I have more than 50 lbs to lose. Comment and I'll add you as a friend!

Hey, Snacking Ladies,
You absolutely cannot eat pizza and chocolate and chips and salty snacks in any but micro quantities (like the size of a fruit fly). Salt is a bad boy--retains water, so not only are you getting the empty calories, you're getting too much salt which a) retains water, and b) increases your blood pressure. Increased blood pressure is hard on your heart since it makes the heart work harder to pump the blood through your body. Consistently eating too much salt can shorten your lifespan.

There is absolutely NO way around it. If you want to knosh on high calorie, fat and salty or sweet food, you will not lose weight, period. I'll bet you're not eating that pizza and chocolate and those chips while you're sweating it out on the elliptical machine either. Naw, you're kicking back on the couch in the Victoria's Secret lounge set you got for Christmas and watching reruns of Orange is the New Black.

So, here is the choice: go ahead and lay (lie?) on that couch and eat to your heart's content and look like it, or work out two to three times a week, count your calories and eat what's good for you, work out regularly, and look like it.

You'll be able to take a breather now an again, maybe a slice or two of double-cheese, double-pepperoni, if you've been a good girl. And you'll know you've been good because the scale well tell you; so will the top button on your Levi's. Keep it up and you'll be out of your fat pants and into your not-so-fat pants and then into your pretty skinny jeans and so on till you are singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
Finally, do not give up. Do not lose heart. We have either been there or are there right now.
Jackie (I lost 50 pounds six years ago.)

saketsharma413 wrote: »

I have got 30 lbs to loose! Got to get the healthy life back, nor more binge drinking!

The second part of your goal is probably even more important than your first. Excellent goals, both.

carrieEL wrote: »

Add me if you like..I have lost 127lbs over 3 yrs but just put back on 22 and I'm struggling but i think we can do this with support..I'm a foodie, it makes me feel good also when I eat nothing matters until after I'm done eating then the guilt..I need help , I have such heart hunger it's unreal !!

Concentrate your foodieness on cooking food that's healthy as well as tasty, serving yourself healthy portions and savoring each bite of the food you eat.

What else do you enjoy?

Maybe you could create a healthy meals business?

I have another 40lbs to lose.

My doctor wants me to lose between 50 and 70! Motivation and inspiration sound wonderful! Feel free to add me.

I found getting my calories on a 65%/30%/5% fat/protein/carb ratio works well for me. I can consistently drop 1-2lbs a week without trying and there is a huge assortment of foods you can eat.