What's been going on this month?  Only a 6.6lbs loss for the month of July.  I must say, July was a very frustrating month for me.  I felt I was doing everything right including working out consistently but the weight just wouldn't come off.
On August 8th, I met with Dr. C and went over my progress for the past 2 months since our last meeting in June. His goal for me was to be at 195lbs by the 8th.  I weighed in at 204 according to his scale. Short by 9lbs of his goal. He said if I was happy with my weight loss thus far and continued at my current pace, I would probably lose about another 20lbs before my weight loss plateaus and that would put me at a BMI of 30. If I wanted to reach my goal of 160lbs, I need to step up and recommit to losing it. Be honest with myself about everything I put in my mouth and my calorie intake. Again, although I thought I was keeping myself at 700-800 calories a day, according to Dr. C, if that was the case, I would be losing and I would have reached my goal of 195.  So, his recommendation was a 600 calorie a day diet and 80g of protein and see how that goes.  When I first heard this, I was thinking that is just impossible! Oh and, up until now, I've been getting the majority of my calories and protein through protein drinks. Normally 3-4 protein drinks a day.  At 7 months out, I should be able to get my protein w/food and to make a long term commitment, I need to start changing my eating habits to something more realistic that I can live by daily.
August will be an interesting month of change. I don't care to cook but will have to start in order to keep good track of my daily intake.
We'll see how it goes