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I'm new to this thread so hello everyone!
I'm Jane, 5'3" 250 pounds, BMI 43.4. I've been on about 80 diets. I do my own calorie-reduced diet according to The Canada Food Guide which is heavy on the vegetables. I lost 65 pounds using this method when i was 41. I felt so good! Moving around was so much easier! I was so proud of myself!
Now i'm trying again but at my age and in menopause, it's not so easy. I put the same amount of effort into weight-loss now that i did then and lose a small fraction of what i used to. Sometimes i even gain!
So i'm not weighing this diet, just trying to be healthy and eat and move in moderation. It's been 3+ weeks and already my clothes are looser and i have more energy!
I screwed up and ate a bag of chips today (my binge-food-of-choice). But i also drank several liters of plain water.
An eating disorders psychologist (history of anorexia) taught me that if i eat a moderate diet most of the time, the occasional indulgence is okay, as it just gets eliminated as waste.
Sorry if that's TMI! But i found her words were true. I won't go into detail!
This diet i am enjoying water, chamomile tea with valerian, vanilla whey protein powder in regular skim milk, mixing a whack of veggies in my mac n cheese and ravioli frozen entrees, eating a bigger breakfast with raspberries, green grapes, oatmeal and the protein drink, etc.
Also managed a walk with my neighbor and our dogs by the river. It was lovely but i was exhausted despite having excellent new new new walking shoes. We saw a pair-bond of geese. They were very skittish about the dogs, we think the female was pregnant, perhaps.
Now, sitting pretty on my balcony taking in the glorious day in my sweet flowered sundress and enjoying life!
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