40lbs since June 2!

My secret is really that I decided I was sick to death of being miserable about the way I looked and felt all the time and I made some really drastic changes.

I had been laid off for over a year and I gained a lot of weight and was eating just ridiculous amounts of food, so I think it is coming off really fast bc I was SO terrible prior.

The first 15lbs came off super quick, and once I saw some success- I got really into it. It was about 2 weeks after I started limiting my food that I found MFP and that changed everything. It made me very aware of what I was eating and I felt like I could trust it to have almost anything in the database, so that left guess work out for me.

Once I realized that all of the other stuff was just noise that had distracted me my whole adult life with dieting- no-carbs diets, fad diets, crazy exercise regimens( the things that never worked), I was able to realize the basic science of weight loss- I had to take in less than I burned. Bottom line. I got the BMR from this site, set my daily calorie limit to 1,200 and went from there.

I eat about 1,000 calories a day (I know I should be eating 1,200- but I just eat when I am hungry and a lot of times I don't make it over 1,000) and very low fat, low carb. Most days I do a luna bar or special k bar in the morning, a lean cuisine for lunch, a lean pocket for dinner with the occassional skinny cow ice cream or candy when needed. I know it isn't the healthiest plan in the world, but I take a bunch of vitamins to make-up for the lack of veggies.

Once I getted adjusted to my work schedule and it isn't 15 million degrees outside every day, I will start working out again and obviously adjust my calories accordingly.

Also,I got an amazing job 3 weeks ago, so I think the added burning of calories from walking around the office helps.

I know that the weight loss will eventually slow and that's when I will need to get into more fresh veggies and less frozen, pre-packaged meals. But for right now, for me, this works and I really don't want for anything more. Which is a big deal bc I thought I would never be able to not eat fried foods or pastry.

That's really all I have to report. Thank you all for being the best cheering squad!