Posts by noaaiona

You may want to aim for a more realistic goal- such as 5 lbs- and look into hiring a seamstress.

is your count accurate? Dont forget to count EVERYTHING-that tbsp of butter, or that tbsp of mayo. And also be sure to count your portions. I measure everything I eat so that I have an accurate #. Also, don't forget to include little bites that you take of snacks, even if it was just a bite or two. When I first started, I thought I was doing so good on CC, but overtime, I realized that I was snacking alot, and not recording it. Now, I record and weigh everything and my results are ALOT better. You'll be surprised how easy it is to eat ALOT of calories! I eat ALOT of veggies and fruits and depending on the veggie, it can add up to alot of calories.

oh yeah. YOu can totally tell the difference. Your stomach is getting flatter. ANd the one of just your face, you can see your arms (no offense:) and your arms look bigger there. Your doing a great job! Keep it up!

and by the way, I think that your always gonna view yourself as a 'fat' person. I think that it's b/c we've conditioned ourselves to believe that we're fat. I have always thought I was fat ever since I can remember as a little kid. As I got older I lost some weight, just working and living on my own and stuff. And I've always thought of myself as being fat. But when I look at pictures of me like 3 years ago, oh my god, I WAS skinny. I remember that I still thought I was fat then. :) SO I think that the only way you can no longer think of yourself as a 'fat' person, is if you recondition your brain to think more positively about yourself. I have the same problem, and I fight it everyday.

Thanks :) I'm just saying, God created Adam and Eve to live off the land . . off of fruits and vegetables. But we now live in a world of processed food and what plagues us? OBESITY! Obviously, if God didn't think that we could live off of fruits and vegetables, basically, anything naturally grown from the land,  than he would have created chips and cheeseburgers to grow from the ground! And I'm sure that Adam and Eve weren't calorie deficient nor did they count their calories to make sure that they got enough for that day!

I mean, what's the difference between eating the menu that I outlined previously and eating a big mac value meal from McDonalds? The big mac will give me 1500 calories. But which of the 2 is more healthy and better for my body? My point exactly!

If it's boredom that's making you eat alot, than find a hobby or something that keeps you busy and happy. I've recently realized how I can just eat, even if I'm not hungry, but just b/c the food is there. The other night I came home from work, walked in the door, and my son was eating a slice of pizza. I wasn't hungry. But I just walked over to the pizza, grabbed a slice and took a bite! RIght after, I was like "what am I doing??!!! I'm not even hungry and this is so fattening!" So I took the slice, put it back on the plate and put the pizza in the microwave so that I couldn't see it. And then the urge was gone. And I went about to cook my own dinner, veggie stir fry. I had no desire to eat the pizza b/c it wasn't in front of my face. So maybe you should find your 'trigger' and learn how to disarm it. For me, it's keeping bad foods out of my sight. It's that easy, but yet it's not.

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