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[laleonaenojada]

On the way to Florida, we stopped and visited Young's aunt and uncle. While there, I used a scale for the first time in about 6 months, and discovered I was over 170 lbs. Up until this last year, the most I've ever weighed was around 155 my sophomore year of college -- weight that I took off quickly by imposing a no snack and no 2% milk (skim only

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[evil_holls]

this sounds fabulous. I really, really need to kick it into gear as well. . .everyday I'm just totally shocked by my complete lack of food control. It's not that I don't sit down and eat hugely unhealthy, greasy meals (most of the time), but that I'll always get mayo instead of mustardn...or a side of fries when I don't really need them...or I'm always going back for that third coke. And yes, I do "treat" myself to widely unhealthy take-out more than i should. Erik and I were saying that even with our desires to be healthier and my gallbladder issues, we've probably eaten worse in the past two weeks than we have in months. I think it's because school is finally starting up again and I'm grabbing fast food on the go instead of getting my healthier stuff in the fridge.

I will try to use this as inspiration! It could be easy-ish, really. If I could pack something healthy for breakfasts at crizmac, make sure I don't order fries and a coke with my sandwiches for lunch, and work harder to eat my dinners at home (and have good things in the fridge) I could get better on track. My thing is that for my body and heart I really need to be exercising, and that is the one thing I am just fighting, kicking and screaming. Once I recover from my surgery there is something in my life I am giving up to make time and energy for exercise.

[laleonaenojada]

I know you don't believe in diet soda, but I have to say the single biggest change I've made to my food intake is beverage-related. I've gone from about 10 alcoholic drinks a weeks to about 3, and I'm sticking with either diet soda or coke zero. I'm not drinking coffee anymore, because by the time I got my cream and sugar in, I was looking at 100+ calories per cup. I feel like, for my 100 calories, I'd rather have two oreos (well, not quite two oreos) or a handful of potato chips than a cup of coffee. And I'll take a coke zero over a coke if it means I can have a small french fries with my burger. I'm still occasionally drinking juice and milk, because they have some nutritional value, but I'm mostly sticking to unsweetened tea, diet soda, and water.

[evil_holls]

Yes, I'm not a big fan of diet sodas at all. . .what I've been doing is switching to crystal light. Drinking water all the time bores me, but I've gotten those little single-bottle mixes for work and I can get crystal light as my break drink at lunch. It tastes good and is light on the sugar and additives. I'm also trying to do a mix of sweetened/unsweetened teas, sometimes green tea, and if I really need soda, I go with sprite or root beer to avoid the dark/caffeine. we'll see how it works!

also, agreed on the alcohol. Obviously avoiding it now 'cause of the surgery, but I've been trying to cut down on just having a beer to have a beer. I"m going to get Erik on the bandwagon soon too.