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First week of Diet bet/ blog is 10 years old



So I was at my highest weight (again) and I would start and lose motivation after a week.  Just like everyone else I resolved to do better with the start of a new year. I just know I wasn't going to stay motivated, so I decided to join dietbet again.  I've tried 5 times in the past and never completed a round successfully.

Anyway, I am 3 lbs from my goal weight. I am making decent choices and trying to find a balance behind healthy eating and not feeling deprived.  I think typically in the past I would do something like no carbs, squash any cravings and then after a while just cheat which led to a binge and falling off the wagon.  Something similar happened with exercise.  I would start out with walking, try and push myself and do more...and then fall off the wagon.

So this time, I have made some allowances.  I did my usual no rice, pasta or potatoes.  I also added in donuts, sushi and alcohol (except 1 glass of wine).

So basically I stay on play until I start feel the desire to cheat.  About 3-5 days.  A good example is breakfast.  I'm mostly doing a low carb/paleo eating plan.  I eat egg whites or eggs just about everyday.  It is frying my brain.  So After about 5 days of that I needed something different, so I had a bagel.  The rest of the day I stayed on plan

Today is friday, I've only had water and cofee all week.  I wanted something different so I had breakfast with pork sausage rather turkey ham and I had orange juice.  These aren't that horrible and way better than the huge portion of potatoes I might have had.

In terms of working out the ideal is 4 days a week.  Generally I try and do 30 min of either cardio and weights and then I stretch.  I used to try and push myself to do harder workouts, but then I would lose motivation to get up and get it done. So this week when I wasn't feeling it, I did a 15 min walk.  I also have banned any workouts longer than an hour until I feel like it.

So I've lost 12 lbs. About half of that was water weight and came off after  day or 2.  The rest was me eating right and working out.

Generally I'm in a good place.  My period is coming so things will get interesting.



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