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Good News From My Scale

I lost weight this week I’m really not sure what I did right over the past seven days, but I’ve managed to lose five — yes, five! — pounds. Oh, I know most of it’s probably water weight, but if I was carrying around that much excess water I can’t say I’ll shed a tear to see it go.

A couple of things I know I’ve been doing differently (and, apparently, right):

1. Eating breakfast every morning. Specifically, I’ve been eating All-Bran cereal. Yes it feels like chewing on bull bars and sticks until that split-second when the stuff turns to mush. But it’s most definitely filling and seems to keep things going smoothly, if you know what I mean.

2. Eating 5 servings of fruits/veggies daily without fail. Having a cup of sliced strawberries and banana on my All-Bran makes it go down easier and gets a fruit serving out of the way first-thing. I love celery sticks stuffed with Laughing Cow cheese, so my mid-morning snack knocks out a veggie serving. A salad at lunch, some chunks of cantaloupe around mid-afternoon, and whatever veg I’m serving at dinner takes care of the rest. Meanwhile, I’m too stuffed to think of snacking.

3. Safely satisfying my desire to chew. Sometimes I think I eat simply because I feel like chewing. I bought some Haribo gummy bears, which are fat free and high on the chewosity list. Ten of those suckers can keep my mouth busy for a good 20 minutes, after which my jaws are too worn out to think about eating again for a while.

4. Eating dinner earlier. I’ve lately wanted to get dinner and dishes out of the way so I can have some uninterrupted evening time to myself. As a result, we’re eating two hours earlier than we used to, which has cut out my pre-dinner snacks.

5. Early to bed, early to rise. I’m very bad about nighttime snacking, but going to bed earlier completely cuts out those snacks. It makes it easier to get up early in the morning, a time when I rarely feel hungry and find that All-Bran and fruit to be more than ample. Meanwhile, I’m getting my recommended hours of sleep, and since sleep may be more important to weight loss than diet, that’s got to be helping, too.

Who’d have thought that five simple steps would’ve made five pounds difference in such a short time?

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Great job!

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Comment by sarahk on March 18, 2008 at 1:26 pm

Congrats and great tips!

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Comment by Jillian on March 18, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Thank you, thank you. I’m just so tickled!

Comment by Chubby Mommy on March 18, 2008 at 3:16 pm

I really like how well your blogs look. Are they all WordPress themes?

Is there such a thing as a WordPress looking theme for Blogger?

Also, my main reason for contacting you is to let you know about my wife’s blog.

It’s http://www.JunkFoodAholic.com.

Thanks and have a good day!

P.S. I tried to email you but they kept coming back to me.

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Comment by Paul Eilers on March 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm

congrats, that is awesome! I definitely agree with the sleep factor, I seem to crave sugar like a fly when I am sleep deprived. (which is unfortunately way too often!)

Comment by workout mommy on March 18, 2008 at 9:06 pm

Paul, please be aware that some bloggers get mighty annoyed when people use their comment sections to promote other blogs.

Workout Mommy, sleep-deprivation affects me the same way, except I tend to crave fried stuff. Also, cheese. Melted cheese. Melted cheese on fried stuff is even better.

Dang, now I’m hungry.

Comment by Chubby Mommy on March 19, 2008 at 10:31 am

I’m really happy for you — and jealous, too. Congratulations! I hope you get to be whatever size you want to be. But then what will you blog about? (Not that you don’t have other blogs and all that — maybe it could be about staying skinny.)

Thanks also for the tips. I hadn’t thought about Laughing Cow on celery. Great idea! Protein helps me keep from getting hungry and out of control.

You go, girl!

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Comment by Anne on March 19, 2008 at 6:37 pm

That’s one of my favorite snacks! I think I got it when I was doing South Beach. Or maybe it was Atkins. Hard to remember, I’ve been on so many diets.

I’m guessing the Taco Bell we had for dinner tonight’s not going to help, but I’m too swamped with work to have been spending time in the kitchen.

Besides, Taco Bell tastes so yummy when you’re stressed.

Comment by Chubby Mommy on March 19, 2008 at 8:45 pm

Hmm, perhaps I should take a look into those Haribo candies. I’m not a fan of gummy bears, but their other gummy products look tasty.

Comment by Jackie on March 28, 2008 at 5:15 am

That’s awesome!

I went to the Y last week and discovered I’ve lost 10lbs since December! I wasn’t trying, but I am now so I was so glad to have what feels like a headstart. :)
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Comment by Tsoniki on March 28, 2008 at 8:11 pm

That’s an awesome unexpected surprise. I wouldn’t mind finding I’d lost 10 pounds “accidentally”, myself. The neat thing about getting a jump start, even though mine’s half of yours, is that it really does motivate you to start paying attention to see if you can lose more.

Comment by Chubby Mommy on March 31, 2008 at 12:17 pm