Kero1
New member
First post in a diary to keep myself motivated for this weight loss journey!
My name is jo, I'm a 24 year old female currently weighing in at 185lbs, wanting to get back down to my old 120! I have lost huge amounts of weight(~100lbs a couple years ago) in the past by sticking to a strict diet & exercise regimen.
The diet then is the same I'm using now, which is sort of related to the paleolithic, negative calorie & raw food diets in that I am basically only eating whole, unprocessed healthy foods. Meats, fruits and veggies high in fibre, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, etc. Yes cottage cheese & yogurt are processed, I try to limit it where I can. Healthy and balanced is how this gets done!
As for exercise, I use Snap Fitness which is a great 24 hour gym. I go as often as I can, which is at least twice a week, more when I have the chance (twice a week is really not enough, I know).
I have been going to the gym the entire month of April, but only started the strict diet about 3 days ago, so we will see how things go - I am eating a lot of celery & cucumber before bed to keep my metabolism up while I'm sleeping, eating my proteins in the morning to keep me more satisfied all day, and pretty much only drinking ice water and the very rare sip of diet pop for the caffiene ( I suffer withdrawal as I used to be a heavy pop drinker).
I'm eating about a billion (6?) very small meals throughout the day, and probably downing about 6-10 cups of water. You'll notice carbs aren't really in there, except for in the bananas and watermelon I eat - no bread, or potatos, etc. Not that they are bad, and if I need that extra boost before the gym, I will certainly use them.
This diet comes to about 1200 per day, which for a female with an office job is maybe even high - But as there are only healthy sugars and fats in there it should still work fine.
Cheers! I hope to post some pics of myself along the way, if only I could figure out my cell phone ahaha.
My name is jo, I'm a 24 year old female currently weighing in at 185lbs, wanting to get back down to my old 120! I have lost huge amounts of weight(~100lbs a couple years ago) in the past by sticking to a strict diet & exercise regimen.
The diet then is the same I'm using now, which is sort of related to the paleolithic, negative calorie & raw food diets in that I am basically only eating whole, unprocessed healthy foods. Meats, fruits and veggies high in fibre, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, etc. Yes cottage cheese & yogurt are processed, I try to limit it where I can. Healthy and balanced is how this gets done!
As for exercise, I use Snap Fitness which is a great 24 hour gym. I go as often as I can, which is at least twice a week, more when I have the chance (twice a week is really not enough, I know).
I have been going to the gym the entire month of April, but only started the strict diet about 3 days ago, so we will see how things go - I am eating a lot of celery & cucumber before bed to keep my metabolism up while I'm sleeping, eating my proteins in the morning to keep me more satisfied all day, and pretty much only drinking ice water and the very rare sip of diet pop for the caffiene ( I suffer withdrawal as I used to be a heavy pop drinker).
I'm eating about a billion (6?) very small meals throughout the day, and probably downing about 6-10 cups of water. You'll notice carbs aren't really in there, except for in the bananas and watermelon I eat - no bread, or potatos, etc. Not that they are bad, and if I need that extra boost before the gym, I will certainly use them.
This diet comes to about 1200 per day, which for a female with an office job is maybe even high - But as there are only healthy sugars and fats in there it should still work fine.
Cheers! I hope to post some pics of myself along the way, if only I could figure out my cell phone ahaha.
