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My opinion is to stick with what you're doing. The first week will be a big drop as you lose the 'water weight'. The second week will slow down, you may not even see a loss the second week so you may average the 8 pounds to the two weeks. Then the fun begins....where you should see the 1-2 lb loss a week thereafter. Don't…

At work I snack on snack pack nuts, 100 calorie yogurt, 90 calorie Cracker Barrel Cheddar cheese slices, pickles, baby carrots grapes or watermelon. I bring a lunch box full of goodies that get me through the day (most times I end up bringing most of it home but at least its there if I get hungry) If at home I will…

Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Cake Glazed Donuts. That.is.all.

I went on vacation for 10 days, had no full length mirror or scale to keep me in check other than MFP on my cell phone and the size clothing I took with me. I came home 2 pounds lighter! It can be done. Edited to Add: I also did not exercise other than a little walk from the parking lot to the car when shopping.

I had one today and it was simply AMAZING!!! I loved every.single.bite! I only had the samich, no fries. It has kept me full ALL afternoon. YUM!!! I still have 620 calories for dinner which will consist of brown rice, rotisserie chicken and broccoli. I budgeted my day for this and so glad I did! I don't think of it as a…

For those with addiction tendencies, this will not work. I find when I abstain, I crave less and therefore I don't want it. I can't just have one dunkin donut. Impossible. I can eat it, savor it, take 30 minutes to eat ONE donut and the minute I am done my first thougth is "Where is another one". Heck, I wouldn't even be…

Real half and half. I tried going the fat free route and it was just plain nasty. I budget for those extra calories (40 a morning). I also abstain from foods I know will send me over the edge in a "I don't give a fudge" attitude such as peanut butter poptarts, donuts, cake and cookies. I tried 'moderation' and my brain…

Choices. What were they feeding you? Was it buffet style or was it a fixed entree? I've been to different conferences and its been both healthy and sort of not healthy. Last one that was catered was with whole wheat turkey sandwiches with cookies, pasta salad, homemade kettle chips. I had a big bottle of water and ate half…

Its been four days and you're already wanting to add a cheat day? I think you need more days under your belt before you can even think of having a cheat day. Plus why have a cheat day? Why aren't you incorporating the foods you want in your daily life? Want a donut? Cut back on dinner or exercise more that day. Want a…

I am someone who can NOT drink ungawdly amounts of water. People push drinking water like crack! I tried the "drink half your weight in ounces" and gained 8 pounds in 5 days! I tried drinking the "64 ounces a day". Gained 8 pounds. When I stopped FORCING liquids down my throat and actually drank when I was thirsty, I lost…

Oh hon. Please don't think anyone is looking at you and judging. If anything they are looking at you and saying "Atta girl!". Go to the gym for YOU. No one else. Who cares if you sweat.....its the one place you're allowed to! My gosh...I get on some machines next to guys who I swear never heard of antiperspirant LOL I just…

Eat Slower and don't be distracted. Sit at the dining room table, eat, then go watch TV or read a book or something. Pay attention to your meal. Also it sounds like you could probably use more food if you are PHYSICALLY hungry. If you're bored hungry, you need to break the habit by not giving in. After 2 weeks the new…

But what are you eating that your fat is so high? That is what I was trying to ask LOL Don't use low fat options if you're watching carbs...best stick to full fat items. Eating full fat is not harmful if you're in the absence of carbs. Your numbers will be high when you first start. When starting Atkins, the books states…

Are you purposely trying to eat more fat? I ask only because I never tried to get my fat percentages up, I just ate fats vs trying to reduce my fat. So instead of using light mayo, I used full fat. Instead of light ranch dressing I used full fat etc. I didn't go "WOOHOO!! Ladle me up some lard" LOL

When there is nothing on the TV that I am interested in , I will just cover up the time/calories on the machine and just get inside my head and do what I do. 30 minutes IS NOT that long and I know I HAVE to do this to be healthy so I suck it up and do it. Believe me, I am the worst when it comes to liking exercising (after…

