Reply #94: I guess I will see....Starting late Jan, I lost 50 lbs. no longer obese, just overweight [View All]

[NRaleighLiberal]

(according to the BMI charts - 6 feet, large frame, went from 258 to 208). My wife and I did Weight Watchers - it was very successful because it was about being honest about what we ate. We ate well, and ate good food (still do) - it is about portion control and food quality/choices, and physical activity certainly helped.

So, this is the part of "I guess I will see" - can I maintain? continue to lose? I've hit a plateau for a month or so - amazing because I am eating the calorie (= points in WW terms) to keep losing, but things are a bit stuck. Time of year? Certainly less activity - after all isn't it hibernation time? (ha ha)....my hunger ebbs and flows, but is pretty well in control. We eat all the fruits and veggies we want (they don't "count"). Things we've reduced considerably - alcoholic beverages (definitely empty calories), desserts, cheese, bread,and portion sizes.

I do hope that next year at this time I will be at my current weight, or even a little less. But there is much more to weight loss than just food, and just activity - it is very complex, and I suspect, very different for different people.