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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you drink any kind of soda or juice, replace that with water. That's a great place to start. I was 255 at 5'4", and I don't drink soda, juice or alcohol, so I started with snacks - I only had fruits or veg for snacks, with the exception of one bag of popcorn per week.

After a month of getting used to that, I cut all my carbs in half or less than half. Like, I looked at the serving size of pasta and used a measuring cup - turned out I was eating four servings at a time.

[b]Then, I realized I kept interpreting "hunger pangs" as "pain." So every time I felt them, I reminded myself "You're not in pain - you're fine; you're just losing weight." [/b]

I stopped going back for seconds or thirds. Even at Thanksgiving, I had a plate with about 4-6 ounces of turkey (hard to eyeball it), a scoop of potatoes, a small bit of cranberry sauce and some greenbeans. I tasted a bit of my nephews pie and otherwise didn't have dessert. And it was ... totally fine!

I am at 205 now. [/quote]

This is key and so hard to do. [/quote].

Good suggestions. One that is helping me is to cut my meals in half and save half for the next day or share with DH. I add vegetables to the plate and some fruit afterwards if I still feel hungry. I also fill a tall glass with 1/4 juice and add cold water to the rest. It's amazing what you get used to and regular juice is much too sweet for me now. [/quote]

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