Cholesterol down to 177

from 222
Bad # was 140 and is now 120 ;)

Cut out cheese, butter, half and half and eggs in late June

Nice to know it had an effect

Also did a 10K last month

Please publish When Dieters Succeed!!

NY Times When Dieters Fail

How about a story on people who permanent lose weight and how they maintain weight and confidence?

List of Small Meals/Snacks in No Particular Order

• 20 grams Cereal and 10 grams Almonds with milk/yogurt
• peanut butter and crackers
• V8 and cheese
• Luna bar
• 3 veggie dumplings from Garden Gourmet
• one lowfat hot dog with skinny piece of bread

Weigh and Measure

After losing weight, your body can only use a very small amount of calories. This is the mistake that most post-dieters make – upping the number of calories now that the diet is over. At 115 pounds, my caloric intake needed to maintain weight is low and so I must take extraordinary measures to plan food and exercise so that I can stick with the plan.  I weigh my food so I can monitor how much I am consuming.

Weight Maintenance can Build Integrity

By persevering through the plateaus and looking longer term, weight loss will seem easier. The reward is not just in a slimmer and healthier body but in the integrity of the commitment to self-improvement and self-discipline. It is through diligence and hard work that goals are attained – these skills that are developed through weight loss and maintenance can improve performance and success in other areas of life.

Weight Loss as a Goal can Obscure Other Goals

The main drawback of losing weight is (because it is the number one New Year’s resolution) once achieved, it is imperative to set new goals. Although most other goals are not as quantitative and quantifiable as losing weight, new goals can be fitness related, career oriented, relationship building and/or learning a new skill.

Weight Loss vs Weight Maintenance

Achieving one’s goal weight is not the ultimate goal as maintaining the weight is a longer-term and more challenging continual goal. Developing a routine makes weight loss and maintenance easier and makes achieving one’s goal realistic and sustainable.