Sally
I live by the 80/20 diet. I can eat ANYTHING I want. I eat until I am 80% full and then wait 20 minutes. If after 20 I am still hungry I eat a bit more. But usually I am satisfied.


good luck to you

Obviously, your scale is broken.

Mine, too! It's the darndest thing! And there's something going on inside my closet, too, 'cos I hang stuff up and then months later when I go to put it on..........it's smaller! What on earth is going on?

Last year with all my medical problems, I ended up gaining more weight. I was unable to do anything, and I mean anything except carefully walk around the house, for 3 months. So I spent those 3 months changing my eating habits and since then have lost 20 pounds. I didn't think I could loose weight without exercising but obviously my bad eating habits was what my biggest problem was.

Writing down everything, every little thing, helped me see what I was eating and where I could make better choices. I now eat more fruits and veggies, eat lower fat foods, and less carbs. I do allow myself to indulge once in a while, especially when I have a craving. But I eat less of those kinds of foods and after doing that for a while I'm now satisfied with less. Okay I had to resort to paying WW to find out where I was going wrong.

The hardest part is keeping myself from slipping into those bad habits. When I have a day where I ate too much or something that I shouldn't have, I no longer beat myself up. I just pick up where I left off and continue with my good eating habits.

And yes scales lie and clothes do shrink!!!

Moths??

I too have gained some weight over the years, but I just figured that was because of the ever-expanding universe.

Eat a large salad before dinner with lots of veggies and low calorie dressing and it fills your stomach. It did nothing for me but it might help. Try not to eat a few hours before bed.

Doc did some changing arounds of meds on me. When she put me on Celexa (depression/anxiety/ocd/phobia) I started losing weight without making any other lifestyle changes.

Otherwise I used to follow a low blood sugar diet {6 meals per day} and I would lose weight really well. Plus I just felt better. Teaches you what a real portion size is too.
I got all the info off the internet and printed everything out. then I kept a log of how many servings from each food group I had for every meal. I was only allowed 1500 cals a day. It goes by exchanges and is easy to keep track of.

way to go! love hearing when people find a method that works. Good for you and your weight loss! ginnie

Wow....those would have to be some pretty big moths!! But that's a good theory!