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Since I’ve been cutting back on portion size I’ve lost a lot of energy. During the day when I try to control my eating I just feel exhausted and miserable, then at night I find myself overeating to work up enough energy to compensate for the way I feel. Bad cycle. Any advice on how to pace myself most effectively? I know I’m eating too little during the day and too much at night, but I’m not sure how to go about adjusting my eating schedule to be most beneficial to me

So I’ve been eating well lately and exercising a ton, yet the scales are stuck at the same weight they were last week. I feel like I’m losing size though. All of my clothes seem to fit better (or maybe it’s just wishful thinking), so maybe I’m putting on some muscle? I feel good about my diet and exercise routine, I just wish my weight would reflect my hard work

Yesterday I put myself to the ultimate test. I went to both Dunkin’s and Papa Gino’s to see if I could resist temptation. I’m happy to say that at Dunkin’s I had a tea and at Papa Gino’s I had half of a Caeser salad. Then I played two basketball games in a facility that was roughly eighty degrees. Let’s hope it pays off at my next weigh in!

Well about now is the time when I normally reach the high point of my diet, after which I proceed to spiral downwards at an alarming rate into a black fatty abyss. (a bit overdramatic, but you get the idea). Today I got into one of my “who cares?” moods and the mindset of “my friends will still love me if I become obese, and if they don’t then they’re not really my friends.. hoorah for another donut!” I started the day off healthy, but round about lunchtime I ate an impossibly large choco chip cookie that was roughly the size of my face. That is when it came to me. No, not intolerable guilt but the realization that this would not halt my diet and lead to a high-fat binge. I ate healthy for the rest of the day, having a frozen banana in the afternoon and I’m about to have a salad for dinner

I started dieting two days ago and I’ve already lost 3 pounds just from cutting out junk food!  I have so much more energy and all around I feel healthier, but I still worry about relapsing to my old ways. If someone puts a super fudge brownie in front of me I’m afraid I won’t be able to say no! Do you guys do anything specific to fight off temptation, and do you have any recipes for healthy sweets?