rayfromtx

I guess we sometimes want to find ways of tricking ourselves into doing what we already know we have to do. I set the goal at what I think is the best possible outcome, not what I think I can accomplish. I think the absolute best weight for my body is 180 lbs. I have been all the way from 136(after a long hospital stay…

I set mine at lightly active and I'm maintaining my calorie goals and am losing the two lbs per week that I'm supposed to so I guess I got the activity level right. I am a construction manager so I'm active all day but spend about half the time sitting at a desk and half the time walking and moving around the site. At…

I was at 203 for 2 1/2 weeks. I took about 300 calories a day off of my allowed intake and boom. One week later I'm at 199. Maybe the weight was just weighting(pun) to come off. Perhaps it's just about mixing it up. I'm going back up to my original allowed daily intake and I'll see what happens. Good to be under 200. I…

The sense of accomplishment from not indulging in nutrition free calories, especially junk like buttered popcorn lasts all evening. The joy of eating the popcorn is usually over before the movie is even started. I'll polish off the popcorn during the previews.

I weighed in at 199.9 this morning. It is a great feeling.

Thanks everybody. My wife has been saying the same thing about the clothes. I got stuck at 202-203 for about 2 weeks even though I was eating right. Last weekend I said to heck with this and started aiming at 1200 calories per day. I didn't hit it exactly but was definitely well below my daily 1500 allowance. It did the…