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I WAS eating the whole bag which is how I got here. Now I'm back to budgeting it. It's going pretty good. I pretty much allow myself to have a nutella toast per day and a few mini size chocolates per day. The nutella toast is good though because the bread fills you up. Some days I have one or the other. It depends on my…

Freely eating chocolate is a bit contributor to my weight gain. I don't cut it out completely. I budget it in my allottment. If you want to add me, you will see my diary and see my chocolate. I ration it. I am pickier about the chocolates I am eating. I also eat Nutella toast. It has enough carbs to fill me up more and yet…

I'm a believer in the Change One Theory. I've never follows or even read that diet but the blurb for it made sense to me. Start small and build up. It really should be looked at as a lifestyle change rather than simply a weight loss diet. So with that in mind, your first change might simply be logging your foods and being…

I grew up weighing everyday. I saw my father weigh everyday. It's not a big deal. It's people's reaction to the scale that causes the issue, not the weighing itself. Some people are better off, for that reason, weighing less. I don't log my weight every week either. I log it everyday. I kinda LIKE seeing the fluctuations…

I just keep it light the rest of the day and fill up on water but I wouldn't necessarily skip. I definitely wouldn't binge because what good would that do? It happens.

I want to add... Sometimes making the plan and doing your research is the most important part. Often there are foods out there we like that will fill us up or satisfy our cravings just as much as the foods we are currently using but it takes more work to figure out what these are. A fudgecicle instead of a chocolate candy…

I know you want to use up what is in your house, but really to start healthy eating, you need to make a plan and go ahead and get those ingredients to start your successful journey. You can slowly use up some of he previous things as you learn how to fit them into your calorie allotment. Some items I just got rid of…

Fat and sugar are my triggers. I let myself have them but I'm mindful that higher sugary or fats food instantly trigger a craving response. The more I stick with monitoring this, the less my craving are. Also, vegetables add a lot of fiberous bulk and don't add many calories. The poster that pointed out that this takes…

I drove my husband nuts today. He had extra time off and we were already out. He wanted to go to lunch without kids. I am aware that our normal habits include a lot of eating out. I'm trying to cut that. So today I really didn't want to go out to eat. He said we haven't been going out to eat. Yes we have. Last week we went…

I do it. Just two nights ago I made this huge pot of rice. I figured I would have 1 cup of rice with soup poured over it. Then as I was inputting, I figured out 2/3 cup of white rice is 600 calories!! Oh My! So I put 5 tortilla chips in my chicken and turkey sausage soup to thicken it up instead. There have been other…

I made a lighter version of chicken and sausage soup. It has turkey sausage, chicken, celery, lower sodium chicken broth, canned tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and some spices. It is topped with some shredded cheese and 5 tortilla chips. It was supposed to go over white rice until I figured out 2/3 cup of…

I have made it a goal to eat breakfast regularly. I'm managed it almost everyday so far. I think I slipped one day. Even if it is 10am before I remember, I go ahead and have it and make my lunch at 1ish. I can't heavy load in the morning. For one, it is a lot of food and I am just now ABLE to eat that early in the morning…

This was before I started my recent weight loss journey but it seems fitting here. Last month I woke up with this terrible back spasm. There has been a spot in my back/neck area that have been niggling me for 2 years but that day I was completely messed up. I stayed in bed for one day hoping it would go away. It didn't. I…

This reminds me of early in our marriage my husband was trying to tell me that men aren't as needy and don't need or even like romance as much as women. Women are needy. He's a sentimental bag of gloop and I had to go about proving it. So the next day, I made him his favorite dinner and some cookies. Before he could have…

When I'm thinking to myself, I have this odd habit of moving my mouth as if I'm talking, but no sound comes out. If I'm thinking about deaf education or deaf world, my mouth doesn't move. My hands do. I have to catch myself because it looks weird but really I'm just thinking in my head like everyone else in this world…

I am deaf and I use that gift in many ways.

Here's my take... You CAN lose weight without exercising and with eating crappy food as long as you have a caloric deficit. You said she has lost weight so far. Not everyone chooses to do it the healthiest way. So judging her foods and exercise and assuming she isn't taking weight loss seriously is not necessarily…

I have a suggestion. Buy a pedometer. Take a baseline of steps on an average day. Then aim to do better. Increase it over time. I found myself walking a few laps while supervising recess (teacher), parking further in the parking lot so I could get those steps in, going up stairs instead of elevators, etc. It became like a…

"Aim for Progress, Not Perfection" This works for me because it reminds me not to be too hard on myself or give up because I'm not perfect at it. Keep trying. Focus on the positives. What IS working? Now what mini-goal do I need to tackle the less than perfect parts? I can't tackle them all at once but I can see that I am…

It's amazing how much difference 10lbs makes! Of course doing your exercising is definitely helping toning up. Now I REALLY need to take some pictures this weekend!!!!!!

If you tell me... -your age -height -current weight -goal weight ... I can tell you how much you need to eat.

Here's the deal. You are committed. You are making decisions that help you stay that way! Eventually you WILL be able to do it because your commitment is getting stronger. Did you at least watch the game?

I think you have the perfect size! You could use some more definition if you want, but I don't think you need to go any lower in weight.

We had your back either way. Hopefully no matter what you decided, you had a great day. If not, did your team at least win?

I'm a chocoholic. It's what landed me here. I can eat a bag in a sitting and daily too. So I'm having to monitor it now and make a comittment to cut it down. I allow myself no more than 2 pieces per day plus one chocolate flavored food. By this I mean things such as 1/2 serving of nutella on toast, hot chocolate,…

I actually agree with this. I'm not new to this. I had a year loss, maintained it for 3 years and now I've fallen off and have to get back on it. It's much easier this time around and I'm still thinking about whether it is too soon or not. Granted, I"m a week into my journey and you are 5 weeks into yours but if this is…

I can't tell you yet what will end up being my most common food because I'm in the process of changing stuff. My addiction to CHOCOLATE over the last year is what got me here. This week I'm allowing myself 1 tablespoon of nutella on 1 slice of toast for chocolate craving and no more than 1-2 dark chocolates. Trust me, it's…

The bottom line is this: You have to decide whether now is a time when you can handle it yet or not AND whether you want to risk your March data. Sometimes in the beginning it is more self-defeating. Eventually, however, you do have to venture out. Ups and downs come with the territory. One self-defeating day, however,…

In the beginning when one is struggling with just being on a diet and getting it everyday, I advocate skipping for a bit. Once you have it under control, and you are really committed and have faced daily temptations and beat them, then you need to venture out a bit. Having a plan before the day is a good idea. I have 3…

By using a calorie tracker previously I was able to see that I could blow with a single meal once every 2 weeks and still be good. Any more than this I saw a negative result.