Since jan 17th, 2005 I went from 170lbs to 128lbs as of this morning. Size 16 down to a size 6-8. I had a cholesterol problem that I had to correct before starting HRT. So my diet had to change. I didn't "Go On A Diet" I changed my diet. What I did was to read all the food labels and only purchased those that had little or no Trans and Saturated Fats an no cholesterol.
I then started to eat lots of veg, and fresh fruit. I cut out dairy products (the hardest of all, cheese eggs, milk, butter, margarine, etc) ate lots of sweet potatoes, chicken, fish and rice, and soy products, and only ate red meal once a week either beef or pork.
I ensured that breakfast included a high fibre cereal and soy milk, with a glass of orange juice. Lunch consisted of a sandwich made with ezicial bread, with soy cheese, and soy meat and mustard instead of butter or margarine, a no fat, no cholesterol yogurt, and a veg or ministrone soup. Supper consists of fish or chicken, or pasta with veggie ground round (soy) yum... sweet potatoes or rice, a green veg, and 2 fresh oranges, and a big tosted salade and a no fat dressing. (When I say no fat I mean nothing greater that 0.1g of tans or saturated fat) With this I usually run 20 minutes 3 times a week, with 40 crunches.
By the way my cholesterol went from 7.9 to .9 in 3 months. I feel great.
