Posts by chocolatecheesecake

Hello!

Can I join your club?  I have been reading the past entries and I have similar goals to you girls.  I was my heaviest in the beginning of May when I graduated college and decided that this summer it was time to get into shape!

heaviest weight: 161.2

current weight: 145.2

short term goal weight: 140 (hopefully by the end of the summer - mid-August -  when I head back to grad school)

goal weight: 130

My main diet strategies have been portion control with calorie counting and increasing my workouts.  I LOVE pasta and just about anything sweet, so at first the diet was a pain.  I try to stick to 1200-1400 cals a day and so far it has been working pretty well.  Before this diet I tried losing weight before without counting calories and it never worked for me.  I really need the control of knowing exactly how much I am eating.  Going out can be hard - the cals in drinks really add up!

Going off of that - do any of you have suggestions for low cal cocktails?  Usually I stick to light beer or I'll have a rum and diet and try to make it last.

I am down 16 pounds from my highest weight and will probably continue doing what I have been doing.  When I reached 148 I hit a plateau for about 2.5 weeks.  I increased my workouts to 60 min of cardio on the elliptical (from 30) about 5 times a week and it worked!  Plateaus are no fun - but it feels GREAT when you break through them! 

The thing that has helped me the most so far was finding filling snacks that are low in calories.  I eat pickles and popcorn a lot (yum!)  The fiber and the volume of food in each of these makes me feel satisfied. 

I'm excited to meet you girls!