I admit that I've been in stasis for about the last two months, but I am trying to be better again. My weight loss plan has been diet and exercise. I know it is a little low, but I try to go for an 1100 calorie/day plan (I use MyFitnessPal to track). If I do more, I tend to not really lose any weight. I am also getting back into going to the gym, and am doing a couple of 30 day challenges right now (targetting different areas) to help kickstart my return to being decent. I even tried Pilates for the first time today! For the most part, I'm trying to combine strength and cardio. Even though I am lower in weight now than I have been at any point since before I was a teenager, I feel a bit paunchy in areas.
I like making meal replacement shakes/smoothies a couple of times per week. My diet is mostly vegetarian, so I usually do it as a means to get extra protein in. I also take a lot of recipes out of Cooking Light magazine, and am usually astounded by how good and filling some of the recipes can be (while still being so low in calories).
I have no tips on the wine other than perhaps cutting back to a glass per week as a treat. My friend cut back like this when she was in the weight loss process. Besides having a lot of success from even just cutting back so much on alcohol, she found she was much happier in general.
The Mexican is something I sympathize greatly with. I love a lot of Mexican food. I strongly suggest cooking it at home... from scratch. Although it isn't very different calorically from the canned stuff, I am proud to say that I can make my own refried beans. Also using corn tortillas or low calorie, high protein wheat tortillas instead of the normal flour ones helps. Plus, queso fresco goes a long ways compared to normal cheddars or Mexican blends.
I'm looking to lose about 25lbs over the next year, and am officially kicking off my journey on Monday. My plan is to walk between 30-60 mins each day/or 3-4 miles and stay under 1250 calories daily.
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