I never heard the 80/20 rule before, and I think it's a great idea! While I'm working on losing this large chunk of weight I think it has to be 100% but for a life plan 80/20 sounds perfect. It occurs to me that I should be losing weight just because:
1. I have stopped eating butter, which was my real weakness. I love bread, but without butter, not so much. I haven't eaten butter since 2/28.
2. Coincidentally, I have had no bread of any kind, either.
3. I was eating sweets like crazy, and I haven't had any of those since 2/28.
Therefore, if I am eating around 1200 calories a day and they don't include any of the above three things, then I think I'm doing well.
The only thing I've added back into my diet is Skinny Pop. It's this fantastic popcorn that Costco sells, and it's Popcorn, Safflower Oil and Sea Salt. 150 calories for 3 and 3/4 cups. It's very satisfying and I'm delighted to have it back. I just have to stick to the amount for 150 calories, and that's not too hard to do.
