True so true canuckgirl. I will continue the plan. And NOT get on scale. I just get mad and start eating and giving up whe it doesnt say what I want it to. Another thread suggested I consider myself at maintenance and work beck from there. Pretty good insightful advice.

Im such the perpetual dieter! Its like a darn hobby! But id rather be knitting or something lol

Also...if cal counting lifted your butt mine would be in the sky! LOL. Hope you had a good bday. You did a lot of beck for a bday, credit yourself!

Day 10: Set a realistic goal

My realistic short term goal as per the book is to lose 5 pounds. I did reach 182 on Monday ( Istarted at 187) and have gone up and down a bit since then. As of this morning despite me thinking I did a lot of damage on my birtthday, I am again at 182.

To make it easier to track (since my goal weight is 135) my next goal is 180.

Sabotaging THought: Losing 1-2 pounds is too slow.
I personally don't know if I agree that 1-2 pounds is what you should lose (p.114 of the pink book) and there have been comments here where faster weight loss inspired people to stick with their plan. I do understand that for people who have a lot of weight the number may be faster and people with less weight may lose slower (or risk losing mucle).

I do realize that regardless of what the scale says, I need to stick with the plan. Everyone who tries to lose weight will have good days (or week) and bad days (or week) the important thing is to not let success or failure change the plan. Often in the past as I mentioned before, I have rewarded weight loss with food, undoing all the hard work I put in.

Today, I had a few bites of breakfast standing up, but rememberd to sit for lunch and dinner. Mindful eating is still a work in progress

I hit the weights today, credit me! Did a full body circuit using 8 pound weights and my body wieght

I will be on the treadmill tomorrow morning.

My eating plan is to count calories and consume between 1400 and 1600 a day.
Today I had:
Breakfast - 310
Lunch - 750
Dinner - 465
Total - 1525

Lunch was about 300 calories too much Unfortunately this means that I only have approx. 75 calories for a snack and am at the high end of my caloric intake.

Sigh, I cracked since I was soo hungry and had some popcorn. Next time I will make a better choice and have some fruit or something

Hello buddies! Have been out of power and now back. Cool! I did read that post nelia. And took a break for a couple days and feel good again. Not losing weight at all but will still practice beck as it is so good to do. The habits are so good to follow. Im very interested in this primal thing you talk about. Is that paleo book? And IF is intermittent fasting? I always assoc that with skipping meals and wondered if it was good, seems to be working for you!!

Canuckgirl7, good job reaching your st goal! I think slow and steady wins the race!

More tomorrow! Happy friday!

Day 11: differentiate between hunger, desire and cravings

I started this at breakfast but didn't finish for lunch and dinner. Will try again Sturday or Sunday

Sabotaging thought: I know the difference b/w hunger. desire and craving

You might know the definition of the terms but when it comes to thinking of the difference in the application of meal choices, all reasoning goes out the window. It is too easy to label things hunger when it actually a craving and will probably go away soon, but if I (incorrectly) label it hunger I feel I need to eat.

No exercise today, there is always tomorrow

Hello friends!

Nelia the only thing that worked in past was double hour long cardios, bodybuilding diet and 3 hrs exercise a day. Love today! Got on scale and it said 133!!!!! Havent seen that in a while. There was nothing dif about this week either! Wish i did bc I would surely repeat it!!!

Off to gym, swim later with twins, eat for every meal and master sticking to planned foods and not get lazy with that. Will work on that skill for a while.

Hope the scale continues tonmove, I have hope today!

Holly

133! Success!

You've twins? How old are they? Now that reads a handful!

And what's the bodybuilding diet? (3 hours every day? Damn!)

Hi Nelia, BB diet is eating every 3 hrs and high protein ( like 200g) ,low in fruits,dairy,sugar. Very tough as its also low in cals despite tremendous workouts! It worked but was too tough. I brought home trophies, made a transformation of my body and have still maintained most of it. I competed in figure.

I have twin 6 yo girls and they are awesome, easy and super fun!

Today have a lot planned, planned workout at gym, weights and spinning, then 20 min swim later while girls have a swim lesson. Exercise has never been my issue!

Goal today is to eat all meals planned and SIT for everything!

Todays weight is 134 , up a lb from yesterday.
Nelia do you think. I should weigh daily and post up? You weigh daily and what do you think is working best for you at this time? You seem to be losing awesomely and you are low close to goal like me. Im impressed....when I weigh daily it tends to really frustrate me and does NOT desensitize me to daily fluctuations as one might think.

There will be nothing tempting me today from my diet. Just myself!

Holly