![]() ![]() ![]() These are some great tips. I see weight loss as a journey to building a healthier lifestyle or at least that Weight Loss - Carrots 'N' Cake. I love food and I love eating. But, I don’t love dieting. Although I have always been a mostly healthy eater, I’m not one to turn down a piece of birthday cake or a glass of wine during cocktail hour. But indulging a little too much and a little too often resulted in a slow gain of 2. When I was younger, I’d managed to maintain my weight of 1. I belonged to the dance team and played intramural sports, so it wasn’t difficult for me to motivate myself to exercise. After college, I started a desk job, and with that came long hours, pizza lunches, and plenty of happy hours. I continued to exercise almost every day, but it wasn’t enough. The vacation was a blast, but I quickly lost my getaway glow when I saw photos from our trip. Looking at the physical proof, I was embarrassed by how much weight I had gained. I was so depressed that I threw most of them away. Soon after the ski trip, I left my desk job to pursue graduate school and took a part- time job working at the front desk of an upscale health club. One of the perks was a free membership, which was the motivation I needed to take control of my weight. I started exercising at the health club most mornings, taking Body Pump and spinning classes on a regular basis. ![]() ![]() ![]() Finding workout buddies helped too. I made some new friends who were avid runners and I began training for and participating in road races with them. Even though I was burning plenty of calories through exercise, I knew my eating habits were preventing me from losing weight. I wasn’t eating unhealthy foods. ![]() ![]() Some of you have noticed (and thank you so much for your sweet comments! Weight loss transformation pictures are some of the most motivational fitness images that you can see. It takes incredible determination and effort to make that. I'm Donnie Toivola and this is the story of my Juice Fast and how I lost 33 pounds and reclaimed my life! ![]() Sharing my weight loss story & journey with you guys - this is how i lost 60lbs, stayed motivated. I also show pics along the way. I started tracking my daily calories online at fitday. Counting calories really helped me understand my overblown portion sizes and just how many calories I was consuming. A New Life. Almost a year and a half later, in the summer of 2. I finally reached my goal weight of 1. My weight loss didn’t happen overnight. For example, I almost always have oatmeal with nut butter and a piece of fruit for breakfast. It helps set a healthy tone for my whole day, plus it keeps me full until lunchtime. Now I’m committed to maintaining my weight without missing out on any fun, like birthday celebrations or nights out with friends, which is the main philosophy behind Carrots . Hopefully, my tips and tricks are helpful to you and you’ll share some of your own secrets and successes with me too. BEFOREDecember 2. August 2. 00. 3AFTERJuly 2. July 2. 01. 0April 2. June 2. 01. 2October 2. Sometimes last- minute plans get in the way, but I generally stick to my schedule once I’ve put it in ink. Count calories. I don’t count calories anymore, but I track what I eat (and when I exercise) on my blog, which keeps me accountable. Eat fresh fruit with breakfast. It’s such a small thing to do, but it sets a healthy tone for my whole day. Plus, fruit is low in calories and good for you! Reduce portion sizes. This might seem like a ! Plus, I get tons of a great ideas for meals and workouts from them. Meal plan. Every Sunday I sit down and plan a week’s worth of meals. I almost always make my own lunch, which means I have more control over how many calories are in my meal. I’m also able to save money by making sure I use up all of my fresh produce. Keep truckin’Maintaining my weight is all about balance. If I overindulge at a weekend barbecue or mindlessly munch throughout the afternoon, I don’t throw in the towel. I make sure my next meal is healthy and move on. Want Even More Motivation? Check out these posts! How I Beat My Sugar Addiction. How I Get Myself Back on Track. Tricks to Avoid Emotional Eating. How to Lose Weight with a Busy Schedule. Sunday Style: How I Set Myself Up for a Healthy Week. My Meal Planning Process. Q & A: Starting a New Diet and Cravings. Healthy, Travel- friendly Snack and Lunch Ideas. Tips to Curb Late Night Snacking. How to Gain Support While Losing Weight. Tips for Goal- Setting Success. My Thoughts on Carbohydrates. Protein Powders I Love. I also write a weekly column for the weight loss blog on Health. My Journey (Before & After Pics)Some things from our past are easier to remember than others. Having issues with food began for me early on around the age of 1. I remember for no apparent reason sneaking a salty snack in my parents basement. I remember the pediatrician constantly commenting at every annual visit that if I could just lose 1. I would be at my ideal weight for my height. I am as an adult only 5’2 tall so that number was 1. I have not seen that number since I was 1. I was never overweight as a kid but I wasn’t skinny either. The problem was I thought I was chubby, you know the peer- pressure thing of wanting to look like friends who were twice my height and had fabulously long, lean legs. So began the crazy fad diets at the age of 1. At 1. 8 I simply decided to let myself eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted it. Of course the comfort I found was in sugar- laden snack foods. My highest weight was 1. At that point in my life I found Jesus as my savior and that’s when I decided I was really ready to clean up my act. I started walking and stopped eating in between meals and lost weight and by 6 months I was what I felt was the right weight for my body, 1. I didn’t have to exercise like a maniac to maintain it and I was thrilled. In 1. 99. 7 I married my sweet hubby Jim and continued to maintain a healthy weight. Unfortunately, blame it on hormones, I was having the worst PMS symptoms. I was completely out of control with my emotions. I started researching causes and natural solutions to alleviate symptoms. I found a yeast free diet plan , not to lose any weight, but to see if this could help with my PMS craziness. All sugar, which yeast thrives on, was eliminated except if it was the 5th ingredient on labels. Within 2 months I felt better and my PMS symptoms were gone. Of course now that I had fixed the problem, that was when we decided to get pregnant. I tossed all my good habits out the door and gained 7. I had never seen 1. I delivered and boy was I frightened to see that number! It is a great program and it did help me lose weight, but after baby #2 came along it just was much harder to lose the weight. It eliminated typical binge foods and products which contain white refined sugar and white flour. It helped me detox my body , taught me how to read labels and gradually add back some things into my food plan. It was during this time I started creating recipes. I continued on this food plan but then had baby #3 and again went straight for those sugary foods. Today I keep a food journal to help keep me accountable. I do not weigh myself except for once a month and certainly can tell by how my clothes feel if I have been overeating. Since I am a Life Time Weight Watcher member I check in once a month at a meeting to keep me accountable. They are a group of fabulously encouraging people! I eat 3 meals a day with one snack either in the afternoon or evening. I found I must pray daily to receive HIS strength to abstain from overeating. Staying away from the refined sugar has stopped my cravings, ravenous hunger and binges and yo- yo weight cycles. It may not be the life style for everyone but it works for me. God knows the desires of my heart and how I want to glorify Him in all that I do. For me, choosing to abstain from sugar is saying I choose all that God has for me. I want to be all He sees that I can be. I no longer turn to food for comfort, no longer live in a brain fog from sugar- laden foods. I feel fabulous and I am maintaining my weight which makes me joyful and grateful and I think.
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