Good to hear your progress. to share:
I am down about 30# since the holidays. But not really from any diet. I was getting up to a weight where I started to feel uncomfortable all the time. I realized that I was eating when I was not really hungry, eating when it was 'time' to eat, when I was bored, when I around others that were eating. So I made a very conscious and simple choice to only eat when I am hungry, and eat slower so that know when I have enough (I am lucky that I have enough will power to do this).. Turns out - I am not that hungry that often. Sure my eating schedule is way out of whack now, but if I am not hungry, I don't eat until I am. Sometimes I don't eat all day until dinner, sometimes I wake up hungry, I just wait until my body tells me to eat, then I do. Granted there are times with friends and family when the time is dictated, then I use portion control to only eat to get by, and save extras for leftovers later (when I am hungry).
I am not advocating this method for anyone. Some would consider it a starvation method. Not at all, I eat when I am hungry, and only eat enough to fill that hunger. I have lots of reserves (which my body is using right now). I would assume that this will balance out for me at some point. Where I will get hungry more often when I have less reserves for my body to pull on, and I will naturally need to intake more often to balance it out.
It will be interesting to see where that balance is.. I don't have a target weight that I am trying to get to... and because this is not really a diet (have not changed a thing that I eat)... It is a change in lifestyle, this is just the way I eat now.
Keep us up on your progress. Interested in the blood numbers. I will be taking a look at mine when I get into balance...
Cheers,
Mikey