*Before and After* 5"0 and 42lbs down!

MarietjieHoward wrote: »

Great job hun!!!!, you look fantastic.
May I ask why it took you a year to loose 42 pounds, just curious because it is exactly the amount I need to loose, and I am down 16lbs in 46 days. A year is a long time and I hoped to do it in 5 to 6 months at the most. How much did you loose in a week.
I take my hat of for you sticking to a diet for a whole year, that is an achievement in its own.

Hi, thanks so much for your comments My loss varied actually. There was a point in the beginning I was dropping like 1-2 lbs consistently but then it seemed to slow down the more weight I lost. Sometimes there would be weeks I wouldn't have dropped anything, despite my hard work with diet and exercise which was really frustrating, but then just like that I would again start loosing lbs. Also there would be days that I would go up in weight and then next day drop again. Really strange but I think you just got to keep going and don't get put off!

It probably took me so long because I wasn't eating 100% completely healthy all the time. I wanted this to 'journey' to be realistic as in I wanted to make sure I could maintain this lifestyle of good eating, treating myself here and there and exercise for the foreseeable future. I think if you lose the weight over a longer period of time, it's easier for you to maintain in the long run. Everyone is different though so maybe you'll be able to do it in 6 months - I hope so, good luck and I hope you reach your goal!

mariazm_840 wrote: »

Looking great dear.

Please share with us your diet plan. I was 77.4 and now 64.4. Lost almost 14 kgs and need to lose 10 kgs asap.

Hi, thanks. In terms of diet plan. I didn't really have one. Pre-cooking every meal for a whole week and weighing my food isn't me so I just I tried to stick to approx 1200 calories each day. That could contain anything but obviously to be able to stick within that without eating just a chocolate bar and a sandwich in 24 hours you'd have to eat lower calorie foods so for example, brown carbs, salads, lots of fruit and veg etc. Cut out sugar too! It can help a lot.