carrotlvr wrote:Wow, I just saw the picture of you in the green tank and old jeans. You look so fit and trim. Do you mind sharing what you think keeps you on track with healthy eating and helped you persevere when you were tempted to overeat or eat unhealthy food? I don't have much to loose and I always slip up on the weekends. What do you feel is the biggest factor that contributed to your success.
The main thing that kept me on track and continues to keep me on track is that I feel SO GOOD now. I don't want to lose that!!!
I also really like the food. I love potatoes and find that no matter what I might THINK I want (i.e., "cravings"), if I eat a tater I'm good. So I make sure to have them around me all the time, LOL!
I make sure I have nothing in my house that is not MWL. Period. So I can eat as much of anything in my home that I want to. That helps a lot. I eat out seldom and try to stick to vegan sushi (my fave!), which has white rice and avocado but is blameless otherwise. If I do eat out someplace else, I do the best I can. I never eat anything that is not vegan (having been vegan for 22 years this isn't hard for me at all)--if I occasionally have to eat a little oil while eating out I do, but the key is to NOT EAT OUT very often. Eating out is fraught with danger b/c no matter where you eat you don't have control over the food. I try not to put myself in that position very often.
Hope that helps!
ElizabethWeight now: 124 (20.0 BMI)
Weight in 2010: 207 (33.4 BMI)
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