food, food, food...diet, diet, diet (Page 2)

My 2 cents worth here.... i was a serious chocolataholic, and sweets if I couldn't get chocolate. I don't believe in diets but part way into my training I said I have to change this (eating habits). I quit chocolate cold turkey, cut out dairy (soy milk) and swithced to whole grain breads, etc. and more raw fresh vegetables, and drink lots of water. I lost 14 lbs over about 5 months and have stablized nicely. I recently increased some of my serving sizes becasuse I had dropped a bit. Never had problems with energy. ( I do still indulge in occassional sweet but not nearly the volume I used to)

Training for a Tri can definitely help you reach that goal.  I have lost close to 40 pounds since April and really my only secret is that I work out  almost every day and I eat a tiny bit less.  My biggest change has been not eating seconds at dinner.   I tried not to set any unrealistic goals like "I will lose 20 pounds in 6 weeks"  because I think that just sets you up for discouragement.  I also don't have any off limits foods.  Sometimes you just need some fries!   Realize that this will take a lot of time and effort and that you have to stay conistent day after week after month.   I have been losing about a pound a week on average and I think that is a good safe goal.   Don't cut more than 500 calories a day from normal and then workout a lot and the weight will drop.  Good Luck!