Thanks for replying guys
It is always great to meet people around the same weight. Weight problems are so different at different weights and heights, so it's good to talk with people who are in the same boat.
I weighed in today and am 147!!!!
I am actually half Greek- half German, but I grew up in sunny Greece. It has the climate and plants of California, or just about. I have many friends in America though.
Sadly people abandoned the ballanced mediteranean diet here for cheap and quick fast food. Once upon a time feta and olive oil/olives was pretty much the only thing with fat you ate during the day together with lots of veg and dry bread.
Now it is meat every day, fried, with sodas etc and the feta has become a side dish. If it is seen as a main course it is a good food, very ballanced in nutrients, fresh etc etc, but as a side dish it is too rich and salty. I like to eat the unsalted variations of greek fresh cheese like anthotiro. I eat it on my "vegetarian days" as protein. You see I have 3-4 days a week without meat, just because it makes me feel a bit lighter, not for ethical reasons. At the beginning of my diet I didn't eat any meat at all.
Most of my calories and weight gain came from Coca Cola actually. I drunk 3 lt a day.
I gained over 6 years 26 pounds and now I lost 21 pounds in 1,5 years. So my weight loss might be "slow" in the eyes of diet fashion, but I haven't felt like going back even once, which is what is important to me.
I said to myself: "If I lose weight it is a one way street."
Finally under 150!
. I feel and look thinner than ever! My muscles start to show. I am so uber happy!!!
