I want to say something about Trump's fat ass.

[moriah]

41. Sounds like a Nutrisystem variation for diabetics, TBH

I used something like it after buying their food and realizing how much of a ripoff it was, but I chose the non-diabetic plan.

Their plan, buying my own food vs the prepackaged plus the fresh items, and a third-party web food diary, however... and I lost 100 over two years (though I was admittedly not going for more than 1-2 lbs per week, to hopefully avoid as much loose skin).

Still, even when you have a healthy BMI, having been 100 lbs more worth of skin, even if you wear size 4 jeans.... when you sit without the benefit of jeans and can see your thighs, you feel fat. (The skin spreads.)

Essentially it was 3 servings protein, 2 servings of fruit, at LEAST 5 servings of high-roughage, low calorie vegetables, and one tiny amount of fat, tracking the calories for all of that, and choosing items to eat along with all of that to make my calorie goal, with a 100 calorie variation allowed from my goal either way (but no more and no less). 3 small meals, three reasonable snacks. I did make sure to schedule 2-4 "cheat days" a month, either when I would be away from my fridge or wanted to eat out that day. I didn't mind if it set me back a pound or two over the whole month, it made it easier to stick to, and potentially kept me from hitting a metabolic plateau as often.

I also attempted when eating out to focus on vegetables, then protein, and then the carbs.

As I lost, it was easier to incorporate exercise (had dislocated a kneecap and it didn't like carrying weight) into my life, if nothing other than walking on breaks. As I did start exercising more, I hit a "plateau" a few times in weight loss. The solution given by people was to keep exercising, but add one additional protein in my day and accept the additional calories. Essentially, when I wasn't burning fuel, my metabolism was slower, and my calorie goal to lose at first was lower than needed to survive with more activity. If exercise is being added gradually, one will improve their basal metabolic rate. Or perhaps just the fresh vitamins helped.

Either way, it actually was hard to *stop* eating like I was dieting, and I had to adjust significantly to maintain without undershooting a weight that actually looked good on me. I also had several points where my back, adjusting to carrying less weight, twigged out on me. During those times (like about every 20-30 lbs at first, then at 10-15 lbs) I would have to stretch more in the evenings and mornings and pop an ibuprofen, kept walking.

But the plan you're using sounds very similar to what worked for me, so I wanted to give you a gratz for your success and vouch the idea worked.