5 months and 59lbs Pics!

Wow - what a difference and in only 5 months!!! Any words of wisdom?????????????????

Thanks everyone! It's nice to know other people can tell the difference. :bigsmile: In April I never would have thought about running a 5k. I finished in 27:55. Not bad for my 1st one.

What I tell my co-workers, since so many ask me now (after I tell them to log into MFP of course ), is that I think the key thing is to track calories and drink a lot of fluids. For me it's green tea since I don't like plain water. Also find food you like that doesn't blow the calorie limit but keeps you from feeling hungry. I have had success using whey/casein protein and fiber (cereal, 90 calorie bars). I'm also eating a lot of blueberries, black berries and strawberries. About every 3 weeks I have a day where I actually feel really hungry but otherwise I don't feel like I'm starving even though I am eating a lot less calories than I was just 5 months ago. Of course this keeps me from binging which is what would always happen on 'diets' leading to the spiral of just going off it. Really, I don't prevent myself from eating types of foods I like. I just don't eat as much when I do or nearly as often. My wife and I now just share an entree if we go out to eat instead of getting an appetizer, entree each and maybe even dessert.

I still hate most vegetables so I have struggled with that, though I eat a lot of spinach now instead of lettuce. So any sandwich or salad I have now is spinach.

My final words of wisdom are avoid the drive through! I used to go to McDonald's all the time and I mean all the time. Now I haven't been since I started!!