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What inspired you?
Being the fattest one in my circle of friends. Everyone else is a size 2-16. I am a 24 right now.
Also, my health. I have some medical issues that I have to tend to.
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How did you pick a plan that works for you?
I'm not on a "plan" per se, I just make the best choices possible, and try not to eat mindlessly & give into the cravings that got me over 300# to begin with. In the dairy state, w/beer, bratwurst & cheese as 3 of the 4 food groups, it's not easy.
Rigidity doesn't work for me, neither does counting of things. I write down everything that goes in my mouth, even gum, and at the end of the night if I am still hungry, I review it, to see what I can have, if anything.
I try to exercise as much as I can, but you know how that goes.
I am getting back into the swing, and can do more once I lose a little more weight.
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What changes did you make at first?
Well, I stopped drinking my calories. Fortunately for me I am not much of a sweets person, and enjoy plain water, unsweetened iced tea or hot tea, sometimes with a slice of citrus to jazz things up.
I also realized there will always be gatherings of friends & family with food. That won't change. What HAD to change was my attitude towards them, which used to be: Everyone else can eat whatever they want, why can't I? Now my attitude is, I am steering this ship, I can still attend these things, but make it about the company, and the cameraderie, not about the food.
So for family or other picnics, I bring fresh fruit salad. Chunked watermelon & honeydew, pineapple chunks canned in their own juice, maraschino cherries rinsed off & drained real good, kiwi, strawberries, green grapes cut in half, whatever else is on sale that week or tickles my fancy. Everyone likes fruit & if they don't then I have some to take home.
For dinners out, I plan ahead. I look online to see if I can check out the menu, and make my decisions based on that. If I can't, then I get a salad w/meat on it (chicken, steak or shrimps) and a broth based soup as an appetizer. (This is when I'm being good. Last time @ TGIFridays I was not so good)
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