losing 22 lbs in a month seems like way too much
how much did you weigh?
253 now 230.
I was a snacker. I ate a lot of snacks and that has been completely cut out. Now I eat baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, apples, and grapes when I am hungry between meals.
Lunch time I went from 2 sandwiches w/mayo, 2 pieces of cheese (each) and about 8 pieces of lunch meat (each) to 1 sandwich with mustard, 1 piece of cheese, and 4 pieces of meat and a large salad.
For dinner, I take a lot of veggies and the main course is my side.
The biggest challenge was training myself to recognize the difference between an empty stomach and being hungry.
I splurge from time to time. At the blackhawks game in the skybox I ate a lot of stuff but probably 1/3 of what I would have ate a few weeks earlier. At my brothers for a game, we had pizza and I had 3 pieces when I would usually have 8 or so (squares, not slices). At a restaurant the other day I ordered a caesar salad chicken wrap instead of a nice big juicy burger and I got slaw and beans as a side instead of fries.
I'm not doing this to lose weight. I am trying to lower cholesterol. The weight is a bonus. I am never hungry and I feel good and am full of energy.
Actually, I no longer crave carbs and if/when I eat too many carbs I feel like shit. Once the cravings went away, I really started to enjoy the taste of non-carb loaded foods more...even without butter and salt.
And I eat a piece of cheese daily. Too good to give up completely.