Gary , I dont wanna be the realist here but do you honestly think you can eat/ drink that way the rest of your life? You are doing great and am very jealous but looks to extreme to actually enjoy the rest of your life. Keep it up .
Funny I was talking to my wife last night about when I hit my final goal weight, I asked how I could move from the losing mode to the maintaining mode. We said its all about averages and moderation. I have friends that I have gone out to eat with and they've said things like "I haven't had a burger for a week or more so it won't hurt to have one today" Not sure I'd be like that, but I respect the way they evaluate their consumption. When I'm after a weight I want to drop to in a certian week thats my focus, the goal in the future will be to maintain a certain weight, so over some time I expect to learn how to eat to maintain whatever that number ends up being. If we eat pizza, ribs, steak, burgers and ice cream once in a while, I expect to have to balance it with fruit, green beans, fish, granola and a wrap at other times. I figure if I'm at 1200 calories a day now and dropping pounds I'll be increasing that calorie number when I'm maintaining. Then if I'm over my calorie intake one day, I'll just drop back on another day.
Believe me, I'm also the first to say it sounds easy but we'll see how it really goes a few months down the road when I have to put it all into practice.
Not worried about the drinking side of it. I actually cut out all the alcohol last September which was 6 months before the diet so that was an unrelated lifestyle change. The only thing I have done besides that was quit Diet Coke but that was really only for a week or two so I could clean out some sodium intake. I'm back to about 4 cans a week now.
Hope I can manage, if not, I'll admit it, but I appreciate the quesiton, it keeps me on my toes and helps me formulate plans for the future.
