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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My last 3 days (and most before that) have all been 1100-1400 calories. Mostly salads and veggies both cooked and raw. Chicken breast a few times a week and canned salmon in my salads the other days. I've been documenting everything for almost a year and I look it all over every day and week for calories that I just didn't enjoy enough to continue eating. That's the key to removing excess calories in my opinion. The coffee creamers, fatty salad dressings, hi-cal salad ingredients (like croutons), cereals, etc all get kicked-off my menus once I see the calories that I can easily eliminate without pain. I love my veggies and fruits and eating more of them at 5-10 calories per ounce knocks the socks off of the quick but fleeting pleasure of something else that's 5-10x that calorie density. 75# down in 3-years and still losing 2-3# per month and I'm completely satisfied with my meals and never feeling hunger. I never lust for the crazy things I routinely ate before... but I look forward to the next size down in my jeans and seeing a new low pop-up on my scale several times in a row. Weigh yourself daily and keep a record!
mtnhome
Level 7
June 19, 2018
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That's awesome. I lost 75 # the way you did, then hit a plateau. I need to record my food to limit cheating.
@EdEarl Years ago I did Atkins for several months. It worked well enough but I did miss carbs. Also, read too many things about it not being good for you over the long haul. Short term it worked pretty well but for long term dieting, counting has always worked better for me than anything else. Also, for maintaining it sets a better pattern although I know this time I have to continue "maintenance" for the rest of my life because if I don't, invariably, I will return to old habits and this time my health demands better. ???? Ignore the emojis, just testing out how to do the emojicopy thing.
@EdEarl One of the ways I've limited "cheating" is just not have anything in the house that would be cheat-food. And really, it's all accounted for in the end. The fridge is always full of low-cal veggie options that I love. I also usually have 4-5 kinds of sprouts growing in a sprouter in the kitchen and a few times a day might grab a handful of sprouts. Low-cal, high-protein, very satisfying... but they also all get accounted for. I have a nifty electronic scale front-and-center on the counter where I clean, chop and serve and everything passes through that scale to 1/10th of an ounce.
OK, one week in, time to report. The week has gone well, first week of adherence usually does. I lost 3.5 pounds since starting. It's a good start. Reporting in has made all the difference, thanks for humoring me.
For today, had yogurt - 80, kale/cauliflower salad w/ 3 bagel crisps - 215, 1 mentos, coffee w/creamer - 50, BIG salad, 3 club crackers, 6 wafer meat slices - 425, popcorn - 300, (sharing that with the dogs as I type) 1 f$%ing 1" Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie - 40!
40 CALORIES? 40 calories in ONE DAMN COOKIE!! Shows how easy it is to choose poorly. Could have a full cup of cheesy popcorn for that! Which, by the way I did. That's why it was only one cookie.
The popcorn would have been less if I hadn't misread the package! I'll do better next time. 
Done for the day, thanks for TOO much popcorn. Finished around 1110.
If you too are struggling, have a good day! If you want a little help, try posting here.
DotLewis
Level 7
June 19, 2018
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Good for you! Glad you see the advantages of posting your intake... and that you said so for others to see.
That's great for the week. 3.5 pounds in a wee is a good amount and not too much.
@EdEarl Thanks! It will get slower after the first couple weeks. That is one thing the leveling off for 6 months does, lets you get that quick start over again. Also, hopefully pulled my cholesterol back down. Last test I had was just at the end of my 30 pound loss and that caused a rise in cholesterol but it should be back down now. It wasn't in the dangerous zone but higher than normal for me and in the "need to watch it" zone. Damn! Getting old does have some downsides.
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