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Doing my normal workout, log everything and enjoy myself. I don't want to not log because I don'yt want to become a slave to calorie counting. Friday will be another day.

When I first started my program I lost 3 pounds each week for the first two weeks. I compleyely cut out soda and fastfood (a trend I've been able to keep up :smile: ). I'm now losing about a pound a week even though my goal is only a half a pound a week. So yeah, it's possible :smiley:

I consumed my protein goal today. Thank you for all your help. I know I've made a lot of big changes in the last four weeks. I'm now physically active 6 days a week. I've cut out fast food and soda and am down to one cup of coffee a day. I feel great! I want to make sure I'm properly fueling my body so I can continue to…

Thanks. Some days I guess I do eat them back but most days I don't. Looking at my diary, I seem to eat them back more on my C25K days rather than my walking/strength training days.

Ok. Thanks. I'll check out the websites too!

I'm not a vegetarian. I was keeping the meat down because of the sodium. I was concerned about the potassium because I'm never really close. I want to help my body as much as I can as I try to achieve my goal weight. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

A trick I use when I'm overwhelmed is to acknowledge each thought and then put in a box and then put tye box away (sometimes I even imagine burning it). I know it sounds weird but sometimes acknowledging and then dismissing the thoughts gives me power over the negativity; instead of trying to pretend that I'm either A) not…