Mairsey's Journal, 24 January 2018

I usually don't eat til 10 although I get up at 8. I think it helps me to feel hungry before I eat in the morning 

I weigh about what you weigh and my daily limit is 1200 calories. At 1200 I lose about 1 pound a week with exercising 4 hours a week. I would suggest cutting out calories and not worry about when, just how many. 

Do you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath? If you snooze you loose. 

Try not to eat anything starchy at night if you gaining weight. 

Here it is, 3:27 AM - you’re not the only night owl!! I had the slowest time getting started - besides being obese since 1989 or op (list a lot on a Leto diet but it all came back on within a few months) This time I started counting calories and carbs - trying to learn how to manage DM II by diet alone, and 4-5 months later it is finally paying off. I use the program, and weigh or measure EVERYTHING I eat. I’m lucky - my husband is being very supportive, and if he makes dinner, he weighs and measures for me. We BOTH have given up bread and pasta. I eat something called “corn thins” which are half the thickness of rice cakes, tastes tons better, and only have a limited amount of calories. I also drink LOTS of pure water - at room temperature or warmed up. I don’t use a lot of sweeteners, but when I do it is only a little bit of organic liquid Stevia or sometimes a very little bit of honey. Yes to snacking, but no to candy, chips, cookies, and cakes except on VERY special occasions. You’ll figure out what works best for you. Just try to avoid discouragement and giving in (in disgust) and binging on whatever is in the fridge (I’ve been guilty of that a lot in the past). It took me about 3 months before the weight started to budge - I would go up and down, up and down, and make no progress. All of a sudden, the weight went down a bit and see-sawed up and down, but lower. Then up for a day or two, then down even further. All of a sudden, I’ve taken off 5# in a week. Scared me. Thought I’d gotten cancer!! Lol. But now I’m going to try even more, so the weight keeps going down. You can do it, too! It’s just slow drudgery and a lot of dissappointment, with the occasional little victory. But the little victories start to add up, you’ll see! Hang in there! 

Thanks, everyone! I thought my RDI seemed high. I will lower it. It is discouraging to not see a difference in the first couple weeks. I appreciate the comment that it may start to come off after a couple more weeks. For the first time, I feel like I am not alone on Fat Secret!