Time to really knuckle down!

mathes8o8
mathes8o8 Posts: 146 Member
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I tried this before but this time it's for real! Unfortunately I'm a smoker and a drinker, I don't see the smoking going away anytime soon but I'm trying to cut out the alcohol! I'm 5'9" and 211 lbs. I definitely want to get back down to around 180. I'm currently using the nutri system as well as some of the "it works!" Products and I'm counting calories and tracking exercise with Fitbit. Dieting and changing your life style is tough! I can do it and so can you!

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  • Acacia_Evers
    Acacia_Evers Posts: 263 Member
    It is tough. But I love you (because LoZ).

    It is a tough journey and I think you'll be amazed by how much you'll lose if you cut out the alcohol altogether. Those are absolute empty calories and if you looked into the calories for 2 or 3 oz of booze, you'll be really amazed by how many pounds you're guzzling on a night out. You can definitely do it though - work hard, track and measure EVERYTHING. If you lie to the app, you're just lying to yourself.

    As another note, usually weight loss products don't work. Wraps, pills, shakes, etc. The only thing that can help you lose weight and keep it off successfully is a life style change.
  • mathes8o8
    mathes8o8 Posts: 146 Member
    edited April 2016
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  • mathes8o8
    mathes8o8 Posts: 146 Member
    Acacia_Evers wrote: »
    It is tough. But I love you (because LoZ).

    It is a tough journey and I think you'll be amazed by how much you'll lose if you cut out the alcohol altogether. Those are absolute empty calories and if you looked into the calories for 2 or 3 oz of booze, you'll be really amazed by how many pounds you're guzzling on a night out. You can definitely do it though - work hard, track and measure EVERYTHING. If you lie to the app, you're just lying to yourself.

    As another note, usually weight loss products don't work. Wraps, pills, shakes, etc. The only thing that can help you lose weight and keep it off successfully is a life style change.

    Thanks! LoZ is law haha. The products I'm using from It Works! Are the thermo fit tablets and the have an 8 oz shake that supplements fruit and vegetable nutrients and it's only 10 cal. I'm in the Navy and with my sometimes rigorous schedule it makes eating a proper intervals difficult and the thermo fit is made with b vitamins and raspberry ketone and acai fruit and I use that to replace coffee, other than that I'm not supplementing. But I'm definitely changing things up! Thanks!

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