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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a vent. Starting January 1, I started detoxing - no alcohol, no sugar, no simple carbs. Most days I also fast from 7 pm - 11 am.

I started at 158 and am down to 152. I'd love to be below 140, but I think a reasonable goal for me is to stay between 140 - 143. I'm 5'7.

An average day looks like this....

Wake up. Have coffee with sweetener and a splash of milk.

Eat something around 11 a.m. Sometimes 2 eggs w/ mushrooms and turkey smoked sausage, sometimes more lunch food -- a can of soup, cottage cheese and fruit, or dinner leftovers (meat like chicken or pork and some vegetables).

Dinner around 6 pm, usually meat and vegetables - salmon, chicken, pork, occasionally beef, and a vegetable on the side. Sometimes throughout the day I will also have a snack of fruit, a few nuts, or a Triple Zero yogurt.

As far as exercise, I get in 1.5 hours of cardio twice a week, get 30 minutes of cardio 3-4 times a week, do strength/flexibility 2-3 times a week, or on a really light day will just walk a few miles. It's very rare I do absolutely no exercise.

I guess I hoped to lose it faster because I was eating pretty poorly late last year. I don't drink much, but I had gotten very sloppy with sweets and simple carbs and mid-day snacks.

Does this sound like an ok pace? Am I expecting too much?

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It’s not hard. Eat less. Move more.[/quote]

Of course it's hard. If you have ever been food insecure, you understand that hunger is hard, it becomes psychologically a s physically hard. Just because you are choosing to eat less vs. not having the option of more food doesn't mean that your body doesn't react exactly the same way.[/quote]
It's more about not being able to eat what you want. Many diets  allow you to eat virtually unlimited quantities of certain things like vegetables, so you wouldn't have to feel "hungry" on them, just maybe unsatisfied (no chips or cookies).[/quote]

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