what have you tried

Oh dear ~ it's so much easier to tell you what I HAVEN'T tried ;-} Everything from being put on prescription diet pills at the age of 8 to over-the-counter diet pills to whatever the latest diet-of-the-moment is........all resulting in being 50 years old, weighing 215 lbs and finding out in July that I have elevated blood sugar, astronomically high trigycerides (and just for added spice ~ osteoporosis). What has helped me drop 22 lbs. in the past 6 weeks is a low carbohydrate/low fat diet, doing low impact/dance aerobics 1 hour every day and a vitamin regiment that includes biotin, chromium. magnesium, vitamin C, calcium, multi-vitamin and 2 tablespoons of cider vinegar after each meal. I'll be 51 in 2 days and darned if I'm starting to look and feel a whole lot better than I have in quite a few years

I definately believe the low fat diets help. I also look at the fiber content because they are packed with good carbs that are good for your body. Thing like dried fruit are great snacks. Golden raisins, dates things like that. Moving more is a great help and I think supplements can be a great addition.
Eve

Well as a yo yo guy I gotta tell ya. Atkins is the pits yes it works but it's completely unsustainable. And after you gain the weight back it's twice as hard to lose the weight. Now I'm being realistic about this. My eyes are wide open. I started by creating as many different meals I could make that cut calories, but that I still like. I've been on my plan for three weeks and I have only repeated a meal a couple of times. So what I'm trying to say is verity counts. I really don't eat out anymore unless it's a special event. And instead of saying I can't eat anything on the menu I simply eat what I want and control the amount.

I have given up fast food, deep fried anything, cheese and red meat. I only eat bread products on special occasions otherwise I don't miss them.
My typical day looks like this:
Breakfast :Two hard boiled eggs at 6:30 am
Snack: large carrot at 10:00 am
Lunch: one meat ( fish, chicken, pork or turkey)No preservatives only One vegie or salad at Noon
Snack: 1oz non salted Almonds 2:00 pm
Dinner: same as lunch only made differently 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Snack: if time permits Apple Before 6:00 pm ( if dinner was at least an hour before

I eat until I don't feel hungry; however, by the time I get done eating the snacks my appetite is almost always gone. No late snack for me. If it's past 6:00 pm my mouth is closed for business.

So far in three weeks I have gone from 305lbs to 288lbs so something is working.

Good job Dane although that doesnt seem like enough food! Your daily caloric intake seems super low. Do you work out at all?

tina5877

I'm a teacher/administrator so I spend most of my day behind a desk except when I teach. Thats usually is three days a week for 4 hours so I'm on my feet. I think I walk around one to two miles a day around campus. As for after work I spend my time chasing and playing with my kids. When possible I work in a golf game. So in the traditional sense of working out no. But I would like to.

the problem is you can't look at it as if you are on a DIET. it has to be a life change. re-learn the way you eat and exercise. you have to change bad habits permanently. easier said than done but thats what needs to happen. make better choices and think about whats going into your body, what effect it will have on you and if extra calories and fat is worth sacrificying your health for.