As you might know my diet goal was to reach 250 pounds by Aug 8. If you measure me by that standard I failed.
But yesterday I weighted myself and found the results at 249.6.
It’s been more than two decades since the last time I was that low.
So my diet is now officially over. I can eat what I want, when I want etc, but there is one caveat.
I chose 250 for two reasons:
- It’s a round number
- I have clothes that would fit me at 250 still in the house.
So now comes the fun part, keeping it off, my plan is rather simple:
- I will now weigh myself once a month.
- If I remain between 245-255 the diet remains off
- If I hit 256 OR 244 the diet is back on
- If I hit 256 the diet is back on till I hit 250 again
- If I hit 244 the diet is back on till I hit 240 because why not I’m more than half way there.
That is my weight loss retaining plan.
For those interested in losing weight without pills, shots or an operation I include my diet below with specific benchmarks::
USE THIS DIET TILL YOU ARE 60% TOWARD YOUR GOAL
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- No fast food: McDonalds, Wendy’s Burger king OUT
- No bread (I get two slices when I go out for breakfast that’s it) no Subs
- No sausage
- No chocolate bars
- No candy, cake etc basically no deserts
- No Ice Cream
- No potatoes
- Salads with a meal whenever possible simple oil/vinegar dressings only
- Soups when possible
- Soda only if a restaurant has iffy water
- Lots of peppers, onions & garlic
- No Pasta
- No snacks
- NO SECOND HELPINGS NO EXCEPTIONS!
Let me note that the rules of this diet did NOT apply on the following days:
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- Any General Family Celebration
This keeps one from becoming a killjoy on key days while eliminating the concept of “cheat days” which I think sabotages diets.
USE THIS DIET TILL YOU ARE 80% TOWARD YOUR GOAL
- No fast food: McDonalds, Wendy’s Burger king OUT
- No Subs
- No snacks
- Salads with a meal whenever possible simple oil/vinegar dressings only
- Soups when possible
- Soda only if a restaurant has iffy water (always diet)
- Lots of peppers, onions & garlic
- No Pasta (UPDATE forgot to include this in the list)
- No snacks
- NO SECOND HELPINGS NO EXCEPTIONS!
- An occasional Market Basket Donut (FAR superior to Dunkin’s) perhaps bi-weekly. (had maybe 3 during this time)
- No bread at home, if I’m out and it comes with a meal one slice Toast if I go out for breakfast (had maybe four pieces)
- Breakfast sausage once a week max if I cook at home or once a week out) Only twice at home but regularly if I had breakfast out
- One candy bar a week if I want it think a Cadbury bar eaten over 3 days (had about four)
- Ice cream if I go to Friendly’s (the mini cone trio) a taste of what’s at home a week if wanted (ran out of home ice cream never bought one)
- If at Friendly’s or anywhere & get a burger & fries no BBQ sauce or bacon eat about 1/2 of the fries (I don’t finish the fires and had bacon three times on a burger
Remember you are allowing yourself some things you had been denying yourself so that the weight loss will become slower but if you stick with it you’ll get results.
For the last 10% of your weight loss USE THIS DIET TILL YOU REACH YOUR GOAL
- No fast food: McDonalds, Wendy’s Burger king OUT
- Salads with a meal whenever possible simple oil/vinegar dressings only
- Soups when possible
- Diet Soda only
- Lots of peppers, onions & garlic
- NO THIRD HELPINGS NO EXCEPTIONS!
Here is what is now allowed or loosened:
- One Sub a week max (Small or Medium only)
- Snacks (chips etc) Only during playoff games & major sports events
- Pasta once a week MAX
- Second Helpings only to avoid leftovers and no seconds on a desert.
- English Muffin White Bread & Bagels allowed at home for occasional sandwich (weekly) or as an occasional Breakfast item
- An occasional Market Basket Donut
- Three candy bars max over any two week period
- Ice cream at home once a week max
- No items ordered out if the calorie listing is over 1200.
- Not allowed to finish any order of fries or onion rings unless they are being shared.
Again this will be slow but the idea is to build good habits as I said before:
Now if you want to go the way of the pills or shots or operations that’s fine & up to you, but this diet exists for the purpose of avoiding shots or drugs.
