For anyone who is interested, here is my Month 6 Calorie-Counting update. Despite all the gluttonous food seen on my food, the majority of time I am on my “good”-eating behavior (or try to be), even though it might not always come across that way on the blog. Lost 3 more pounds in the last month, for a total of 24 lost.
Past updates:
- Month 1 – June 2010
- Month 2 – July 2010
- Month 3.5 – mid-August 2010
- Month 5 – October 2010
- Summary Page
I am currently at 120 and want to lose 10 pounds….any tips that you could share for eating well?
I love my food….and sometimes it is really hard not to indulge
I am a total believer in allowing yourself to indulge, and totally agree with you there! There’s no way I could have ever lost weight if I haven’t allowed myself to indulge from time to time. This might now work for everyone, but what worked for me was calorie counting. I used the Livestrong website, http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/, as a guide, which allowed me to enter my current weight, activity level, and weight loss rate goal (i.e., 1 lb/week), and it will suggest to you a target calorie goal based on your current weight and activity level. This totally worked for me because I was never denied any foods – really, I could eat whatever I wanted, but I just had to count those calories. Eventually, I learned it was in my best interest to eat lower calorie foods, because I could eat MORE of them!
These are just my personal tips based on what worked for me, so I wish you the best!
sounds great! Thank you so much!!! I like http://www.sparkpeople.com as well….Do you work out as well?
Ooh, I’ll to check out that site as well! I don’t work out as much as I should.. I like going on long walks and have a recumbent bike I sometimes use while watching TV, but I really should kick my butt and get into shape.
I signed up for Livestrong….is it not free? I hope you like sparkpeople.com
I think I should put my gym membership to use! Thank you soo much
I love reading your blogs
Oh…I get it…it was the gold membership! …pshht…
Haha, yup, I use the free version and it has been a great resource for me.
And tru dat on the gym membership!
Appreciate you stopping by again!
Great job on the weight loss, Megan you look great ! MOM
Wow – that’s fantastic weight loss! Go calorie counters
Thank you!
Calorie counting is far and away the most (/only!?) effective weight loss plan I’ve ever tried.