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As a 60 year old man i have been dieting for about 30 to 35 years off and on.
I'd have to say that it was pretty successful diet as I now weight 319. At this weight I'm struggling at work since I'm to big to fit into some of the equipment I work on and climbing ladders is harder.
This diet is a little different because there is nothing on the do not eat list. I'm following the Healthy Balance diet from Kaiser's Health Care web site. With all foods approved I don't feel the cravings for the foods that I can't have.
I'm focused on the RDI numbers and trying to eat more healthy things. I don't eat fast foods or drink sugary soda, fruit juice etc. I'll have some French Butter cookies or a ice cream sandwich, some bread even a hamburger on occasion. On previous diets these things were a no no and I always felt guilty if I had something on the bad list. Then I would go off of the rails and binge eat a ton of food. The narrow focused diets are to hard to maintain for the long term and I was always craving the stuff that is not allowed.
Of course when I would go off my diet I didn't meet my weight loss goals. This was also depressing causing more weigh gain as I would give up and eat tons of calories. Then in a couple of weeks I would refocus and diet again.
I read a post from one of the members that made sense to me. This person sets a goal to lose 1 pound each week. If you lose the weight you meet the goal and win. If I don't I'll set a new goal to lose a pound next week. This is doable, a string of small wins sounds a lot better then never achieving the goal you have set for yourself.
Right now I have set an ultimate goal of losing 100 Lbs. But I'm aiming for just a pound a week.
So far this has been working for me. I lost 2 pounds even though I exceeded my RDI last weekend. Hopefully the slow weight loss stop me from hitting a plateau that seems to happen around 300 lbs.
Thats the plan.
Steve
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319.0 lb
Lost so far: 6.0 lb.
Still to go: 19.0 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 04 September 2015:
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1176 kcal
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Fat: 56.24g | Prot: 69.36g | Carb: 104.56g.
Breakfast: Dairy Fresh Half and Half. Lunch: Daisy 4% Small Curd Cottage Cheese. Dinner: Swiss Chalet Quarter Chicken Leg (with Skin), Great Value Raisins, Wish-Bone Light Thousand Island Salad Dressing, Taylor Farms Garden Salad, Fresh & Easy Crispy Onions, Fresh Gourmet Ciabatta Croutons Butter & Sea Salt. Snacks/Other: Braeburn Apples, Nestle Orange & Cream Ice Cream Bars. more...
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losing 2.0 lb a week
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