Whats the most amount of weight you've ever lost? Options

[kimmytree]

Whats the most amount of weight you've ever managed to lose? And, how did you manage to do it?

Hopefully this will help give people who need to lose weight ideas... and save time by finding something that'll actually work!

I'm actually in need of losing more weight... I lost 40 pounds between June - October, but I've been stuck ever since then. I lost mine by replacing all my meals with Lean Cuisines. And with everything else, just watched the calories. I'm eating the exact same way I did before, but nothings happening.

I need to lose 10 - 15 more.

[*Duchess of Dork*]

Yep, there's no way I couldn't have lost that much without being very strict. First off, I NEVER ate anything fried and never went to fast food (the latter was the most difficult, believe it or not). I didn't eat red meat and only allowed myself fish one day a week and chicken one day a week. I mostly ate raw vegetables and fruit. Stayed away from anything canned or frozen almost completely. Let's just say that the folks at Trader Joes knew me by name.

I made it interesting for me at one point by actually walking to the store after work to get only what I was going to eat that night. It was this out of sight, out of mind type philosophy and I really, truly think that helped. I also worked out every single friggin day. I didn't care what class 24Hour Fitness (the gym membership I had at the time) was having, I'd just hop in. I didn't want to be at home and since my activity was monitored (long story), the gym was a safe place to be.

Now, there's no way I could possibly do that again. At least not that much and certainly not in that time frame. For one thing, I'm older, MUCH older (and with age, my poor metabolism isn't what it used to be). I'm also a parent now and I couldn't possibly work out every day after work.

My son is starting hockey soon and the place they practice and play is down this hill from my house. So what I think I'm going to start doing is walking there whenever he has practice/games. I also just bought a treadmil. So when I'm watching "Lost" (for example), I'll try to run/walk at the same time. :)

Something I've done recently (for a few reasons) is to start keeping a food diary and I'm going to submit that food diary to a friend (thanks Kiera ) I think I'll do it once a week though, since it seems a bit tedious to give to her everyday.

Wow that was a long winded reply.