Dieting information
Posted on December 21, 2007
Several people have asked me what website I used for my diet, so I thought I would post the information here and that way anybody who is interested in losing a few pounds can access it. Oh, and I do realize my timing is terrible, considering it’s the holidays and there will be cookies and chocolate in abundance. But I figured that maybe after the holidays, when people are working on their New Year’s resolutions, they can look back here.
Anyway, I used two dieting websites. The first was ediets.com, this provided me my meal plan with recipes and grocery lists. However, this website is not free, I think it was like $12-15 a month. But, for me, this was additional motivation because I wanted to make sure that I got my money’s worth. I didn’t follow the diet to the letter, but it really helped me understand portion control and I learned a lot about counting calories.
The second website was sparkpeople.com. This website is totally free and offers a plethora of services, including online logs of calories and exercise. Plus, it offers support groups and information information information. I learned soooo much about food, the good, the bad and the really ugly. I honestly think that this website helped me more with motivation and with feeling accountable because I was “weighing in” every week and tracking my food and exercise daily.
The bad news is that I literally had to cut my calorie intake down to 1200-1500 calories a day, and I exercised every day for 30-45 minutes excluding warm ups and cool downs. So, it was a serious commitment. But, I was able to lose 35 pounds, which was all the baby weight and the “after college” weight and I am now back down to where I was in college. In size terms, I went from a size 14 to a size 4. In weight terms I went from 146 to 112.
Here’s the before and after:
This was me last summer right after we moved to New Jerse.y
This is me this summer right after I lost the weight.