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Good Morning Everyone & TGIF!
That means that we really need to prepare for the weekend. The weekend is when most people will have trouble staying focused on the meal plan. Most functions such as family Sunday dinners, festivals, weddings, mean great food and good times. Its the very thing that trigger that feel good eating and without thought, we give in. I my self will be face with this both Saturday & Sunday. I am very nervous and trying to plan a head to stay on track.
I have scene the scale start moving downward again and I don't want to mess it up. So let us all plan to enjoy the weekend, but stay on track. Have a great weekend and enjoy.

Thanks so much, but I am never really down. I see off moments as learning opportunities. I was down another pound and feeling great. By 9am I had already walked 3 miles and yesterday I walked close to 16,000 steps by the time for bed. So that's close to 7 miles plus I did a 1 hour of HIIT class, cleaned the hold house, mop and wax floors, cleaned windows, changed linens on 2 beds, wash & folded 6 loads of cloths, then did a manicure & pedicure on a customer. So my energy was really up and it felt great.

“Often, snacks aren't eaten because you’re hungry, but because you are bored or are simply used to munching while you engage in certain activities.” A better way to snack, is to optimize the timing of healthy snacks between your meals. “Smaller meals and intentional small snacks help you regulate your blood sugar throughout the day, avoiding large ‘feast or famine’ swings,". WH

So Sweet, So Dangerous

"Excess sugar is one of the most obvious weight-gain-causing culprits, and there may be larger problems lurking beneath sugar’s sweet façade. “The obvious issues are obesity and tooth decay, but sugar also increases your risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and especially fatty liver, which is a growing problem”.

Are You Consuming too much sugar? Consider that the American Heart Association recommends no more than 6 teaspoons of added sugar a day for women and 9 teaspoons a day for men, but most Americans consume more like 22 teaspoons daily. To give yourself an idea how much you’re eating, take the number of grams of sugar per serving in your food and divide by four — that’s how many teaspoons of added sugar are in each serving. One example is 1can of coke cola=9.5 teaspoons of sugar!

Interestingly, swapping sugar substitutes for table sugar doesn't necessarily add up to weight loss. For example, diet soda sweetened with aspartame has consistently been linked to obesity and risk for metabolic syndrome.


The problem with a diet high in added sugars is that it usually means that the diet is lacking in a variety of other nutrient-rich foods that would provide more fiber and important vitamins and minerals. Foods with a lot of added sugars also usually contain a lot of unhealthy saturated and even trans fats, which are unhealthy for the heart and generally high in calories. " WH

Date: 07/27/15
Name: Izzy
Starting date: 06/29/15
Starting weight: 211
Goal Weight: 165
Weight loss/gain this week: 2 lbs.
Weight goal for this week: loss 2 lbs.

Down 2lbs! I am doing a happy dance. I know 2 pounds its not a lot, but I will take it. After weeks with no loss, it feels great. I know now that I have not been eating enough. Have a GREAT week everyone.