Thanks, guys!
Tracy... I can't eat that many calories and lose. I still want to take off 10# or so. At my height/weight, my maintenance (that's maintenance) level is 1450 calories a day. 1500 would put me over that... it's one of the realities of weighing less. You HAVE to eat less. Weighing less also means that exercise burns way fewer calories. "They" say to eat 500 calories less per day and burn up 500 calories a day with exercise... that will produce a 2 pound loss per week. Uh... that would mean a caloric intake of 950 and a 5 mile walk every day. Which brings us to the "the last 10 are harder to lose" statement.... and that losing 1/2# a week at the end is normal. To lose 1/2-1# a week I need to eat about 250 fewer calories and walk 2.5 miles a day. That's about 1200 calories... All that to say, no way can I eat 1500 calories and lose unless I'm willing to go to a boot camp. Which I'm not. LOL
I'll agree with one thing, yesterday I ate very little. I didn't do it on purpose, I ate to my hunger. Cutting out the nuts and reducing the cheese reduced my calories, too.
And, I disagree on the fat. I AM getting fat every time I eat. I had mayo, the fat in the egg and butter with b'fast, mayo with snack, mayo and fish fat with lunch, mayo in my afternoon snack, and fat from my protein and salad dressing with dinner. Dr. Atkins recommended one TBS as a fat serving. I had at least that each and every time I ate. If I add more fat then I have to reduce something else... which only leaves protein. I'm not eating excessive protein. I eat just eggs for b'fast... no extra meat there. I just don't see where I could reduce the protein comfortably.
Anyway... wt this morning: 130.5 with flashes of 130.0. But it settled on 130.5 every time. I think I have that one locked in.
The sun is actually up this morning and I can SEE it!It sure would be nice to get a sunny day. I think it might the be 5th one this summer. I'm SO SICK of everything being wet and clammy.
Tril
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Enough already!!!!
