Got to Lose 100 lbs. - Starting Jan 1. - I bet I can lose faster :) (Page 2)

I am not knocking Weight Watchers, but can you find a way to change your eating habits?

 I lost 55 pounds last year.  I did it by changing my eating habits.  I have kept the weight off for 5 months now.

 I am sure Weight Watchers is good for losing weight but what are you going to do when you've lost that weight?  How will you keep it off?  Just something to think about.

 I used Fitday.com to register my food intake and exercise.  You might be surprised out how many caloires you can consume and still lose weight.  Keep in mind calories are personal.  You can't provide a blanket statement for how many calories people should consume.

 For me, I was around 2600 calories per day.  My exercise and daily living expenditure was around 4500 per day.  The cool thing about the experience for me was realizing how much a portion should be.

 And as someone already pointed out, it is not just the calories you eat, but where they come from.  If the bulk of your caloires are carbs, you will find yourself hungry later.

 If you can focus on lean proteins, fiber and the right kind of carbs, you'll be mor esuccessful at losing weight.

 You can't beat triathlon training for weight loss.

OK...I want to join in here.  I decided to start doing Tri's as a goal to lose weight (100lbs).  I have been overwieght since I was 8 yrs old.  I have a thyroid disease, but I am looking past that.  I changed my eating habits last year and did not see much difference. So, now I am throwing in the exercise, 6 days a week.  Right now, I am swimming 3/4 mile, 1 mile on the treadmill at 3.5mph and 3mi on the elliptical at 5.5mph.  I hope this works.  I am dedicated and my 1st tri is May 10th. (.5mi swim, 16 mi bike and 3.1 mi run)

 On this past sun after a bike ride, I decided to stay out of the gym and run on the paved bike trail by my house.  I did 1.5 miles and now think I have shin splints.  Do you think I can still ride and do the elliptical without slowing the healing process?

As of yesterday, i am down 35 lbs.  I will assess my goal at 200lbs.  for now 188 is the mark.  I have been doing Medifast for 6 weeks and light to moderate exercise 5-6x per week.  when i reach 240, i am going to be gradually increasing my caloric intake to slow down the weight loss so as i near 200 lbs, the weekly loss will be close to 1lb/week.  My workout load will be increasing at the same time.

After i started, this program, my wife is on it, too, i was able to see over the first 2 weeks, the sheer volume of food I was eating, and it made me shudder.

kevin