how i lost some poundage

disclaimer: i do not think i am fat, this is not me preaching that i need to lose weight. I have found something that works for ME, and i am sharing what i did to lose some excess weight.. i am by no means a dietician/nutritionist/doctor. i do not take any responsibility for hunger pains ;) losing weight isn't the easiest thing, you need determination and consistency. and i hope this helps anyone who wants to lose any weight. 

I mentioned before that i lost almost 10 lbs without even having to go to the gym, even better i lost it within a month. yep. how? whats my secret? whats the magic pill? am i even eating? you betcha.
and there was no magic diet pill, there was no crazy HCG diet [which i have tried before, not worth it], keep reading on and ill show you how i lost it =]

i took a good, long look at what i ate throughout the day. I am a healthy food eater but i was sure i could change somethings somewhere. I liked the occasional cookie, or the three one reeses, i did like to munch on the occasional sour patch kid, and i enjoyed a bowl of cookie dough ice cream every night once and a while.
Did i cut that all out? NOPE.
Did i cut down the portions? yep. instead of three reeses, i may have one. and if i eat a reeses that means NO SOUR PATCH KIDS. normally i choose the latter and would rather have SPK over Reeses; and now that the candy drawer at my work is empty from all the leftover halloween candy i dont have the chocolate tempation. #thankgoodness.  and i have a bowl of ice cream maybe twice a week.

but the two most important parts of this "life-style change" is

• packing my lunch
• no carbs for dinner!

THATS IT!
and drinking a ton more water!
[i bring little crystal light packages and throw half of one in a water bottle for a little extra flavor]

i pack my lunch with these similar things throughout the week and dont get anything extra when im at work:

• protein [turkey normally]
• raspberries/strawberries [one or the other]
• honey roasted peanuts [half the serving recommended]
• cucumbers/jalepenos [both, or just cucumbers. cucumbers are super low cal]
• i take a pack of 90 cal. pretzels and divide it between 2 lunches.
• carrots/hummus [i add hot sauce to the hummus also, and bring a good amount of carrots]

and then ill have almonds on hand for a snack in the morning if needed and then an apple for an afternoon snack if needed.

i also take vitamins to help with the nutrients i lose with being lactose intolerant and i never thought i would say this but...being lactose intolerant has helped me lose weight also. i cant have so many things so it helps with temptations. 

Now before you go and get all upset that the carbs are limited, this girl [points to self] needs carbs, i am a bread lover. i could eat soft bread with ANY meal. but my hips are not liking it so much. I used to think that i had to have a carb with every meal, i needed to have that bread to be the "boat" for my turkey, then i realized i ate more because i thought i HAD too. but i didnt. one day i forgot the bread and i was still full till dinner and thats when i realized i dont NEED it.

 i will break down a typical day of what i eat just so you can see that i still eat carbs.

breakfast: whole wheat bread with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, and 1 tablespoon of marshmallow cream; banana.

lunch: see above. 

dinner: protein [chicken, fish, meat , eggs] with vegetables. and a small amount of carbs if i really  need it. example: i made spaghetti for my family and i made an acorn squash that needed to be used. i cubed the acorn squash when it was done cooking and then poured sauce over it, when i looked at it i was sad that i didnt have any noodles so i grabbed a fork full and put it in with the acorn squash and mixed. i was totally sufficient with that. [about 1/4 cup of noodles]. 

i also like to have an adult beverage once in a while in the form of beer; now i can handle my own and can down a few without feeling a thing [not always a good thing]; so i used to drink maybe 2 or 3 whenever i did drink, now i just have 1. if that. sometimes i drink 3/4 and dump it. i have also discovered lower cal drinks too. 

this is all i have done. 

easy right?

need help tracking calories? i have found that in my opinion, myfitnesspal.com helped me. 

now that i have continued to lose weight i have added in some simple workouts to keep the process of losing going. and once i am healthy [chest congestion/sore throat] i tend to kick up the workouts to more intense so i can start toning. 

i hope this has helped anyone who has been wanting to lose weight or kick start that new years resolution!

december is upon us and it will go quickly..start now =]

next week: some fun workouts that dont seem like work outs!

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