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I had a cannoli tonight. Without guilt and not as an act of rebellion. If I'm eating enough veggies and fiber, I allow myself something special like a cannoli oh, and pizza. It's smaller changes that are helping.
Not putting sugar in my tea.
Drinking green tea.
Drinking no pop with sugar,
Having no candy bars or boxes of Good n' Plenty I love to get when I stop at Walgreen's.
When I DO eat pizza I get the thinnest crust I can.
When I eat bread I make sure it has extra sticks and stones in it.
Eating tuna salad or egg salad without the bread.
If I have sugar free cookies or chocolate I really eat small portions because there are carbs. But it gives me a sweet treat now and then.
There is a refrigerated pudding - not sure which one - but it is sugar free Dulce e de Leche pudding and it is awesome.
If I eat pasta, it's whole wheat. I eat fiber bars and pour fiber into my Crystal Light, which I LOVE.
I try to balance the carbs with the veggies and stuff.
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acking my lunch every day is good because it's strictly what I pack - no trips to the machines in the lunch room.And with foods I might want to eat too much off - like pasta or pizza - I eat it on a small plate and then make myself wait about 10 minutes before I go back for another portion. It helps.
It's getting to be a way of life I guess. I don't feel entirely deprived, I still have a real piece of dark chocolate now and then, but only a nugget size, not a whole candy bar. And on my daughter's birthday I had pineapple upside down cake I had made and IT. WAS. AWESOME.
So I'm learning the hard way, the way I learn everything else.
7 pounds in 3 months? Wow, pretty slow. But - it's one foot in front of the other right?
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7 pounds is 7 pounds. Congratulations. And they say when you lose slowly you don't get saggy, so that's a good thing too! I really do think it is all about substitutions and tiny treats. I find that if I really think about what I'm eating, while I'm eating it, the first bite or two are the ones where I truly taste the treat the most. After that the flavor isn't as intense so I'm trying to learn to savor the first moment and be satisfied with that. Hang in there. You're doing great!
Congratulations! Taking if off slowly means better odds at keeping it off.
Just found your blog today, so maybe I am repeating something you've already covered, but here's something my doctor advised: "Drink your food, eat your water." Weird, hug? But what she meant was to slow down our eating by chewing thoroughly - very thoroughly and sip our fluids. Those of us who are overweight often zip through our food and wash it down with copious amounts of fluids.
It helps.
I also discovered that I have much less bloating since i switched to a gluten-free diet. It's really a breeze now because there are so many great baking books on the subject. The baked goods taste just as good, if not better, than the traditional recipes - yet there is no heaviness or feeling weighed-down.
I don't have celiac disease or any condition like that - just years of not being able to lose weight no matter how much I tried, so after reading a book on gluten-free diets, I checked with my doctor and she said she'd found many women losing weight after switching to GF diets. So I tried it - mind you, it's a bit of a pain at first, locating the special flours & such and the cookbooks (found my first ones at the library but the reviews on amazon guide you to the best ones).
After just two weeks, my jeans started to slide down while I was out shopping! Amazing. May not work for everyone, but hey, I can still enjoy cookies and pizza and still lose weight. Just thought I'd share. Good luck.
I will be checking back with your blog because you have such a great attitude, and I like your enthusiasm and cheerfulness. It inspires me!
Thanks Tricia, I am trying so hard to NOT feel like I'm trying. I want the changes to be one foot in front of the other until these changes and choices become second nature.
Anon - thanks for coming by! I wish I could say I am always up and positive but the truth is I enjoy a good pity party now and again. And I don't do it alone, I take it online! :) But I'm doing pretty well this time so I have a lot be grateful for. I mean - I ate a cannoli! YUM!
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