I love the elliptical. At first when I joined the gym in April I thought it was awkward (I am short and not used to the arm swinging/leg moving coordination) but the more I kept with it, the longer I was able to stay on. There was one machine by Lifestyle that I absolutely loved and had to fight co workers to get on it (we…

I don't particularly recall anyone saying "YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CHEAT DAY OR ELSE". Do for you! You tried it (the wrong way I might add) but now you know. Since starting this journey, I have come to realize that I have CHOICES! I make good ones, but I also make not so good ones. Notice I didn't say wrong ones. I have learned…

First of all, you need to stop giving yourself permission to eat those types of foods that tend to make you binge. You give yourself an answer the minute a craving creeps into your mind and gets your mouth watering. YOU have the power, you just need to use it. Now, I am an ex-binger. What helped me tremendously was going…

I eat the serving size (I actually I weigh out 3 oz). I eat them instead of 'chips' with my samich...they are my crunch and fill in where other stuff used to be aka pretzels, chips, pasta salad, potato salad etc.. For 35 calories though I don't think its hardly a gluttonous act on my part LOL

And using the poptart as an example-they put TWO in a pouch but its not recloseable. Now what do you do? LOL Some good examples and glad I'm not the only one seeing this. I had no idea Ramen was 2 servings. Wow! I'll have to tell my hubby that. As for "if everyone ate the serving size there wouldn't be any overweight…

Can any adult seriously just eat an actual serving of cereal? Why say 3/4 cup instead of the full cup. Just say a cup and be done with it. I can't eat just one cup. I eat Cheerios and 2 cups is a good portion without it being overly piggish. One cup barely covers the bottom of my cereal bowl.

I was able to stop my binging by doing a low carb plan (Atkins) and not keeping the things I was binging on in the house. I was the type of person that if it was in the house, I would eat it with reckless abandonment. It was like I had tunnel vision and all I could think about was eating that particular food...and then…

Yup but I made bad food choices and I rarely exercised. Easy to get over 700 calories in one meal with fast food versus eating healthy. I easily could eat 2000 a day without blinking an eye because I could use the drive thru for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Not so when you're watching what you eat and trying to do the…

Well I am trying to establish a gym habit since I've never been before and I don't mean to eat so low. I am alloting myself 1500 calories a day but when I don't even hit that and THEN get to the gym and burn 400 calories I know I am at a deficit. I am NOT trying to do this. It just seems to sneak up on me that before the…

It sounds like to me like perhaps you should follow more of a lower carb lifestyle being borderline diabetic. It can be done on a budget as its not all steak and lobster, although plenty want to think that. When I was on hardcore Atkins (meaning I followed it to the letter) I was able to buy groceries for $20 a week, as…

McDonalds doesn't use beef tallow in their oil anymore gosh darnit because that made the BEST french fry. Vegetarians complained and so they changed the oil to what they use now which is pretty tasteless and I haven't had a McD fry since!!

I find it so funny how its always a male who comes up with these things...who CAN eat how they want and lose the weight. You're a genius! I can't believe this hasn't been said before and I can't believe we're all not at goal with your words of wisdom! Thank you, thank you so much for opening our eyes. <eye roll>

I did that last year. I lost 24 pounds, had nasal surgery, decided to go 'off' my portioned meals and go a little crazy because ya know, I deserved it for going through surgery. 6 months later I gained the 24 pounds, felt bloated all the time and gained another 10 on top of the 24 I originally lost. Now I'm back at it,…

::*kitten* head to one side::: What do you mean this book sucks? :::Grabs you by the chin and lifts your head up::: Seriously? This book is amazing {{{{Blushes}}}} I don't know anyone who *kitten* their head to the side as much as Christian does. Is he a human or a dog? I got pushed into reading this by coworkers and let…

In my opinion, going totally gluten free is really a time consuming agenda unless you are allergic. I would start off my watching your white flour, white sugar intake. If you were to cut them out as much as possible, I think you would be heading into the right direction. I too seem to be highly sensitive to those types of…