Down 70lbs this morning since 6/2/11

70 lbs in 5 month is amazing :flowerforyou: ....i'd really like to know how/what you did to accomplish this...you look spectacular :bigsmile:

to answer everyone who asked how i was able to lose it and fairly fast, i basically eat 1200 calories a day and i log everything, even alcohol. and i am kind of obsessed with the "tifanie completed her diary and was under her calorie goal" message that pops up in my feed at the end of the day, so if i am thinking about making a bad decision, that kind of helps me. i think the more important thing to realize is that for me, i was in such a bad place and i was depressed and miserable before this that i was probably eating 3500 calories a day minimum and since i was laid off, just sitting around the house watching tv all day.

so once i hit bottom, in the form of going to see my doctor on june2 and being so so so overweight and on top of that having 2nd degree sunburn from memorial day, i just had enough and i got a slow start but i searched on my phone for a calorie counter app. mfp came up, the rating seemed good and i tried it. when i saw that the database had EVERYTHING in it, i was like ok i can commit to this and five months later, it has become a lot easier to make good choices.

i panicked about what would happen with work since i manage all of my firms corporate events which are mostly receptions and happy hours for clients or seminars that include full meals and obviously i would have to eat whatever was around as a meal, but i selfishly choose food for the events where there are at least a couple of things that arent too terrible for me or that there is salad or turkey sandwiches or whatever and go from there. im a little nervous for the holidays but i am trying to strategize as much as i can and i think i will get through it. i went to the gym yesterday for the first time in years and did 45mins on the arctrainer. so i am trying to commit to at least twice a week and i think that will counteract any holiday shenanigans.

so that is kind of a long winded way to say the way i lost the weight so far has been staying within my calories and fat goals and probably burning a bunch of calories because i do a ton of running around and schlepping event stuff at work.

but my advice would be that you really need to find what works for you. i pretty much live on lean cuisines and skinny cow ice cream. i know they are super full of sodium and processed, etc. but for me, it works. bc if i werent eating a smart ones mini cheeseburger i would be in the wendys drive thru getting a cheeseburger. i don't cook or fresh veggies very often anyway, so for me continuing to eat easily prepared frozen food, just low calorie frozen food, is manageable for me.

i hope that helps! xoxo