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Gone are my Jenny Craig and Weight Watcher days when I had to maintain a very strict diet to the point that I had to weigh my foods …. still, I should have paid more attention to the calorie counting portion of both programs.
I think I got duped into the modern way of thinking that cutting out carbs, going vegetarian or even taking diet supplements can give me the edge in losing weight. In fact, I now believe that this actually might have contributed to my weight loss plateau.
I found out a month ago that after two years, I was still paying for an online calorie counter that I never got to use. It’s about $8.00 every three months, so it flew under the radar on my credit card statements.
Since I was paid up until August, I decided to put it into good use. After doing a little bit of research, I set my daily calorie intake to 1200, which is recommended for fat burn enhancement based on my height and weight.
Here I thought that this will just be a piece of cake…. after all, I don’t eat carbs anymore and I’m practically off red meat. I should be able to meet that target with no problem.
What was I thinking???
As soon as I started counting my daily calorie intake, I realized that my existing diet consisted of high calorie foods, topping at almost 2000 calories a day. It’s a perfect number if I was maintaining my weight, but it will not do if I need to lose a couple more pounds!
The calorie counter I use provides me a list of foods with their calorie content and I decided to go shopping to buy foods that I actually like – lite yogurts, whole wheat bread, unsalted butter…… To my amazement, I lost four pounds the first week. Then, I lost another five pounds for the second and third week combined. Wow, what a big difference!
I am eating more healthy and balanced meals. My new weight loss is quite noticeable after the second week that everyone started asking me what my diet secret is.
It’s funny, actually, because the first thing I hear is “did you drop carbs?”
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What an inspirational post. Thank you. I have just made the decision to change my eating habits (not a diet) and your story certainly gives me encouragement.
Thank you for your story, as you said I think the key is healthy balanced meals and seteady weight loss.
there you go.. once again someone finds out, that the only way to lose weight is to count your calories and eat less of the foods that have lots! Every now and then, someone re ‘discovers’ this basic truth..
I did this too. I am a 43 year old male who had eventually slipped into morbid obesity. I tried the low carb Atkins and followed it to the tee but never lost more than 2 or 3 pounds, but found myself cooking ALL the time and my grocery bill was tripled.
I tried cutting my calories for the first time in my life, and went to 1500 a day. It was tough the first couple days, but I stuck to my guns and I lost 55 pounds over a few month span. Also as a tip, you will actually get used to it, the first few days are tough.. Good luck to anyone out there who is as desperate to lose weight as I am/was.
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