Tue, Aug-12-08, 09:18
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Registered Member
Posts: 25
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Plan: CALP
Stats: 202.4/164.6/120
BF:
Progress: 46%
Location: Indiana
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I hope this works for you as well as it has for some of us! It's hard to let go of being so precise when you're used to counting every carb or point or calorie; but that's what makes this so much a way of life.
About the RM: I know it's hard to believe that binging isn't an issue, but I still can't believe it hasn't been for me. But for me, I find that if I have that salad before the meal, then eat my protein, (sometimes I just have a larger salad if I don't want other veggies), by the time I get to carb time (usually I have dessert - I love not being deprived!), that I am almost full and I cannot eat the huge helpings like I used to. Something's different, because I used to keep eating sweets until I was sick. Now I'm just too full to eat a quart of ice cream! I wasn't a huge salad eater before; I have finally realized that if I keep a couple bags of prepared lettuce (I love the 7 lettuce variety or spring mix) available, add some of my favorite dressing, that that is good enough for me right now. I don't always have the time to chop away at making some wonderful salad with a lot of ingredients. Then, when it comes to RM, I just vaguely eyeball the thirds part. If I eat the salad, and I tend to drink iced tea w/Splenda at this time too, I just am not pigging out like I used to.
For me personally, I have unknowingly dropped down to a cup of coffee (with cream or coconut oil - don't use coffee mate) for breakfast, a small cm sometime in the day, and then I can eat with my family. It took me awhile to get used to coffee without 2 sweeteners and coffeemate, but it's now not an issue. I enjoy it the way it is now.
I'm trying to find a happy medium of eating correctly without making my food choices something to dream about all day (I speak from experience here!). Without getting too uptight about everything, I have settled into a routine where I seem to be averaging a loss of 2# a week. Not stellar necessarily, but it's not a struggle either!
Determine to try this, and then make it your own. Start with the basic plan for a couple of weeks, then tweak as you see fit if necessary. I hope this works for you!
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