I've been meaning to write this post since the summer but I just never got around to it. I went on a diet back in June for eight weeks and dropped 20 pounds. Because a lady never tells her age (or weight) I am not going to say what I use to weigh or what I weigh now (LOL...I know, I know). I decided to put myself on a diet because one saturday morning I stepped on the scale and it said a crazy ass number and I freaked out...bad! Now, I have to say that I am honestly blessed in the fact that I am 5'8 and carry my weight very well...I look as if I'm 15-20 pounds smaller than I truly am. I usually wear a size 7/8 comfortably but over the past few months my clothing started fitting a little too sexy if you know what I mean! I started going to the gym, hired an expensive trainer that I was paying $400 a month to work out with 3xs a week and after 8 months and not losing any weight (I was toned tho) I quit! Well, after that faithful day I decided that I had to do something and it had to be done NOW! I put myself on a home made diet and after 8 weeks, I passed my "fantasy number" and dropped from (im assuming a 9/10) to a size 6. Here's how I did it:
The first thing I did was eliminated all juices and beverages from my diet. I only drank water. Thats it! I would usually drink at least 2 snapples a day and when you add that up, it would be over 500 calories a day just from that. If I started craving orange juice or fruit juice, I would just eat an orange or a fruit instead. I also started eating breakfast even though most times I really didn't want to because I have no appetite in the morning. I would then have a yogurt then lunch then a yogurt again a few hours later. If I got hungry anytime in between meals, I would just snack on fruits until I was full. I then had dinner and for dessert, I would have one of those 100 calories snack packs. That was it! That was how I ate 95% of the time I was on my diet. There were times that I would eat out with friends of course and still had wine and drinks (oh and even champagne and cake since I was dieting through my bday).
The thing that I learned that worked for me was that I could never deprived myself..I just had to change my food portion. I ate alot of those lean cuisine meals until I realized what the right portion was. After that, it was honestly very easy. After getting off my diet, my weight has been flutuating within 5 pounds of my goal weight. I am back to drinking juices and eating "regularly" but now I go to the gym again and workout on the treadmill for about 30 minutes or take a class here or there just to help maintain my weight. This is how I did it and it may not work for everyone but I am the worst eater (I got a mean sweet tooth) and I hate the gym so I figured if it worked for me, you should give it a try too if you are looking to lose a few pounds fast and safe :-)
xoxo
Sam
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