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Difficulty losing on low sugar
My doctor recommended a low sugar diet (South Beach). I'm eating about 1400 calories a day which is 100 less than my target for losing 1 1/2 pounds a week plus I'm walking 3 miles 6 days a week which should give me 300 calories more. I'm eating mostly lean proteins (chicken, fish, turkey sausage) with some fat from mayo,…
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New South Beacher
My doctor recommended I try the South Beach diet. Three years I lost 80 pound and ended up gaining back 70 after an injury. I lost the weight by carefully tracking my food and exercising daily. The problem was that I was eating a lot of processed foods and was always hungry. The more I walked the hungrier I got, ate more…
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Dress Shopping - NSV
Today I went shopping for 2 dresses for a summer wedding and rehearsal dinner coming up in August. All the 1x dresses in the Woman's Dept were too big so I got to go to the regular size area and all of the XL dresses fit!!. I haven't bought one yet but after having been plus sized for 15 years it's nice to have some more…
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Eating well on the road
I do a pretty good job sticking to my calorie, fat and sodium goals when I am home but I travel 3-4 days a week and have to eat out 3 times a day. I can usually hit my fat and calorie goals as long as I exercise but I'm always way over in my sodium. I buy fruit to snack on but the rest is eaten out or purchased at the…
