I started on May 6 last year at 245 (I think). I didn't have the guts to look at the scale right away, so I may have been well over 250. Anyway, I'm at 174-76 since November, unable to crack that set point from the old days when I was this weight for a while. Also, I'm not being rigorous as I used to be about logging my food counts or my water. I think my calories and carbs are in check, but who really knows??
So in roughly 8 weeks, I will have finished 1 year on Atkins, and would like to lose, in that time, at least 10 pounds and be in the 160-65 area, and more importantly, break my stall.
A motivating factor for me in additon to my 1 year anniv on Atkins is that I'm taking a trip for Memorial day weekend and want to use that as something to sprint towards and keep me from going off track.
I would like to invite anyone who's interested in joining an 8 week challenge.
These are the things I want to do:
1) go back to the basics
a) weigh and measure my food
b) track my food in a log
c) calories in the 1500-1800
2) Go to the gym 5x a week, (2x weights/wk)
3) Minimize prepared LC foods - such as ice creams, breads, bars, milk.
4) lose 10 lbs
5) cut the booze to 1-2 x / week
6) no cheating - this tends to happen with the booze
If you want to join, list what you want to accomplish in the next 8 weeks. Hope to 'see' a lot of faces in here!!
-s&p