Stick to your guns,
Paula. You are absolutely right to stay away from the scale until your official weigh-day. My official day is tomorrow (1st of the month) but I have sneaked a couple of peeks. About 4 or 5 days ago, my peek told me I was down 3. This morning's peek said I've got 2 of them back again.
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No more peeking
With regard to your skinny friend's comment. . . the usual rule of thumb is to aim for a loss of 1 to 2 lbs a week and to be happy if it's only 1. As long as you stay in that range, your expectations are realistic.
A great, big
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for you Tammy. Welcome to our group. You will love it here. I feel better for just having got that rant about "sneak peeks" off my chest.
Lois, thanks for that article. It was great. By the way, how do you do it? I really admire people like you, and
Tina, and a few others who always seem to have a special, individualized comment for every one. I tried to go back in the thread after I'd started my post to check on something and only managed to lose everything I'd already written. Is there a secret to it? Or do you take hand-written notes? Or is your memory just a lot better than mine?
One thing I do remember,
Eyesing, was your comment about eating more frequent, smaller meals. I've thought many times that I should try that way of eating. It's supposed to be very good for levelling out blood sugar levels for diabetics. But, like you mention, I'm afraid it will mean I'll end up eating more and (in my case) also mean that I'll never see anything but high BS readings. Your comments are encouraging.
Anyway, time to go. Have a great day, everybody and keep smiling. It makes people wonder what you're up to.
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