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Originally Posted by Lulu NH
Up 2 pounds and it is my own fault - not indulgences but portion size this week. I'd like to be able to report 209 at some point in the next 2 weeks sticking to plan - mini goal for me!! I did walk alot this week and I feel great about that!!
Food is taking up my waking and sleep time - I even had a dream last night that I was ordering dessert in a restaurant and then changed my mind and said "No Thanks!"
Plan for this week: Portion control and food/excercise diary
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I use an app on my phone called Loseit to log my foods - I think that just keeps me aware of what I am eating to log it - it has become habit to me now so I don't stress about it --
try upping your fat a little - it will help you feel fuller -I put a tsp of coconut oil in my coffee when I drink it even - and be sure to drink enough water ...
And remember if you have upped your exercise recently your weight may go up a bit in the beginning - my non scientific reasoning is your body holds on to water when you first start exercise or if you do something different like shovel snow or something -
just keep plugging away it will happen -- tweak your portion size but don't stress about it - maybe download the Atkins shopping list (I think it is called that) for the level you are on and just eat those foods (that helped me) and if I am hungry between meals I grab 5 or 6 olives, an ounce of cheese cut up and 3 or 4 cherry tomatoes that I cut in half and I have that with a glass of water - eating it slowly -- I find that it is helps 98% of the time - I like the green olives because they have a sharp taste that sometimes takes care of any cravings and all the fat in the snack makes you feel happy too -- and if I am still by chance hungry I will make a cup of coffee -
Believe me I know frustration - I have been stuck since August playing with 2 lbs - up then down then up -- I think I may have finally broken thru it and am hoping tomorrow to get into a new decade of numbers - I would LOVE to be near or at goal on June 1st which is my 2 year anniversary of LC'ing -- I just realized yesterday that It has been that long and I cannot
believe it - I have occasional feelings of I want something (like frying up potatoes, onion and peppers last night for hubs) but it is momentary - then I melt some butter and add some blue cheese to it and stir it up and pour it over my steak to go with my veggies and think to myself - this is a diet? and I get on the scale and lose weight the next day and smile to myself about my poor deprived self
