If you lost a nice amount of weight and are keeping it down

amother

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Fri, Jan 03 2025, 4:03 pm

amother Honeydew wrote:

You look great! Maybe I'll try IF. Did u struggle with weight? U look naturally slim.

Thank you! I actually used to be over 20 pounds heavier over 10 years ago. I thought I was eating healthy and exercising but I would binge at night and mess myself up. I have a healthier relationship with food in general now and found workouts I really enjoy so it’s not as much of a struggle. Also I drink a ton of water everyday which I think also was a big change as opposed to diet soda which I used to drink a ton of.

amother

Amber

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 4:10 pm

Sleeve surgery in 2013. Down 90 lbs and keeping it off. I still love food, but now I eat small amounts. 1 bite of chocolate is great for the taste, for example.

BmoreBubby

Today at 1:44 pm

amother OP wrote:

If you lost a nice amount of weight, I would say 30+lbs., and are keeping it down for at least 3 years already, what weight loss method/program have you done, and do you have any motivating/inspirational messages to share?

That's me! Lost 35 lbs and kept it off (with +/- 5lb variation). The method I used to lose was strictly counting calories. The method I use to maintain (motivation mainly and some eitzah) is reading (and re-reading) the book Body & Soul, which is a Torah hashkafah on my body, health, weight, etc.

amother

Currant ↓

Today at 3:16 pm

Weigh myself daily. Measure myself weekly. Otherwise I'm capable of gaining 5 lbs in three days.
Avoid sugar and white flour products. Not that I never have them, but only now and then.
Walk an hour and a half or 10K steps 5-6 days a week. Usually right after breakfast to know I did it.
Eat lots of watery vegetables like lettuce, cukes, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions as well as radish, jicama, cauliflower or whatever they have at the greengrocer. I make a big naked salad and keep it in the fridge so I can grab a bowlful whenever I feel cravings. It can last nearly a week if I add lettuce and tomato only to the portion I'm eating and just when I'm ready to eat it, but I usually finish it off in a couple of days.

And every so often, for chizuk, I try on the gown I wore to my DD wedding. I would try on my own wedding gown but it was borrowed, and probably wouldn't fit anyway. Though I'm within 5 lbs of what I weighed at my wedding, 40 years and a pregnancy or two change your proportions a bit.)

amother

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Today at 3:25 pm

Also I still write down what I ate each day and plan ahead for the next day to the extent possible. Shabbos and YT I have a hard time keeping track esp if we're not home. So I try to cut back on treats and extras during the week if we're going away or expecting to attend some kind of celebration later in the week.

amother

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Today at 5:21 pm

And every so often I calculate my caloric intake for a day, just to make sure I'm still being sensible . It's easy for your intake to creep up unless you're paying attention. And that's really the secret: never stop paying attention.