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Originally Posted by PackerFanatic
Without looking back at previous posts, what are you doing on a regular basis in terms of exercise, DT? Or has it been more diet that has helped?
PS - congrats man!
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It's been a lot of diet - but that's also helped by the fact that I'm a very routine-oriented person, so I'm real good at the diet part once I get into a routine with it. Typical day looks like this as far as diet.
Breakfast:
Light English Muffin (90 calories) with a bit of Can't Believe It's Not Butter - Light. (total of 150 calories or so TOPS)
Smoothie: 1 teaspoon of fat-free french vanilla yogurt, about 6oz of Trop50, 1 banana, approx. 1 cup of frozen fruit mix (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry), skim milk (less than 1/4 cup, just to make it smooth enough to drink easily). No idea of the calories in this - haven't broken it down.
Lunch:
-Pepperidge Farm (or store-brand) "100 calorie deli flats" - whole weat or 7 grain, 1 slice of meat (~60 calories), 1 slice of cheese (~100 calories)
-4 reduced-fat nilla wafers (~70 calories)
-small handful of baked ruffles (less than the one serving on the bag, maybe 80 calories worth)
-2 fruits/veg (3 clementines, big bunch of grapes, big container of baby carrots, couple apples, etc)
Dinner:
Varies - I had been going too heavy on pasta for a bit and I think that slowed down my weight loss for a bit. 3 days a week I have 2 slices of pizza (Fri,Sat, Sun - of course Sat/Sun I usually only eat breakfast+snack+dinner), I've been trying to have a chicken ceasar salad w/ no dressing 2 nights a week, oftentimes I have a Healthy Choice frozen entree (just the entree not the full meal) which is between 200-270 calories, along with some green veg (frozen peas, fresh broccoli, etc). This is the piece of my day with variety.
After dinner:
Dessert - on many occasions it's fat-free, sugar-free jello pudding (chocolate is YUM good), sometimes it's 1 single small york peppermint patty (from the 6 packs they have...they're 50 calories each). Weight Watchers frozen desserts on special occasions only if I've been light on calories for the day (1 per week MAX)
Snacking (because I usually stay up till 2am):
-Max one serving of dry Cheerios per night if I'm really hungry
-Max one handful/one serving of Goldfish if I'm really hungry
Occasional snack:
100 calorie packs of healthy pop popcorn (on occasion on saturday/sunday when watching soccer games i'll have full bags)
That's about all you'll find in my apartment!
That's probably more detail than you were looking for. I did Weight Watchers before when I was a Senior in HS, so I guess that taught me how to eat healthy, and I've been really lucky so far with this 48lbs in that I haven't had to like...be a draconian calorie-counter yet. Just being aware of what I'm eating and making sensible changes (not eating 1/3 box of Goldfish at one sitting followed by a big bowl of ice cream eveyr night for example).
As far as excercise - I have absolutely been exercising.
I'm up to 43 mins/day on the elliptical on the "Weight Loss" program they have on it, with a starting incline of 4 (it goes up and down thru the program of course) and a resistance of 11. I could go for longer - I've done 56 minute stints on Saturday's more than once, but 43 minutes is all I can really take out of work every day. I do that 6 days per week.
I did flirt with some weight-lifting in January and earlier this month, but it also slowed down my weight loss (because I was doing 3 days/week of lifting and 3 days/week of cardio) and I don't really want to build a lot of muscle mass at the moment (plus, why change what's worked). I'll definitely go back to that when I get down to my target weight though.