38 Pounds Gone, 30 More to Go!

Nacima26 · May 2012

girl u look amazing. way to go

Serah87 · May 2012

Awesome job

lizaboots · May 2012

Thank you everyone for your kind and funny words, you're cracking me up! What has really helped me is working out with my Polar FT-7 to get an accurate calorie burn. As we all know, MFP tends to over estimate calorie burns so it's nice to have something set to work from. I bought mine at heartratemonitorsusa (.com) for $73 with free shipping. You can use coupon code cm8 and get 8% off- it's the cheapest place online that I could find a Polar FT-7. I got the mens version because I wanted black and the womens only comes in pink and bronze. It's still the same monitor and you still select your gender during setup.

JennC831 · May 2012

You look amazing!!! I don't believe that you're 228!!! Keep up the great work!!

ShannanLaNae · May 2012

:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: amazing!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

MandaLee8908 · May 2012

228? Where?!! You look amazing.

Yeah, where in the world is the 228? You look amazing!

LAS_1980 · May 2012

Thank you sooo much for sharing!! I am also 5' 9" and my goal is 210 but after seeing your pics, I may not need to get that low!! You look amazing, keep up the great work!!

pshevy · May 2012

You look alot happier too!

SteffieMark · May 2012

I would never guess you weigh over 200, from the second picture. You look great! Congratulations!

lizaboots · May 2012

What's a Calorie zig-zag method? You look fantastic - Well done.

It may not work for everyone, but it works for me.

The Zig Zag Diet, also known as calorie shifting, involves staggering a low-calorie diet with high-calorie days. The belief is that if you can keep your body guessing, you can avoid homeostasis. By confusing your body, the hope is that your metabolism will shift into high gear burning calories more effectively.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/488503-zigzag-calorie-diet/#ixzz1tdxlFmJe

You can do your calculator here:
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Here's an idea of what calorie zig zagging looks like:
Maintenance Fat Loss Extreme Fat Loss
Monday 1824
Tuesday 1824
Wednesday 2189
Thursday 1824
Friday 1824
Saturday 2007
Sunday 1824

This ends up working for me because I tend to eat more on the weekends and less during the week.

happynmontana · May 2012

Awesome work! Thanks for the inspiration!

lizaboots · May 2012

Can you tell me your calorie averages or daily target? You and I look to be about the same body type. I have been stuck at the same weight for 4 weeks now and I know it is my eating. I just feel like I can't get my calories right.

You look great and way smaller than 220's

I just opened my diary to public so you can go in there and see! ***Some days are not so good, like Saturday when I had like 3 Ultra beers and 2 brownies, LOL. Oh well, we still have to live and give ourselves a treat once in a while!