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Luckily I exercise frequently, which keeps up my spirits.View Thread



You sound very positive, which is always a great help for yourself and for those of us who read your posts.
My own curves are far too curvy for my liking - me minus 9 lbs will be a better version...View Thread

I'm not a smoothie person (like to chew my food), but I do have a protein shake (half portion usually) after my gym session. I prefer eating calories rather than drinking them.View Thread

Maybe just make your own meals, based mainly on veg and lean meats, healthy fats, fruit and skim dairy in moderation, some legumes and a little wholegrains.
If you eat a lot of veg, you can at least make the portions bigger, as they are not calorie-dense, so you will feel less deprived.
If your husband is not supportive, just ignore his comments and continue to practise eating healthy, calorie-restricted meals and snacks. If you keep writing here, we can offer you the support you need.View Thread

I just crave hard candy;I'm not really one for chocolates or cake (don't even like ice cream) and can eat handfuls of them a day.
The only way to control it, for me, is to allocate a certain time to eat them, e.g. a few pieces after a meal, or something like that.
I'm not logging my food - I know when I'm eating too much without writing it down...Recording my food is somewhat counterproductive for me, as if focuses me on food (just the act of logging, for instance), while I aim to take my thoughts away from food! If I just eat three smallish healthy meals and two healthy snacks a day I will lose weight without analysing it too much.
But food logging seems to work for most people.
Oh, and I have severe osteoporosis - that's what started me exercising 6 years ago, thank goodness for that. I try not to run more than about 30 miles a week, as I am very prone to stress fractures in my feet. The strength training has done wonders for me though.View Thread

I need to lose 10lbs myself. I lost a few pounds a few months ago and was starting to look and feel better and began to fit into my clothes again, when my eating habits changed (after my husband started working in another country and I was left to my own "eating devices" ). I am now at my highest weight this year, sigh.
My sweet tooth is the main thing that needs to be tamed.
I try to exercise 6 times a week: 3 times running (anything between 11km and 14km a time) and abs exercises; the other 3 days I walk uphill (with a few jogging intervals here and there), followed by strength training.
Indeed - exercise does not burn all that many calories. I think of it as something I do for health and relaxation. For weight loss, I have to focus on what I eat (and what I don't eat!).
I hope your training and eating will stay on track. I'm also trying to find ways to improve my random eating, to get more into a schedule.View Thread
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