I lost a lot of weight last month, I'm not sure how much... but it wasn't the way I'd have liked. I ended up with the stomach flu and a pilonidal cyst that caused me a lot of pain... so I couldn't eat...
I'm now trying to get back into a regular schedule and diet... and I know about the whole sabatoge thing that happens. My bf hasn't done it yet... but my mom did it... by accident... she bought the fun sized candies from wal mart and I ate a lot of them... if they had been out of site I probably would have forgotten them.
So long as she doesn't bring home Swiss Cake rolls (or ho ho's as they are called by Hostess) I'm good... I make myself sick on those every time she buys them... I love them too much... I just have to remind myself not to eat them...
When I was ITI (the summer camp I volunteer at) I would eat a small salad (I hated the dressing... except for the creamy italian, I'm bringing my own this summer), a bowl of cottage cheese, green pimento olives (spanish olives) mixed in a bowl of kidney beans, and what ever meat was on the menu... providing it was something decent... I'd drank water most of the week. Course there were a couple of days there was no cottage cheese and I'd just eat the apple sauce.
I was also advised by my doctor to watch my sugar and fat gram intake... which is difficult since everything you want has it... but you learn what is a save sugar/fat (fruit) and whats not ... I was allotted 50 grams of sugar and 50 grams of fat a day... not including what was in fruit or veggies... and I was to drink water, tea, or fruit juice... I lost 14 pounds in a week... most of it was water weight... I'm going to try that again just to get the right jump start... He also told me not to starve myself... that would just lead to weight gain again...
I do have health reasons for needing to lose weight... my parents are diabetic... mom is type 2 where as dad is type 1... mom had a heart attack two years ago and has high blood pressure... she isn't even that big...
So I want to prevent all that... just like I prevented my chances of getting emphazima and any liver damage by choosing to stay off drugs and alcohol. I saw what smoking and drinking did to my grandma and I never wanted that! I thank god my mom doesn't drink... she just needs to stop smoking... but she's working on that...
(no offence to those who smoke! It is your own free choice!!!)