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At 5'4" She Was a Size 22. But She Lost 125 pounds by recommitting to a healthy lifestyle
NAME: Erin Gilliatt AGE: 27 HOMETOWN: Gaithersburg, MD FAMILY STATUS: Married -- no children yet! OCCUPATION: Director of development, Boys & Girls Club of East ...:: Weight Loss Blogger Profile
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High-mileage business traveler Warren Kurtzman says he's "almost always limited to a salad" when he wants a healthy meal at a hotel.But Kurtzman, a media ...Learning to Eat Only When Hungry Helped Erin Lose 73 Pounds
Size Change: 16-18 to 6
Job: Graphic designer
Personal: 29 years old, married
Pounds Lost: 73
Time to do it: 1.5 years
Maintained Weight: Six months
Healthy Habits Added: Cooking more from scratch; eating plenty of whole grains, especially bulghur wheat in place of rice; packing her own lunch instead of buying it.
Trigger Food: Sweets, especially cookies and granola bars
Secret Weapons: Running and signing up for races; sewing, crocheting and knitting at night so as not to eat.
What She Can't Live Without: Running and ice cream.
Favorite Snacks: Trader Joe's Fat Free Caramel Corn; buys large bag but measures into single servings to control portions.
Biggest Struggle: Learning to eat only when hungry, not out of boredom.
Previous Weight Loss Attempts:Struggled with weight most of life; joined Weight Watchers three times. "Third time was the charm," she says.
What Motivated Her to Succeed This Time: Better appearance. "I hated how I looked."
Rewards Along the "Weigh": Flowers for every five pounds lost and no deprivation. "There's no food that I don't eat," she says. But she is very careful about portion sizes.
Benefits of Weight Loss: Being able to run half marathons, she's run four since October.
What She's Learned From the Lean Plate Club:More about nutrition, especially the importance of whole grains, calcium and sodium. From the Web chats: food finds, healthy recipes including baked oatmeal and mindful eating. source: washingtonpost.com
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