I'm switching teams! Best weight loss strategies from pink diet masters?

[LolaInLove]

Well, not really switching teams, as I'm kinda on the Team Baby now (I'll take anything, as I doubt I will actually ever get pregnant again)....but I've gained 35lbs on this stinking boy diet for the past 15 months, and it's time to drop it. I feel terrible about myself, and since my DH has issues now, there is no point in me swaying blue anymore. I need to lose this weight. I've read in bits and pieces about some of you that have had really amazing weight loss on the girl diet.....what are your best strategies?

I used to be very girl friendly, but I think I mostly swayed girl because I worked out like 2 hours a day, which I can't do anymore since I work so much now.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! I don't feel like I know how to "diet" anymore!

[Out of the Blue]

Sending you TONS of , Lola! Okay, here's my 2 cents...Regarding the weightloss, I really suggest joining MyFitnessPal.com or a site like it to log your food. It's free and super easy. Last summer I lost 25lbs. in 2.5 mos and it was nearly painless. If you start logging, then you understand food better...not just the cals, etc. but how it affects your body. It's pretty interesting actually. I prefer the MFP database over the others b/c it seems that everything I eat is already in their database. You can add your own recipes to the database as well. It kind of makes eating well fun.

I also suggest a few other things that really helped me:
-Little to no carbs past 1pm or so
-Skip bread and pasta and instead fill up on other things
-Lots of protein (especially of the veggie nature like nuts, beans & legumes) as it'll fill you up
-One huge salad a day w/lots of healthy veggies
-Try to eat only whole foods and slowly cut out processed stuff

I know this isn't really the girl diet at all but it seems to work like magic for me.

I'm sending you every last particle of my boy dust and thinking good thoughts for you!

[LolaInLove]

Thank you, OOTB! 25lbs in 2.5 months is amazing! That is what I need to do. I'm just so USED to eating all this boy diet food, and breakfast now. I used to never be a breakfast girl. I guess my stomach has grown in capacity as well. I really do try to eat healthy, but something has just tipped the scale here and BAM, I gained 35lbs in a year. I don't work out as much as I'd like to, and if I start again, which I know I need to, I will need to do the 5am thing, which I'm really not excited about. (With kids and my demanding job, I'm booked from 6:30am till like 9pm!). All of your suggestions are great, though. Thanks again, and hope you get a little lady this time!

[Out of the Blue]

Wanted to add one more thing....About 80-85% of losing weight is what you eat. The remainder is from exercise. If you monitor your food, even w/out much exercise, you'll lose. I'm not saying don't exercise b/c your body needs it & you'll be toned but as for actually losing weight, focus on food first. You'll be one hot Mama in no time! Bet you'll be preggo too. After not TTC w/kiddo#1, it just magically happened. Thinking good thoughts for you!!!!

[swish]

Hi Lola!
I'lll give you a rough form of the girl diet that has made us lose a lot of weight
No breakfast
No snacks
A diet low in protein, fat and calories
I eat pasta or rice as my staple food for meals with a vegetable, Parmesan, olive oil, lemon. I sometimes eat White bread with jam too! I've had very little dairy - no milk, no cheese except Parmesan, very little butter.
I have eaten a lot of sweets which has helped me get through the day!!!
Hope this helps, it's not much fun!!!

[LolaInLove]

Thanks, guys! This is so helpful......I just remember working out like a madwoman and taking 6 months to lose the weight after I had my kids!

[zanacal]

Lola, I put on 8lb in the 2 weeks after I got my BFP! FFS! I'm pretty sure alot of it is salt and/or early pregnancy bloating me up - my rings are tight but were falling off even a week ago - but still horrendous! I really don't want to put on that much weight that quickly so I've signed up online for Weight Watchers (I had to lie a little bit and say I wasn't pregnant but there's absolutely no chance of me starving myself so I'm comfortable with that!). You can eat whatever you want but each food has a points value based on nutritional information and you have a daily limit to stick to. It's been pretty good so far!

[Alexis2007]

Lola!!!!!!!!!!! I came over here too looking for the same info!!!! Hugs to you girl!!!!!

[TTC5]

I like the sound of Team Baby

[LolaInLove]

Lola!!!!!!!!!!! I came over here too looking for the same info!!!! Hugs to you girl!!!!!

Hey Alexis! How are you? Not swaying anymore either, I gather?

TTC5, gotta just be Team Baby after a while, right? LOL

Zan, I was thinking about WW online also.....I got the food tracker app also, but I am so busy that it's hard to remember to do it, lol. I like it, though. My sister (who is incidentally TTC also now, and wants a girl for her 1st) did WW online and lost like 25 lbs in the first 2 weeks.

I've started skipping breakfast again and just going with the b'fast of champions, a giant half-caff coffee. My tummy is roaring at me all day, but I know it will shrink back to it's original size at some point soon and not require so much food.

Did you pink ladies have this experience? How long does it take? LOL