I got a really nice e-mail sent to me today telling me they read my blog and that I was doing great and asking me how I did it. That kind e-mail really made my day. I didn't even know if anyone even read my posts.

This is what I sent back to her:

I'm eating around 1,300 calories a day (the plate says thats what I can go up to and still loose 2 pounds a week). I give a lot of my credit to using thedailyplate.com

I couldn't have lost like this with out doing that easy way of food journaling. I needed something easy and cheap. This week I paid the $45 for the year long membership, but up to this point I was using it free. I read this and it's TRUE:

Several studies have shown that people who keep food journals are more likely to be successful in losing weight and keeping it off. In fact, a researcher from one recent study says that people keeping a food diary six days a week lost about twice as much weight as those who kept food records one day a week or less.

As for exercise, I bought this pedometer and I keep it on from morning to night and I do 10,000 steps a day. I saw people who are doing the videos on youtube about their weight loss surgery's and have lost big (over 100 pounds) are using this exact pedometer. Best money I ever spent because this is the only pedometer that slips right into a pocket and still works. It's the Omron HJ-720ITC and I ordered it from amazon.com because they have the best price on it.

I wanted to get real with myself and I'm not going to become a gym rat or stick to weight watchers and pay $45 a month there for a membership. It didn't work in the past, and it won't work now. I did buy a $175 treadmill a month a go off of craigs list so I can still get my steps in every day in this cold weather.