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I am feeling much more upbeat and proactive today. The guilt has subsided and I am just happy to be back eating and doing what makes me feel great. I notice that when I get up and eat a good breakfast first thing I am much more productive throughout the day. I get going from the onset.

Yesterday when I woke up I ate a crappy breakfast and I barely did any of the things I wanted to all day. In the last few weeks, since I have been eating well, all of my days have been great energetic days, I did… Continue

I have decided that I am going to try something a little different this week. I am hereby administering a NO TREAT WEEK to myself! Usually I allow myself to have little treats throughout the week. For example maybe a glass of wine, or a small portion of low fat ice-cream etc... Although I am going to try to have a no treat week between now and my Sunday weigh-in. I am curious to see if it makes any difference.

Whilst I know this is not a good idea in the long term, I think it is something I cou… Continue

Oh Boy...I am in a slump. Everything was going great until Saturday night. It was my brother in law's 30th birthday and 16 of us went out to dinner. I had some wine and ate steak and potato au gratin. I was fine with this because I had planned my meal before I went to the restaurant. I even worked out on Saturday morning because I knew I would be eating out. It should have ended there...but it did not.

After the restaurant about 8 of us came back to our home to continue the celebrations. I put… Continue

Drinking calories is not something I do. I stopped buying soda with my groceries about 4 weeks ago and since then I have been drinking only water or coffee. I think I have had 2 glasses of diet coke in that time, or maybe only 1, I can't remember-the point is I broke the habit!

Tonight I went to the gym after dinner. When I got to the locker room I realized I had left my water bottle at home in the kitchen. I had filled it and everything, I just forgot to pop it in my gym bag. How frustrating?!… Continue

Something fun I did today was download the Oprah Best Life webcast MP3s and put them on my iPhone. I went to the gym and listened to the Dr. Oz health webcast whilst on the treadmill. I have never done anything like this before and I really liked it. It was a great way to pass the time on the treadmill and hearing all the healthy advice Dr. Oz was giving helped keep me motivated!

One thing that Dr. Oz mentioned was that muscle burns more calories than fat. So at a sedentary level a person with… Continue