Tue, Apr-05-05, 21:29
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Registered Member
Posts: 90
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Plan: CAD
Stats: 157/153/150
BF:
Progress: 57%
Location: California
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Hi Holly,
I got a chuckle out of your line "my fat always looks skinnier when it's tan!" I am red-haired and freckled, so I don't get much color going, and I think you are probably right about that.
I've been basically maintaining on CAD since I started it up - I lost a half a pound this past week when I averaged, which didn't seem exciting enough to update my stats for. So I decided to skip breakfast today and see if that gives me a nudge in the desired direction. I'm not stressed over losing quickly, but I would like to see things going in the right direction. 150 lbs is my normal baseline, and when I got up to 160-ish this past fall (once it was 162) I was kind of depressed. But some of it has melted away without effort once my thyroid hormones came back up to normal. However, I thought I would give it a little help by trying CAD again.
Plus, like you, I just feel really good on this plan, so even if I'm just maintaining, I consider that a positive. And from experience, slow is totally the way to go for me, or I get into this obsessive feast-or-famine mode, and I always rebound. The nice thing about going slow is that you almost have your maintenance way of eating all worked out, and it's not as difficult to transition. I feel like I'm eating really healthy food and I'm not hungry all day long, so I don't feel any un-met hunger needs building up like I have when I have tried other diets.
Hey, I went for a nice long walk after school today -yay me! Thanks for the support and for inspiring me to get out there and do it.
--Gretchen
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