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I have been up and down since July, but haven't bothered to change my weight here. I have been weighing only sporadically, in fact trying to weigh only once a quarter, but didn't stick to that 100%. This morning I weighed less than I have in at least a year, maybe longer, and it is less than I recorded today, but since my weigh fluctuates, I will state it here as being what I have seen most often over the last weeks.
My weekends have been much better, so I have hopes of shaving of ten pounds this year. My goal says more than that, but at this moment, I cannot imagine pushing myself much more than I am now, and I don't know where this will take me. I do not want to live worrying about what I eat at each meal. I do eat a lot of veggies, some fruit (2-3 pieces a day), and many high fiber choices of starch. I eat many good fats. I'm cautiously experimenting with less animal protein. In the past, when I ate less of it, I seemed to be more attracted to sugar. However, I'd like to see if I could eat less of it now for environmental reasons. I eat what I consider to be a reasonable amount at meals, but I also see that sometimes I could be satisfied with even less. I do not want a backlash if I eat too little, though. I'm also willing to consider, though, that my body is tapping into its fat stores better so I may be less hungry. Yesterday, I had basically one meal, including several of my favorite cookies, and I wasn't hungry again. I even went to a concert where they had some great African food, which I was looking forward to, but I just wasn't hungry enough for it. In the past, when I would forego food in such a situation, I would end up eating something later even though I wasn't hungry. Last night, I just went home and to bed. EVen now at nearly 8 a.m., I'm not hungry. I'll have lemon tea and see how it goes.
Happy New Year to anyone else that might read this!
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163.0 lb
Lost so far: 22.0 lb.
Still to go: 13.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 0.1 lb a week
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