I've lost about 80 lbs with maybe another 50 to go. I wonder if my "strategy" would

[ProudMNDemocrat]

24. Congratulations on your weight loss so far...

Speaking from experience here, losing weight and keeping it off is a LIFESTYLE change that is a Marathon and not a sprint. It is for life, not an event or to please someone else.

Eating healthy takes a lifelong plan, tracking, getting in exercise, knowing what your numbers mean, changing the way you look at food, seeing your Doctor a few times a year, etc. It is a learning process where you find out what works for you.


I am a Lifetime Member of Weight Watchers. In June of 2013, I made the decision to go back to Weight Watchers and re-earn my Lifetime member benefits. Being just under 5'6" and hitting the scales at 208 pounds, I was miserable. I recommitted myself to lose the weight and keep it off. It took me 13 months to lose 55 pounds. It was slow, but worth it. I attend meetings to this very day as I have been keeping way under my 155 goal. I am unable to eat any foods with Wheat, Sugars, Soy, Dairy products. I avoid most grain breads, Pastas, White Rice, Potatoes(they ferment in me). Brown Rice and Brown Rice pastas on occasion. Lean Proteins, Veggies, low sugar fruits, and plenty of Healthy Fats like Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Avocados. I also walk 20 to 25 miles a week and work out with weights. I am currently 67 going on 19. I have more energy and feel the best I have in as many years.

Good luck to you. at 6'1". a goal weight of 200 to 215, depending on your bone structure and muscle mass sounds reasonable.