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Woohoo ! Today is three weeks in and 7.5 pounds down. Thrilled because I feel like I have been working hard with the exercising. Exploring the activities that I like to do that will burn the most calories. Eating less has been OK. I will say that I am super sensitized to watching food commercials on TV. I never really noticed them and now they can distract in a major way. My husband will even stop talking mid-sentence to watch a Little Ceasar's Pizza ad. Ha ha
So being conscientious of portions has been a big change for me and all for the good. I have been pretty studious about calorie content of portions and basically disregard fat content, because the calorie content usually reveals when the fat is super high. As I wrote in earlier posts, I feel we (my husband and I) eat healthy, so to have this weight correction, choosing not to pick all day, even if that snacking was carrots, pretzels and the like. I have been busy canning up my garden bounty. I did batches of spicy pickled beets - delish, ratatouille and vegetarian chili. I like having a complex savory dish all ready in the fridge.
We have had a couple of meals with friends and even ate out at a popular hamburger grill restaurant. We ate. I skipped the coleslaw, because despite the cabbage base, the creamy sauce signalled superfluous calories that I prefered to spend on that beautiful medium rare burger. After grasping that beautiful hamburger loaded up with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles, I allowed myself one great open-mouthed bite of it. Yummy, but sloppy and then I removed the larger portion of the bun and ate the rest smorgasbord style. The accompanying french fries were hand cut and I ate 3/4 of that sensible portion.
It is important that we had this meal about 3:30 in the afternoon and I was content through the evening. I didn't eat much that evening.
All this is to say that I think that I am not keeping myself from enjoying food. I am taking control of what I choose to eat in a restaurant and the act of eating out is not scary or a threat to my entire regimen!
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177.5 lb
Lost so far: 7.5 lb.
Still to go: 32.5 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 30 September 2015:
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718 kcal
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Fat: 14.18g | Prot: 30.67g | Carb: 128.50g.
Breakfast: Philadelphia Whipped Cream Cheese Spread, Coffee with Milk, Cantaloupe Melons, Quaker Rice Cakes - Lightly Salted. Lunch: Great Value Prepared Dijon Mustard, Cabbage (with Salt, Drained, Cooked, Boiled), HEB Cantaloupe Chunks. Dinner: Market Pantry Colby Jack Shredded Cheese, Giant Eagle Cherry Tomatoes, Mission Yellow Corn Tortillas, Dole Romaine Lettuce, Dean's Lite French Onion Dip, Claussen Sweet Bread 'N Butter Pickles Sandwich Slices, Pork Loin (Tenderloin, Lean Only). Snacks/Other: Polar Diet Orange Dry (Can), Act II 100 Calorie Butter Mini Popcorn Bags. more...
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losing 3.9 lb a week
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