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I’m at 169 mark. I’m hoping to loose the other 9 by New Years. Still focusing on my diet and exersising. I’ve cut out a lot of dairy and bread. I was with a buch of friends last week, so I drank a good amount, but I’m not too worried about that. Really focused on veggies, fruit beans and lentils which seems to work well. I’m actually going to add another 9 pounds to my goals so that my goal weight is 150, which will be my high school weight! I’m really excited and surprised how motivated I am. I never thought that I would actually be able to do this, but focusing on a few things that caused my weight to creep up over the years, seems to work. Also a ton of ab work, a ton. Everyone notices when you have a flat belly just fyi to you all and good luck :)
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I was able to go to a scale and I’ve lost 15pounds already since the beginning of June. I’m down to 174. I’m happy :) I’ve done well with food and exercising although I still want to run more, I just hate it and I def run better with a partner. Unfortunately that isn’t an option for me at the moment. I have about three months before January and before I head to the lovely beach of Durban for New Years. I’m more determined then ever to loose the other 15.
Tricks I find that work well for me are eating a relatively sizeable bfst, eating a light snack and 2 pieces of fruit at lunch. Then at dinner I eat mainly a ton of veggies. I shy away from bread, rice and pasta although I still have them, but in moderation. I cook a cup max for dinner.
Also because I know my coworkers always tend to eat out while we are out of the office I make sure not to bring money so I’m not tempted to buy french fries or fried dough balls that they love to eat.
Overall, I’m happy I just wish I would run more. I’ll def weight myself again at the beginning of November, so I’m aiming for six pounds. Hope it works out.
Ok so I’m an ok cook, but at home I tend to eat out a lot and I really want to break this habit and make my own dinner every night. So now is the perfect opportunity to cook everyday and not eat out and in the process learn more about food and how to cook. I especially want to practice using more spices and cook healthier.
