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  • When you buy groceries be sure to buy your favorite fruit. Before you dive into the high calorie snacks, eat the fruit and drink plenty of water. The fruit will take care of the craving and will fill you up along with the water. Also, try not to sit around watching TV. Find a project. I lost 55 lbs on this site... 1 lb at…
  • Hey, don't give up. Maybe you just started too fast and your expectations are a little bit too high for a beginning. Give yourself a break! I lost 45 pounds but I did it really slowly and celebrated even the small losses. First, I made sure I had a digital scale. This way I could see if I lost even 0.2 lbs... to me that…
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  • It's actually great that you're thinking about it all the time. You're making it a priority. When you weren't thinking about it is when you weren't eating right. I've been doing this for about a year and a half. It took me about a year to lost 48 pounds but most of it came off in 7 months once I started doing Myfitnesspal…
  • Your "happy weight" might not be a healthy weight. I would try sticking with what your profile says to do and judge from there. There are no quick answers but it's definitely better than what you've been through before. Also, keep in mind that our metabolism changes as we get older. You're definitely not old! But you were…
  • For lunch I always have a sandwich with protein i.e. high fiber bread, turkey or tuna fish, sometimes a slice of cheese. I also try to eat a piece of fruit in the morning and then in the middle of the afternoon. Don't give up! I've lost a total of 39 lbs....but most of it (24 lbs.) came off since mid Feb. this year when I…
  • Try apples. I eat at least two daily. A medium apple is 80 calories and keeps me full. I don't know if it covers the protein you're looking for in nuts. However, I get most of my protein when I have a sandwich at lunch time with a lunch meat, usually sliced chicken or turkey. Before I started this plan, it took me 10…
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