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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, reality check: 45 year old WOH mom of two. I'm 5'7" and weigh 158. I'm down 10lbs from Christmas. My goal weight is to be where you are right now at about 145.

I am super thrilled to be at 158 and feel sexy and strong. For me, I puttered around in the 160's for years and just couldn't get my act together with the eating. I have been a rock star in the gym--weights (real weights, not the Barbie ones), running, other cardio.

December always kills me. I am addicted to carbs. So this year I made a plan--cut out the grains. Nothing with flour, no rice and no potatoes as well.  I decided just to do it for January. No bread, crackers, pasta, pretzels. But everything else, including sugar is fine.

Slowly but surely, the pounds have come off. For me, I need to know that I can still have the vanilla syrup in my coffee and have a small square of chocolate at night. The "no grain" means I have been filling up more quickly with protein. When February 1 came,  I decided to keep going.

Don't beat yourself up. December is done. It happened. Pick one thing you want to do differently next week-maybe it's to pack your lunch for 4 out of 5 days. Or to make 2 "healthy" dishes this weekend. Or workout twice doing something you've never done. Just commit to one thing.

You can do something. Or not. Either way, you can still be happy with who you are. [/quote]

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