Updating my bio since coming back last week. After giving up before, I had a stroke and have since lost almost 30 lbs over 8 months using a nutrition app. While i wanted to lose weight, I was also concerned about poor nutrition while doing so. Slow and easy does it I found. A moderate pound a week loss while eating good whole foods and exercising with a pedal exerciser and walking helped.

My goal is now to lose another 5 lbs (started at 150) by the new year. After than I want to gradually reduce to 133....a pound a month for next year. I noticed my figures are messed up and I was experimenting with the RDI chart which I can't even find now. So followers, I did not lose 13 lb in one week.....although I did once lose 11 in a week, but that was all water weight!(on a get sick of cabbage soup three times a day diet)

I am not on a diet, not starving myself but making wiser choices. A way of eating that can be maintained. Portion sizing, less white food , sugar and starches and exercising...even if is mostly just walking. Now when I choose to make a cabbage soup for lunches ...I enjoy it!






Phase 1 complete and I am chilling over the holiday season, although I have been good and exercising more while maintaining the calories allotted for a sedentary lifestyle. I show over a 250 calorie deficit a day which should translate to a half lb. a week loss but it is not reflected yet. Patience! I am setting a new goal of half pound a week until i get to 133 and see how I feel. I am now enjoying incorporating a few new foods, like avocado, high in calories, but oh so good for you. More flax or hemp hearts are being considered. Any recommendations?