Wellness

[beckyb1012]

One of my closest friend's daughter got married last June with all the country club old fashioned style type weddings involved.

Anyway, this time last year she wanted to start getting off 15 to 20 pounds for the fancy long dress she knew she would be wearing. Nothing but healthy eating salads. ect... She allowed herself some (not many) desserts at the numerous showers and luncheons she attended with her daughters and friends. Also, gave up bread, cheese and her favorite burgers and Texas barbecue. She would even stop eating her salad at lunch time before she finished it to save later in the afternoon to get her to her dinner time salad and grilled chicken.

Boy did she work hard at eating healthy and looked amazing at the wedding. It has been almost a year now and as only put a couple of pounds back on. Toward the end she was not getting to bed before 2:00 a.m. so being busy helped keep the weight off. Having a wedding with 8 attendants is a pretty big calorie burning event. Not much actual exercise since she hates that just lost the weight with diet only.

Good luck and enjoy the wedding!!

[Zhills]

I've heard of 5-2 by eating small portions 5 days and anything you want on the other 2. They can be together or separate, Sun & Wed. Good success with it.

[soonersis]

I've been eating the 5/2 way since last May and have lost 25 pounds since starting it. That is slow and steady, but being over 60 it's harder to lose weight than when you are younger. I eat very healthy (basically what you might call Paleo) and feel this was a good way to lose weight for me. I do the 2 days on Tuesdays and Fridays.