[susanpesek]

Finding a buddy is more than having one friend. It can be anything that regularly meets to report, weigh-in, compare and be 100% open, and honest.
Weight Watcher's and TOPS are 2 groups that say writing down what you eat and when and monthly reporting, causes another 50% lbs lost!

Use your journal or 'meet and greet thread,' or another site's tools-Sparkpeople, ediets, fitday are a few and start measuring and writing. Here's what one member used to post at the bottom of her posts:
1. Sleep well and wake up naturally. Set your goals and have a plan to achieve them. Sleeping helps the body repair, rebuild and recover.
2. Get prepared. Plan your foods and exercises the night before and journal them.
3. Exercise in the morning. Morning exercisers have the highest compliance rates.
4. Plan meals. People who are fit have set eating times; I eat every 2-3 hours. It takes a little work to figure out healthy meals and snacks, but well worth it.
5. Rebound from setbacks. Brush yourself off and GET BACK INTO THE SADDLE.
6. Make ifestyle and eating changes you can live with the rest of your life.
Adopt one new habit at a time until it's something that is part of your daily routine.
7. Do not fall prey to the magical “solutions” to health overnight. It is a lifelong process and we reap the benefits daily.
8. Lose weight and keep it off.
9. Use positive self talk. NO MORE “I am fat” or “I am lazy”. Instead, say “I am strong,” “I am powerful,” “I nourish my body” and “I am thankful to be moving my body.”
10. Set and accomplish realistic goals. Make a deliberate plan to achieve your result.
11. Eat breakfast 1 hour after your EARLY (6 am early) phentermine.
12. Eat no less than 1,000 calories a day.
13. Eat every 2-3 hours and some form of protein every single time.
14. Drink at least 100 ounces of plain water every day.
15. Write everything you eat and drink each day. And journal here or with a buddy every day. There's no other way to really be accountable.