This is also from a post in newcomers thread. It is a bit of background and overview of what I'm trying as far as food goes.
The first time I really went on a good eating plan was when I was pregnant for the first time. I got gestational diabetes and so went on a strict
diet to control my sugar levels for a few months. I was worried that any mistake would hurt my baby so I did not deviate from it a tiny bit. It was interesting that I found it wasn't as hard as I would have thought. However I didn't think of myself as changing my eating in an ongoing way. I thought I was on a
diet and I was looking forward to the day I could relax it. Anyway, since then, when I have tried to lose weight I have always tried something similar - but it may be that the differences were significant. I don't know. I have lost weight several times in the last few years at a speed I was happy with. I have been 14 or so
kilos less than I am right now, within the past 5 years and for months at a time. However that is a long way from what I was aiming at.
Anyway, my current plan is to have protein, complex carbohydrates, and vegetables at all meals, be careful about fats and oils, and avoid sweet, sugary foods. That will lead to me losing weight I know. I don't know what weight it would get me down to, but I'm pretty sure it would change me away from being dangerously obese to being no more than overweight. I have thought that if I kept doing it and yet it didn't seem to be working any more, then I would go back to a professional (yet again). I know this eating plan works for me to lose weight - I just have to keep on and on with it.
Well I hope this forum makes a difference. I think it should. I looked for it yesterday after first thinking I should look for some
weight loss success stories to help me feel that being a reasonable weight was an achievable thing for me. It looks like a good place for that.
I'm interested to find out more about this
Cohen's Lifestyle program. It seems to be a special focus at this forum. I am not looking to change my own plan at the moment though. What I am hoping for the most, is that being a member here might help me in a few weeks (or next week, or tomorrow), when the going gets tough, or if I start to drift from my plan.
