OK, so I don't come here much and don't post, and a lot has happened since I joined this site 2 years ago, including a bad motorcycle accident less than a year ofter breaking my spine in a horseback riding accident. BUT!
I'm still focused on health and losing weight. This Jan ended up 10 lbs higher than when I joined FitClick. Now, as of today, I've lost 30 lbs from that high of 240 and my original weight here of 230. Maybe it's only .2 lbs/week, but it's a wonderful feeling to know I'm down for this long and staying strong.
A couple of tips if anyone cares:
1) I have a treadmill desk that I use when my job permits me to work at home (2-3 x/wk). On those days, I work from that desk an ave of 4 hours/day. It's awesome. Did it not for fitness but because I'm very uncomfortable sitting for long periods due to breaking my back. And, I'm a total fidgiter! I think it's a part of why i'm losing tho...even though you go really slow (about 1mph).
2) Biggest reason for weight loss? In Jan I discovered Medifast. THE PERFECT diet. I don't do the super hard way that results in rapid weight loss. To jump start, I started on their 5+1 plan, where you lose pretty fast. After a month or two, I switched to a modified plan, where I often eat more protein/meals than they allow, and I eat whatever I want at least one weekend day per week. I do NOT eat bread or simple carbs, or sweets, hardly ever though.
The medifast foods are super tiny and yet I have to say, they must be really nutritionally sound because I am not as hungry as I used to be. No other diet based on packaged food has come close to working for me, yet here I am, 7 months after starting and losing and surviving. Check it out, all I can say.
3) Simple exercise...Not making a big deal of this, but doing things I like, like riding my horse, going to the gym in an unstructured but consistent way, etc...all coming together.
4) I took a 1.5 month dieting 'break'. Didn't go back to being a pig, and made sure NOT to gain even 1 lb, but stopped trying to lose. In addition to being good mentally, I think my body somehow liked it as now that I'm losing again it's a little easier.
So, good luck my friends, wish you all the best, and hopefully in a few months when I check back in I'll still be reporting good news.
Love and hugs,
Fattie McFattie
