{"id":95266,"date":"2014-01-25T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=95266"},"modified":"2014-01-24T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T20:08:52","slug":"noel-rich-lost-60-pounds-by-making-good-choices-part-of-her-daily-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/noel-rich-lost-60-pounds-by-making-good-choices-part-of-her-daily-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Noel Rich Lost 60 Pounds By Making Good Choices Part of Her Daily Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noel Rich has a story that many people can relate to. As a self-described, &#8220;chubby girl&#8221; throughout her childhood, she accepted her &#8220;large frame&#8221; as the way she was simply destined to be, but after she graduated high school and got married, she added another thirty pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Today, though she has struggled with setbacks and pushed her way over many plateaus, she&#8217;s been successful in losing 60 pounds and keeping it off. She was recently diagnosed with celiac disease which has her switching up her diet once <em>again<\/em>, but she&#8217;s determined not to let this new challenge get in her way or sabotage all the weight she&#8217;s lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/noel-rich-lost-60-pounds-by-making-good-choices-part-of-her-daily-routine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95271\" alt=\"Noel Rich Before After\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Noel-Rich-Before-After.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Noel-Rich-Before-After.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Noel-Rich-Before-After-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More from Noel in her own words &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What habits specifically led you to gain weight?<\/strong> Not caring about eating habits is probably the biggest. Not that my habits were horrible but they could have been better. That coupled with a horrible metabolism and a love for books and reading in bed therefore no exercise was an added factor.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/noel-rich-lost-60-pounds-by-making-good-choices-part-of-her-daily-routine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-95272\" alt=\"Noel Rich After Profile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Noel-Rich-After-Profile.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Noel-Rich-After-Profile.jpg 350w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Noel-Rich-After-Profile-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>What caused you to realize you needed to change?<\/strong> The birth of\u00a0my son.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you lose the weight? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calorie-counting.<\/li>\n<li>Cooking at home.<\/li>\n<li>Adding in lots of vegetables to my diet<\/li>\n<li>Cutting out white flour and\u00a0using 100% wheat<\/li>\n<li>Drinking lots of water<\/li>\n<li>Exercising 4 to 5 days a week for an hour to an hour and a half<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Did you have any &#8220;ah ha&#8221; moments along the way?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes! When I was able to wear junior-size clothing. I haven&#8217;t been there since middle school.\u00a0Also having others tell me what a motivation I am to them and asking me what I was doing to lose the weight made me feel good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current\/future goals?<\/strong> Hitting my goal weight of 175 and doing my first 5K.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice you&#8217;d give to other people struggling to lose weight?<\/strong> One day at a time and do not give up just because results aren&#8217;t quick. It took me a year to lose this weight and sometimes I hit a plateau then I had to start again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Freelance White House Photog Dropped 8 Sizes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/freelance-white-house-photog-carrie-devorah-dropped-8-sizes-after-knee-injury-and-hip-replacement\/\">Freelance White House Photog, Carrie Devorah Dropped 8 Sizes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"7 Crazy Diet Tricks That Actually Work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/7-crazy-diet-tricks-that-actually-work\/\">7 Crazy Diet Tricks That Actually Work<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Did Cavemen Follow the Cavemen Diet? \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/did-cavemen-follow-the-paleo-diet-probably-not\/\">Did Cavemen Follow the Paleo Diet? Probably Not<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noel Rich has a story that many people can relate to. As a self-described, &#8220;chubby girl&#8221; throughout her childhood, she accepted her &#8220;large frame&#8221; as the way she was simply destined to be, but after she graduated high school and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/noel-rich-lost-60-pounds-by-making-good-choices-part-of-her-daily-routine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,18,58],"tags":[8440,10697,3043,2799],"class_list":["post-95266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","category-womens-health","tag-homepage","tag-true-weight-loss","tag-true-weight-loss-stories","tag-zumba"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95266"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95276,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95266\/revisions\/95276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}