It's Official. I achieved my 2013 New Year's Resolution. I finished the year under 200 lbs.

[Yavin4]

My high was 233 lbs. on August 1st. I now weigh 198 lbs. and my overall goal is 175 lbs.

[femmocrat]

1. Congratulations, Yavin!

for you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Congratulations, my dear Yavin4!

That's a tough goal to reach, and over the holidays even!

Keep doing what you're doing, and you will get there.

Hopefully you're following a plan that you can continue doing forever...

[oberliner]

3. How did you do it?

Any words of advice for someone wishing to follow a similar path?

[Yavin4]

6. Cut out the sugar entirely. Cut down on the carbs. Do a lot of cardio workouts.

The most important one is the sugar. Cut that out and you will lose weight. Hard to do at first, but after you get through the withdrawals, then you will be okay.

[nolabear]

8. That's been my program too. Nearly all carbs gone.

I'm impressed at the anti-inflammatory effect too. I'm skeptical by nature and it's helped tremendously.

[oberliner]

11. I love carbs

Literally all my favorite foods.

[nolabear]

20. So do I. They literally alter brain chemistry.

But I'm convinced they have to be a small part of the diet. I make very forkful of pasta count!

[anasv]

21. Everything that tastes good is bad for you.

[Skittles]

22. I'd never give up carbs

everything in moderation, lots of exercise and I've never been overweight.......demonizing food groups is NOT necessary

[oberliner]

10. Thanks

That is really tough for me since I love sugar and carbs.

[nomorenomore08]

12. Me too, though I try to mitigate that through exercise (mostly walking and hiking).

Ironically, despite putting on ~35 lbs. in the last year-plus-a-few-months, my overall health seems better due to cutting out a lot of the junk and only eating red meat about once a week, fast food maybe a couple times a month. Mainly I just eat too much overall, especially late-night snacking.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Good job. How did you do it?

[mythology]

5. Keep up the great work

You'll make it to your target weight I'm sure.

[nolabear]

7. Good for you! I've been working at it too so I know!

Not easy, but I think I'm in danger of actually coming to Jesus and changing some habits for good. Congrats on reaching that goal!!

[Crewleader]

9. Wonderful Yavin4

You got the right plan and you will do it....

[Stuart G]

13. K and R..nt

[fizzgig]

14. way to go!

[Cha]

15. Happy for you, Yavin! It's

not so easy to do. It takes Focus, Determination and Will Power!

[oldandhappy]

16. Congratulations!!

You were super focused to do that. Happy for you. Gonna start a thread on how to do it for the rest of us??!!

[Kaleva]

17. Congrats!!!

[Wounded Bear]

18. Congrats! Best of luck!

Hope you can continue this year. I lost a bit of weight myself, using a similar plan-no extra excercise for me, though-and don't regret a pound of it. Mostly, I just tried to eat more sensibly, emphasizing fresh veggies and stuff while limiting sweets and carbs a bit.

Oh, and I gave up sodas almost completely. Mostly, I just drink water or coffee now.

[Agschmid]

19. Great job!

[a la izquierda]

23. Woohoo! That's great! Nt