Well I have gone from 267 pounds to 164 as of today.  That is a total of 103 pound loss. I only have 14 more pounds to go to reach my goal weight of 150.  I am still primarily counting my calories.

I want to point out, if you spend two years counting calories and being successful, it really is about good food choices.  If I eat less fats, sugars and consume more lean meats and vegetables I feel better and I lose more weight.  But keeping it about calories lets me occasionally eat bad things in small amounts and stay on track.  That is important around the holiday season where I make a lot of fancy deserts and casseroles.

My weight loss tip of the day is this, write everything down that you put in your mouth or log it into an app.  If you do this faithfully, it won’t take long to know what you need to work on the most.  Do you binge late at night in front of the TV? Or mid day at work in front of your computer?  You will soon figure out your weaknesses and find things to fix them with.

Keep healthy snacks in the house; low calorie and satisfying foods that help battle the snack attach mode we all get into sometime.  I found I really liked celery sticks with  a teaspoon of peanut butter late night when I occasionally got hungry.  If I really had to have sugar, smarties rolls of candy are 20 calories each, so a couple of rolls made me think I was cheating, and gave me a little sugar rush.  Mandarin oranges are great at only 35-40 calories and taste great by themselves or on a salad.

Now that I am down to a more energy mode size, I started three months ago to work out with my husband and mother in law. (They started a program called Silver Sneakers for therapy with their health issues. I found it great for my toning up). 

The place we work out at is called Fifty Forward and it is primarily for people fifty years or older to work out and socialize.  I have really enjoyed it for my diet health and my husband and mother in laws rehab health wise has been most helpful too.

Good luck with your weight and health goals  I will keep you posted on my progress.