How am I doing it?

In 3 months I did this

I did it by eating things like this

and getting my butt in and using these (3 1/2 weeks so far)

Eat real food
Avoid starchy vegetables, grains, sugars and legumes
Eat a lot of leafy greens, colorful vegetables, fish/chix/grass fed meats

And then get off your ass and lift
Forget the running
5lb of muscle is a lot more dense than 5lb of fat

1lb of muscle burns an extra 50 calories a day
So converting 5lbs of fat to muscle means 250 calories burned a day

Running is NOT a good fat burning method
Women (and men) WILL NOT bulk up by lifting unless you really try
Remember Linda Hamilton?

And you know the biggest thing about all of this
It isn't a diet that I can't sustain
This is a life change