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I weigh in every two weeks, so this was a bit slow. I'm trying to lose 2 lbs. a week or so. I guess I'm pretty close. I'm just following a calorie deficit diet, but not too deficient as I'm going to be on this diet for a year and a half. I've limited myself to 1750 calories a day, but I generally eat around 1500-1600. My average for October was 1534 calories and my average so far for November is 1584.
On January 11th of this year I received a new kidney. Which is awesome, but... one of the medications I'm on is a low dose of the steriod Prednisone. This... makes me incredibly hungry. I spent the first 7 months after getting out of the hospital gaining 60 new pounds. After reaching 271 and feeling like walking and getting around was starting to get tough, I decided that enough was enough. I started my diet on August 18th.
At first I used fatsecret's recommendations for calorie intake, but found it to be far too many. They suggested I take in 2100 calories a day to lose a pound a week. First of all, I would never lose a pound a week eating that much, and secondly, even if it was true that I lost a pound a week, that would mean I would have to be on this diet for almost 3 years to get down to a fairly normal weight (shooting for 140 lbs.) I didn't want that, so I modified the calculations a bit and it seems to be working for me so far.
Here's hoping I can continue losing and stay on this for the next year. I would really like to see what I look like at 140. I haven't been that small since 7th grade and that was a hell of a long time ago.
Best of luck to all of you also!
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111.1 kg
Lost so far: 11.8 kg.
Still to go: 56.7 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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View Diet Calendar, 04 November 2018:
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1536 kcal
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Fat: 74.83g | Prot: 73.85g | Carbs: 138.57g.
Breakfast: Great Value Turkey Sausage Patty, Digestive Advantage Probiotic Gummies, Coffee with Cream and Sugar, Dole Bananas, Eggs scrambled with vegatables. Lunch: Member's Mark Real Crumbled Bacon, Bolthouse Farms Chunky Blue Cheese Yogurt Dressing, Great Value Frozen Sweet Peas, La Choy Chow Mein Noodles, Dole Shredded Carrots, Dole Green Onion, Green Giant Mini Sweet Peppers, Red Onions, Baby Spinach, White Icicle Radishes, Broccoli, Cucumber (with Peel), Red Cabbage, Great Value Romaine Lettuce, Lettuce. Dinner: Lettuce, Haechandle Gochujang, Member's Mark Minced Garlic, Bland Farms Vidalia Sweet Onion, Haechandle Soybean Paste, Honey, Dried Whole Sesame Seeds, Sesame Oil, Pork Shoulder (Whole, Cooked, Roasted), Green Giant Mini Sweet Peppers, Bland Farms Vidalia Sweet Onion, Ken's Steak House Lite Caesar Salad Dressing, Zucchini. Snacks/Other: Sam's Choice Diet Dr. Thunder, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Sam's Choice Diet Twist Up, Coffee-Mate Caramel Macchiato Coffee Creamer. more...
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Losing 0.9 kg a Week
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