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Well drat! Weight up by 2/10 of a pound again this morning. This is getting harder to deal with. Today, I AM tempted to go and have another slice of Dave's Killer Good Seed bread, toasted with butter (270 calories). "If you're going to gain anyway, you might as well be enjoying yourself," is the voice playing in my head. I've been struggling with these thoughts for about an hour.
What do YOU think I should do?
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will, with the temptation also provide a way of escape, so that ye might be able to bear it."
"Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might."
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given to him."
These are some of the Bible verses I'm trying to encourage myself with.
I DID go ahead and record the elevated weight, and plan to continue to do so in the future. My reasoning for leaving out the gains and only recording the reductions was that it makes a much more enjoyable weight chart, and shows the general trend, which is weight loss. I hate weight charts that look like an EKG- up and down, up and down. I AM thankful, though, that I don't have "big" fluctuations of weight gain. Thankful that I don't have periods any more. Those monthly increases can be very discouraging, and my heart goes out to those of you still in that situation.
OK, for now, at least, I'm able to weather this mini-storm. I can resist the toast temptation. Now, I'm debating about whether I should try to keep my calories extra LOW this week, or whether I should increase them to shake up my metabolism. Sometimes, it is really hard to determine which of the voices in my head are being planted there by God and which are from Satan. Spiritual warfare is real, though we often don't recognize it as such.
So, that's where I'm at this morning. Most days on this 11-week journey (so far) have been relatively easy. A couple days, like this one, have been hard. Thankfully, the easy ones have outnumbered the hard ones this time around.
\One more verse, this time from the Amplified Bible (I usually quote from memory in the King James version): "Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to successfully resist and stand your ground in the evil day, and having done everything that the crisis demands, to stand firm in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious." AMEN!
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239.8 lb
Lost so far: 19.2 lb.
Still to go: 89.8 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 13 September 2022:
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1562 kcal
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Fat: 71.00g | Prot: 47.40g | Carb: 198.05g.
Breakfast: Butter, Dave's Killer Bread Good Seed Bread. Lunch: Olive Garden Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (Dinner). Dinner: Cooked Immature Lima Beans (from Fresh, Fat Added in Cooking), Dave's Killer Bread Good Seed Bread, Butter (Salted). Snacks/Other: Twix Twix Minis (1), Publix Chicken Salad, Grapes (Red or Green, European Type Varieties Such As Thompson Seedless), Melon & Pineapple Medley. more...
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gaining 1.4 lb a week
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