[Tillys_mom]

Originally Posted by yorkiegirl83

Tilly'sMom-- The way I've been trying to lose weight and what's worked in the past is to workout about an hour a day, and to eat almost all unprocessed foods.

Like, I'll eat whole grain brown rice with tons of fresh veggies and some chicken with no salt seasoning.

For snacks I do LF cheeses and fruits, or veggies with low fat, homeade dip. I also used to bake a whole wheat tortilla and make fresh salsa to eat it with, super good! And cottage cheese was a favorite of mine when I was dieting (although now I am watching my sodium so I don't eat it too often, I do ricotta instead which is lower in sodium).

I eat TONS of salads, with goat cheese, vinegar, avacado, any veggies I have in the house, lol. Seriously just stopping eating LF dressings has helped me lose because there's hardly any sodium in vinegar and oil.

If I have chocolate, I have a few pieces of dark chocolate. If I have ice cream, I get pints instead of half gallons and only have one serving size. And most of the time if I have ice cream I will have pineapple or strawberries (fresh) on them. I also like sugar free jello with LF coolwhip for sweet snacks!

I really think it's all in moderation. Like today I had a piece of pizza... yes everyone else was having more, but I stuck with one small slice of cheese, felt ok with it, and added a little more time onto my workout tonight. We had leftover so I tossed it out so I wasn't tempted to dig into it tonight.

Those are a few things I am doing now to try to lose the mega amount of weight I gained this year and before doing that I lost about 65 lbs in 8 months so I know it works for sure

Thanks for all the great tips!!! I usually try to stay clear of salts because it makes my hands puffy. So when I cook I use very little salt. I just have to give up all the junk I eat. Hubby said if I can find a reasonalbe excerise bike I could get it! I'm excited about that. That way I can stay at home and do it and he can still be there incase I need him, and with winter coming up it will be nice. I do need portion control. I put away just as much as hubby does. I eat full meals about every two hours it seems of an evening. I need to learn to say no. My mom still has all of her old weight watcher things so I may try out a new recipe this weekend. I also need to buy a scale. I never liked keeping those things around. LOL! I use moms and then run and hide the thing once I get off.