Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
Looking back over the last few years, I've learned what worked best for me, and what didn't work at all!
In 2008 I was "morbidly obese" at 260 (morbid obesity being defined as 100 or more lbs. over ideal weight). I felt a bit desperate, as you can imagine. I'd had some success with Weight Watchers back in 2005, the original POINTS program. So I started counting POINTS. At first I gave myself 36 POINTS, about 1700 to 1800 calories because I was so large. Then I gradually reduced it to 31 POINTS, about 1500 calories.
It took almost a year, but I lost 30 lbs.
My mother was dying, a difficult time. I backslid and regained 12 lbs. Finally I lost the 12 regained pounds and 5 more, bringing me down to 225. I was just counting calories rather than POINTS. My next goal is to get down to 200 lbs.
What I discovered is that the POINTS help me more than just counting calories. I find I eat more fruits and veggies and less fat when I do the Weight Watchers. When I just count calories, it's too easy to say, "Well, this Snickers bar is only 280 calories. I can eat it and still be within 1400 calories for my day."
Now that I'm 225, my POINTS are 29, about 1400 calories. I'm doing it at home, because I couldn't afford meetings plus money for transportation to meetings. And as I said, I'm using the old POINTS method.
Anyone else doing Weight Watchers? If so, what do you think of the new program POINTS PLUS? Anyone want to be buddies?
In 2008 I was "morbidly obese" at 260 (morbid obesity being defined as 100 or more lbs. over ideal weight). I felt a bit desperate, as you can imagine. I'd had some success with Weight Watchers back in 2005, the original POINTS program. So I started counting POINTS. At first I gave myself 36 POINTS, about 1700 to 1800 calories because I was so large. Then I gradually reduced it to 31 POINTS, about 1500 calories.
It took almost a year, but I lost 30 lbs.
My mother was dying, a difficult time. I backslid and regained 12 lbs. Finally I lost the 12 regained pounds and 5 more, bringing me down to 225. I was just counting calories rather than POINTS. My next goal is to get down to 200 lbs.
What I discovered is that the POINTS help me more than just counting calories. I find I eat more fruits and veggies and less fat when I do the Weight Watchers. When I just count calories, it's too easy to say, "Well, this Snickers bar is only 280 calories. I can eat it and still be within 1400 calories for my day."
Now that I'm 225, my POINTS are 29, about 1400 calories. I'm doing it at home, because I couldn't afford meetings plus money for transportation to meetings. And as I said, I'm using the old POINTS method.
Anyone else doing Weight Watchers? If so, what do you think of the new program POINTS PLUS? Anyone want to be buddies?
keep at it!
So I read this book called "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" and it changed everything. Basically, it is a low-fat vegan diet which was a big change from my high-fat carnivore diet. I did it cold-turkey and was amazed how easy it was. I've been doing it for 11 weeks now and I have never been hungry. If I'm hungry, I eat as much as I want. And the pounds are flying off me. I've lost 37 pounds so far and am still losing like mad. I was 62 pounds overweight (high 250's), male, and 55 years old.