So many ask but do they really want to know!
I started this lifestyle change as I like to call it the first of June and when I started I weighed (I can't believe I'm doing this) 191 and today I weigh 146. So needless to say I have lost a lot of weight really fast. So for some reason people think I have found this instant cure. They come up to me and say so Beverly what are you doing and when I start telling them that I have changed my diet such as they way I cook(no oil, no butters, no fatty meats, starchy food, things such as that) and I exercise every day, it's like I loose them. They go somewhere else, like they expected something else. I honestly have done this by a total lifestyle change. I have changed everything. I don't use sugar for anything anymore, I have changed to skim milk( I buy 2% for the kids), I fix a lot of the same meals we use to have I have just changed the way I prepare them. I just don't use butter or margarine I use I can't believe it's not butter spray. I eat earth grain vegetable fiber grain bread. I have changed so many things I don't think I could ever list them all. But the main thing it I am committed to being a healthier, happier me. I don't want to die young from a preventable disease that my diet and some exercise could have changed. It's amazing how people almost expect me to say I'm on drugs or something. I just can't believe it. I count everything I put in my mouth, I don't drink anything but water, and I exercise daily. That is all I do. I am at a point where things have slowed down but I knew that I would get to this point but I am no quitter and I will carry on. I have about another 20 pounds to loose but I already feel so much better. I just want to thank everyone for their encouragement and kind words during this, it has helped so much. Just a short story before I go, I was sitting at my desk the other day and a older man came in to pay his water bill. He looked at me and ask me where the lady that normally worked here was, I looked back at him and told him I was sitting right there. He looked at me and was like Oh my goodness Hun you've lost a lot of weight are you ok, your not sick or anything are you. After I told him I was fine I was just taking better care of myself, he told me how much better I looked and that I didn't even look like myself. I thought that was amazing that I had changed so much that people didn't even recognize me.
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A 45 pound loss is fantastic. You need to post another picture so we can all see the progress.
Maintaining weight loss can be challenging; however, I know that you will be able to maintain your loss since have lost your weight by changing the way you cook and by exercising. The folks who do the up and down yo-yo weight are those who take pills or have surgery and don't committ to a lifestyle change.
Love ya,
Debbie Sanders
Wow, I can't even tell you how proud I am. YOU did this, YOU changed your lifestyle and are living a happier/healthier life.
We have 1 body, 1 chance, so lets take care of it by providing it with healthy nutritious foods, and give it the exercise it needs to become strong.
Incorporate some weight training into your routine, and it will help you get past this platue. E-mail me if you have questions or need ideas of what type of exercises and how much weight.
Yea Beverly!!!! I am so proud of you!!!! Post a before/after picture for us! :)
Way to Go!!!
just kidding Bev but I did want to let you know that I am still checking your blog every day for a new post... Hope you and your family are doing well. Write and let us know if/when you can!