Week 14 - 4 pounds

Weigh in: 207.5 pounds
Total loss: 37.8 pounds

Number of beers I had at my class reunion Friday night: 4
Number of pounds lost this week: 4

Hmmm. A new weight loss tool? Probably not.

I have officially switched to the HMR Maintenance program. Before anyone gets all worried, let me just say that I will still be losing weight. I just get to eat under different guidelines than the Healthy Solutions program.

The maintenance part of HMR is really about transitioning back to real food. I am still expected to use 14 meal replacements a week. Either shakes or entrees. And I still need to eat 35 servings of fruits and vegetables a week. After I get all of that in, I can make my own choices. In order to lose weight, my choices are going to have to stay on the reasonable side of lean proteins and whole grains.

The best part is that there is no "in the box" or "out of the box" anymore. I don't have to feel bad for having a salad with chicken on it. (Not that I really felt bad about that choice, but I did have to declare it out of the box.)

Anyway, I have just moved one more step towards eating healthy and in control.