I Did It!

Not really. Not yet. But I'm practicing my "victory blog entry" for when I DO, because I know I will.

And when I post that blog entry, you will probably want to know how I did it, right? I decided to revert back to what helped me lose the first 12 pounds almost two years ago (wow, has it been that long?). Basic math. With the help of this calculator:

http://nutrition.about.com/library/bl_nutrition_guide.htm

My target range is roughly between 1500 - 2000 calories per day. I don't sweat it if I go over that a few times a week because this range is without exercise and sometimes, I actually do exercise.

It's only been 4 days and I'm down 1.5 pounds, even though my goal is only .5 to 1 pound a week.

I'm eating mostly whole foods again (aka "clean").

Salads like this:

And soups like this:

I keep a bag of frozen uncooked, EZ Peel shrimp in the freezer and when I want a nice salad, I just cook some up with whatever seasoning I feel like. Right now, my mouth is burning off as I type this because I felt like chili! I also do the same with chicken breast.

The soup is a great lentil soup recipe that my friend Liz gave me.

So anyway...that's how I did it! (or will do it) Whatever. Details.