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CaloriesCount.com
Member Loses 40 Pounds and Drops 8 Dress
Sizes!
When
Crystal M. woke up one day and decided it would be the day she would become
a healthier person, she never dreamed that an online dieting Web site
would put her on the road to success. Searching the Internet for an online
Calorie Calculator she stumbled across CaloriesCount.com.
Little did Crystal know that the secret to lasting weight loss was about
to become “crystal” clear.
Over the past five
years, Crystal watched her weight continue to creep up. Five pounds here
and five pounds there, slowly added up to almost 40 pounds of extra weight.
With a husband, five boys, working full time and going to school part-time,
Crystal knew that a healthier lifestyle would give her the energy she
needed to be the best wife, mother, co-worker and student she could be.
With an already busy schedule and hectic lifestyle, most people would
have put their quest for a healthier life on hold. But not Crystal. She
simply decided to “do it” and told herself that she needed
to make her health a top priority. And one essential step she
took was joining CaloriesCount.com last April.
Before Crystal joined
CaloriesCount.com, she was a member of the “clean plate club”
(even if she was full) – she would open a whole bag of chips and
snack on them throughout the day or eat something just because it looked
good, not because she was hungry. However, with the help of CaloriesCount.com, she has changed those habits. Instead of eating, the
entire meal at a restaurant, she splits an entrée with a friend
or asks for a to-go box. “Not only do I save calories, but I also
save money,” says Crystal. If she wants chips, instead of munching
through a whole bag, she puts a small amount on her plate, and stops when
those are gone. And, she counts calories!
“The
Calorie Calculator is great,” says Crystal. “It’s helped
me to have a better understanding of the amount of calories in food, learn
more about portion sizes and determine the best choices when eating away
from home.”
But Crystal didn’t
stop with counting calories. She also worked in regular exercise! Not
wanting to take more time away from her family, morning after morning
before her children are even awake, Crystal rises with the sun to exercise.
She started out by walking and then running and finally adding some weights
to her routine. And now she has several favorite workout videos. She takes
the stairs to work, parks at the end of the parking lot at the grocery
store, etc. Crystal makes it a point to find a way to fit more
activity into her life – no matter how small or how busy
she is.
Losing those added
pounds and adding exercise to her routine has really paid off. Crystal’s
sons participate in soccer and recently, when they were missing a coach,
Crystal pitched in and helped. She found herself running up and down the
sidelines shouting words of encouragement and coaching them along the
way. (Talk about a real “soccer Mom!”) Before CaloriesCount.com,
Crystal would have sat on the sidelines and cheered her sons on from afar.
When asked
if she was nervous during the holidays, Crystal said, “Absolutely
not! Because what I’ve done is made a lifestyle change. I’m
not on a “diet.” I’ve changed the way I look at food
and exercise.” For Crystal, exercise is just as much a
priority as anything else that is truly important to her. And, food is
something she no longer fears. Check out some of Crystal’s “secrets”
to losing weight:
- For a snack try
“light” popcorn or graham crackers
- Have a stash of
healthier food on hand at work so as to avoid the vending machine
- Eat smaller portions
more often so you don’t feel hungry
- Eat more fruits
and vegetables
- Use low-calorie
and low-fat products such as non-fat dressing, sugar substitutes, low-fat
cheese, etc.
- Drink water, drink
water, drink water, and then – drink water.
And as for plateaus,
Crystal says she’s had her share of them, too. She encourages
other CaloriesCount.com members to be patient and remember that the body
is adjusting to something new. Don’t worry about the scale
too much, base your success on how well your clothes fit you!
Crystal credits
the CaloriesCount.com calculators, message boards, newsletter, chats,
articles and recipes for helping her reach her goal weight and find the
healthier person she knew was inside. “I use the site frequently
to post messages, read the articles, use the calculators, etc.!”
From suggestions she found on the Web site, she makes low-fat substitutions
in her cooking (non-fat sour cream, skim milk, etc.,). In fact, she says
that her family can hardly tell the difference between what she served
in the past and what she serves now.
Now that Crystal has
lost 40 pounds she needs a whole new wardrobe – having dropped 8
dress sizes, from a 14 to a 6. It’s “crystal” clear
that this CaloriesCount.com member is well on her way to a healthier life…
and a shopping spree!
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