began eating again I started with Protein water (Stacker2) and gradually added things like milk and soups, and now am eating again but different than I was before.
I Eat protien FIRST at every meal, followed by veggies, then a carb ( fruit) and I usually dont eat the carb. Solid protein is better than liguid protein so things like chicken, fish, beef, cottage cheese, eggs and low fat cheese are good choices.
I NEVER eat anything white....no bread (of any colour), potatoes, rice
I read labels and never eat anything with more than 5 g of fat, or 5 g of sugar. and I try to keep it under 20 g of carbs. (they are hard to get away from) Carbs are bad because they give you a sugar spike and give you the urge to snack. (rice cakes are the perfect example)
I also NEVER drink when I am eating. I wait till at least 60 mins after I eat and stop drinking at least 30 mins before I plan to eat. It pushes the food through too fast and you do not absorb enough nutrients from what you have eaten....therefore you eat more throughout the day. Also liquid takes up room in your stomach, less room for the protien, therefor you dont eat enough.
I have yet to find a protein shake that I enjoy more than a few times, so I have switched to strictly water mixed drinks. I found something at Wal Mart called Good2Go made by Weider. Each serving it individually packaged to be mixed with one bottle of water...kinda like Cristal light singles. Except it wont fit into the bottle so I mix it in a slightly bigger rubbermaid drink bottle. It comes in Lemon Ice tea, pineapple and peach mango and has 20 g of protein per serving I like all three flavours.
I also buy the Stacker 2 protein water...which I also buy at
walmart, my fav flavours are sour apple and pink lemonaide. These are also 20 g of protein per bottle. You can also find Stacker 2 at GNC stores but they have 40 g of protein per bottle and are more expensive.
Our bodies can only absorb 20 g of protein at a time so drinking the 40 would be wasting it.
And of course it wouldnt be a diet without water water water.... You should always have a bottle of water in your hand unless its less than 30 mins before or less than 60 mins after a meal. I also drink a lot of green tea, I like the Lipton Mixed berry flavour and the Bigalow Lemon.
So since June 1 I have lost 77 lbs, all my clothes are too big, ( I recently bought new ones) My breasts have deflated and now resemble beaver tails.
But Im Ok with that. We were on vacation last week and it was my idea to hike the trail (very hilly) to the point... we have gone to this same campground every year for 7 years and I couldnt even walk to where the trail started....now I did the whole thing without even getting winded.
OH I have forgotten to mention excersise... To start you need to move for 60 mins. Doesnt matter how fast...go at the pase that works best for you. I choose to walk...I find a route that takes me 60 mins..... ( just walk away from your house for 30 mins then turn around and come back) and when you can do that route in 45 mins.....increase your distance.
I am now swimming laps and doing aquafit..in addition to the morning walk.
You want motivation? when you see results, you want more...thats my motivation, which is why I started with the liquid diet...it gave me results I could see and I was motivated to keep my weight going down.
Well Ive yapped on long enough ......
Ill be keeping up with this thread...
Thanks to the OP for starting it.
Becky
) and for dinner I had a chicken sandwich on yummy homemade bread (Low fat bread..180cal, 1g fat) and brocolli salad and a peach 
Then out came the baked lays and dip 
don't beat yourself up. It's hard to keep it up all the time. Leave the last week behind and start fresh in the morning, no use beating yourself up. I know when I beat myself up I just want to indulge in chocolate to make myself feel better....and than worse
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Today was my Dd(3)'s birthday today
I really appreciate it.
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(considering I went to a wedding and had a few run ins with chips and sweets!!)
), I'm hoping to stay even or close to it
