As far as my eating plan, I've been loosely following the South Beach Diet plan. I've read the book, and I realize it's supposed to be more of a "lifestyle" eating plan, but as of right now I just needed to have some rules to follow. Without rules, I'm an absolute mess....so I'll need to start working on that issue if I want to keep the weight off.
The reason I say "loosely", is that if I am really wanting to have a sandwich, I'll make one. Or some pasta, I'll go for that too - but I'm keeping these things limited. I've done the SBD in the past, and that's how I managed to lose the 15 lbs when I was a smaller person, but I completely fell off the wagon when I had to make the jump from phase 1 (ultra restrictive on carbs), to phase 2 (allows the good-carbs). So this time around I'm doing my own version of PH1 and PH2 combined.
On top of that, I am drinking an obscene amount of water. In the past, I would rarely ever drink a glass of water. I'm talking maybe a glass a week, if that.
Now I'm probably drinking at least 10-16 8 oz glasses while I'm at work, and then some more at home. I'm sure that is much more water than needed as I have a desk job, not exerting any energy at all, but it keeps my hands and mouth busy.
As far as exercise goes, I tried to start jogging again, but I had some negative side effects which I think I need to see my doctor about. I made a post about it in the exercise forum, but I'm too new to post links. With that said, I recently ordered a Gazelle from the recommendations on this site, and it just came on Saturday. It's essentially no-impact, so I'm hoping that will give me the workout I need. Now I just need to assemble the damn thing.
For now, there are many foods I won't even look at (candy, cakes, chips, yummy snacks, etc) as I can't trust myself around them yet. Easter was a great reminder of that
One thing about this though - if I am absolutely DYING for a certain food/meal, I have it. I've always been one of those people to think that since I ruined one meal, the whole day is shot and then I just go crazy with food. I've had to work on this, and thankfully this time around that ugly beast hasn't come roaring in yet
And honestly, I don't think it will. The fact that I feel in control of that mental issue gives me a lot of hope.
So that's basically been my battle plan so far
Sorry this got soooo long.