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Hello everyone! Just an update. I’ve been eating well and exercising, I think I’ve fallen into a good rhythm in that aspect. Here are some things that have really worked for me that I thought I would share.

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1) Tea instead of coffee or hot cocoa in the morning. It wakes you, fills you, is good for you, and has zero calories

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2) Gum. I’ve become a crazy sugarfree gum chewer. Only 5 cals per stick and it keeps me from eating out of boredom.

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3) Lots and lots of water

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4) Lean cuisine and Cliff bars. Two easy meals that I have recently fallen in love with

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5) When I feel the urge to eat when I’m not really hungry, if I’m at school I’ll go and look at myself in the bathroom mirror to remind myself of why I’m on a diet. The craving goes away almost instantly. If I’m at home I usually end up watching Charmed or Gilmore Girls. Watching in-shape women really helps to keep me from snacking. And obviously logging on to buddyslim always helps too

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What works for you guys? I’d love to have some other methods of motivation up my sleeve too

I know eating breakfast in the morning kicks your metabolism into high gear, but is it really that important to have? This morning I ran out the door with just a tea and I ended up not being hungry until around 1:00 (and even then it was not ravenous hungry, moreso a typical lunchtime sort of hungry) So that begs the question, breakfast or no breakfast? Anyone have stats that back up either? I want to do what is healthiest and what will help me reach my goal the fastest. Thanks!

I’m feeling healthy and fabulous (better than I have in quite some time). I’ve been cutting out a lot of simple carbs from my diet and eating lots of fruits and veggies. I’ve also upped the exercise routine, running 3 days a week and playing basketball for at least an hour a day. I have so much energy and my skin is glowing

Thank you to all of you who have responded to my blogs, your advice has been really helpful. This past week has been pretty emotionally taxing, so needless to say, I’ve strayed from a decent diet. Yesterday I switched up my meal routine so that I had breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. I ate healthy foods in small portions and was full the entire day! I’m determined to stay on track this time, until and after I reach my goal. Have a great day everyone!!

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?