How it's going--hope this helps someone

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Registered: 04-12-2003
How it's going--hope this helps someone
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Sat, 10-11-2003 - 11:24pm
Hi Beachers!

What an interesting day it has been. I was getting ready to go to a baby shower this afternoon, and wanted to do lunch before going into the cake, wine, chips and dip, fried chicken, you-name-it den of fat and carbs. I was about to make a yellowfin tuna steak with peanut sauce which I enjoyed so much last Monday. I looked at the label and realized that the sauce nutrition was listed in an obscure way, and the sauce actually did contain some sugar, which I missed earlier.

Well I panicked a little, made myself a lean burger and grilled veggies, then thought about the fact that I lost 3 pounds anyway, and Monday was Day ONE, so I can't have done TOO much harm. Possibly I could have lost more weight had I not had the sauce...but still it has been a good losing week!

So I went to the shower, munched on veggies and low-fat cheese and drank diet vanilla pepsi, came home and had a healthy dinner, then went out and bought my food for week two.

I guess the point here is that even though I made a mistake, I didn't know it when I was making it, and it did not snowball into total failure, and I am still on the beach!

YIPPEE!

Starting DAY SEVEN tomorrow!

BTW, I decided to keep my new clothes and be comfortable in them. If I get too small for them, I can always have them altered. I deserve new clothes. I am wearing a pair of the pants right now, and I love them.

Hang in there Beach Gang.

This diet rocks!

Kimmierae

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Registered: 10-01-2003
Sun, 10-12-2003 - 9:21am
If you have the same Thai Peanut Sauce I have (Annie Chun's), it isn't soooo bad. It only has 5 grams of total carbs (4g sugars). Up to 3 grams is OK. It's not like you had chocolate cake. Keep up the great work. I am actually depressed today - maybe I'm weighing myself too often, but I am up a pound from yesterday. It is day 13 for me and only down 4 pounds. Ughhhh!

       

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Registered: 04-12-2003
Sun, 10-12-2003 - 1:49pm
Thanks for the info--actually it was Phillips sauce, and it was higher in sugar, :(

but I am OK about it. I learned!

I tend to want to jump on the scales too soon too.

I'm trying to go by the scales at work which are in a medical lab and are like a doctor's scales. I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow.

I'm trying not to focus on the Speed of the weight loss but on the long-term health goal, but that is HARD isn't it?

Hang in there, youare almost through phase I.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 10-12-2003 - 2:36pm
I do the same as I posted to another post. I weigh myself every morn(not getting depressed if the scale go up)put it on a weight chart and by the end of the week I total it by adding the 7 days and then divided it by 7 to get you adverage weight for the week.On my 13 day I lost 4 pounds also.Remember EACH person on the same diet is NOT going to lose the same,some will loss more and other are going to loss less. The important thing that your lossing,and thats a Plus. Hugs Maryann
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Registered: 10-01-2003
Sun, 10-12-2003 - 6:33pm
Hey Guys - Thanks for the support!

Cathy