Debbie Cousins's Journal, 01 Aug 22

Well, ZERO-point-TWO pounds it is for the week. While disappointed, I am not defeated. I know I can lose weight, and I know that it will fluctuate as to how MUCH weight I lose each week. It's the end of Week #5, and I've lost 9.8 pounds - almost two pounds average per week. I figured I can't be greedy - had to leave some pounds out there for you other people to lose! You're welcome.

My plan is to cut my daily calorie intake from just under the 1,800's to the 1,500's and 1,600's each day this week. It will be a challenge for me, but it can be done.

So far, I have some victories over the past five weeks: I've drunk at least 8 cups of water each day; I have not had more than three 12-oz Diet Cokes in a day (down from over 2-liters daily); I have not baked any super-tempting desserts to have to try to "fit in;" I've recorded every bite of everything I've eaten; I've stayed under 1,800 calories every day but about three (my "normal" eating over the past year had been 2,500-3,500 calories a day!); and I've gotten in 3-5 (or more) fruits and vegetables every day! Those are big accomplishments for me!

So, onward I press. My "diet plan" probably wouldn't work for anyone else, but it seems to be working for me. I'm not depriving myself totally of my Diet Coke, and I'm allowing myself to have my Dave's Killer Good Seed toast with Butter twice a day. Life is good.

112.9 kg Lost so far: 4.6 kg.    Still to go: 44.8 kg.    Diet followed: 100%.

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1525 kcal

Fat: 68.82g | Prot: 43.73g | Carbs: 189.50g.   Breakfast: Dave's Killer Bread Good Seed Bread, Butter. Lunch: Olive Garden Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (Dinner). Dinner: Cooked Immature Lima Beans (from Fresh, Fat Added in Cooking), Butter (Salted), Dave's Killer Bread Good Seed Bread. Snacks/Other: Russell Stover Sugar Free Mint Patties (2), Domex Superfresh Growers Dark Sweet Cherries, Watermelon. more...