That's it, all out war now!

[Della]

Good luck, Nathan, sounds like a good healthy plan.

I admire the fact that you wrote your line in the sand at 195 when 200 would have been my choice.

 

[smiley]

I keep punching holes in my new leather belt - I must be losing weight? or is it the other way around?

 

[Nathan]

@Della, my original line in the sand was 190..that was IT, but then a couple more pounds snuck in, so 195 became IT...IT!

 

[oldman]

Losing weight is difficult, but maintaining your desired weight can be worse.

 

[john19485]

I've been battling a small weight gain for a couple years, up a couple...down a couple....back up. I weighed myself this morning when I first got out of bed, I officially crossed over my line in the sand, just tipped the scales at 195.6 pounds. That's it, full scale war, going back to the basics that helped me drop the last 60 lb.s(of 120) back around 2018. Carbs are my downfall, baked goods that are loaded with sugar are the worst. Carbs act on the body and mind similarly to how psychoactive dStartrugs do, manipulating Serotonin, Dopamine(plus cravings), and what's worse- impacts your A1C levels and pushes the body toward Metabolic Syndrome.
The game plan:
1. No cocktails
2. Restricting bread- 1 or 2 slices per day(whole wheat)
3.Pastry- this will be tough, as DW keeps the pantry stocked with home baked and store bought sweets.
4.Pasta- I don't eat a lot of pasta anyway, I try to keep serving size below the typical 1 cup(cooked) which is 200-220 calories.
5. Fruit- Fruit is a good carb, but I'm probably eating too much.
Above all else- Portion Control, just eat smaller portions. I used to eat 3 to 4 oz of meat or chicken, but in recent times the portions have crept up to 5 or 6 ounces.

Start going for a short walk everyday,( make it a block at first , then build yourself up, big thing no sugar.

 

[David777]

Best of luck on that battle @Nathan.

 

[Fritz]

Good luck Nathan. I've come to the same place. I got up to 221 and decided I'd had enough. I'm working on my diet at the moment.

 

[Nathan]

I'm staying the course and keeping a tight grip on my calorie consumption. Scale shows a 2 lb loss, not "statistically significant" but certainly better than a 2 lb. gain. The way a weight loss effort works with me is being total control freak and not allow any 'backslides', also- not rewarding myself with any "cheat" days, that always invites the backslides and eventually derails the whole program.

 

[Trade]

I hear you. I finally got desparate enough to go on Atkins with 20 net carbs or less per day. The first 4 or 5 days were pretty miserable as I had zero energy and I was craving carbs. But now after 10 days I'm feeling much better so I guess I've made the switch over to burning fat for energy. I've only dropped 2 lbs in 10 days (from 202 to 2000) but I have not been hungry at all. I've been eating ss much as I want and to hell wih the calorie count, just no carbs.

I have kept tract of my calories and I've averaged 2,370 per day which is as much as I was eating before when I was slowly gaining and hungry a lot of the time. But it's going to be expensive. I've been looking wistfully at these thin ribeyes for $20 bucks a pound at Walmart and I finally broke down and bought 4 of them for $40 bucks. So that will be 4 meals at $10 bucks a meal.

If it cost $10 bucks to have what I consider a small steak at home, I wonder how much it would cost to have a nice big one at a fancy restaurant? I don't think I want to find out.