Barbara on January 26th, 2010

Well, this wasn’t exactly a stellar week for me. I fluctuated between 212 and 214 all week, ending finally at 212 — a whopping one pound loss. Big deal. Oh, I know, I met my goal of one pound a week weight loss, but I had hoped for more. And the fact is, I was [...]

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Barbara on January 21st, 2010

I’m sitting here having my breakfast (yes, it’s nearly noon!) of a two-egg herb and bacon-bit frittata for a total of about 150 calories, and a small glass of  juice (a mix of carrot, peach, and some other stuff) for another 50. Total for this morning: 200 calories. I probably won’t eat again until dinner [...]

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Barbara on January 18th, 2010

Today was my official weigh-in and I was down to 213.5 — a total loss of 7.5 pounds my first two weeks. Great, huh? I’m super thrilled and yet a bit disappointed. My first week I dropped 5 pounds and I was kind of hoping my second week would be as good. Logically, I knew [...]

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Barbara on January 17th, 2010

While I haven’t been posting for the last three days, I have been working on my program and continuing to lose weight (although my “official” weigh-in isn’t until tomorrow — Monday — I weigh myself every day and it’s looking very promising!). My lapse in posting was because I changed servers and really messed up [...]

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Barbara on January 13th, 2010

The debate still rages on whether to weigh in every day or weekly and there appears to be little consensus. At least two medical research studies have shown that keeping to a daily schedule of weighing in can help people lose more weight: “… stepping on a scale every day, and adjusting eating and exercise [...]

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