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Finally!  The first night not eating anything not nailed down at midnight!  I’ve never chewed sooo much gum in my life!  What are some tricks you use to help keep you out of the kitchen at night?

I swear some times I am ready to eat anything that is not nailed down!  Arghh…  Still working on having a normal relationship with food.  What can I say?  I write cookbooks as a side job….lol.  I’m trying to use this as an advantage though.  Learning to make smart switches and lighten up my favorites.  

I’m trying to bust my butt with exercise.  For some reason my body just doesn’t want to go below 180 lbs.  I’ve been hovering around this weight for about a year now.  I’ve learned how to maintain this but it’s time to drop a few more pounds.   I started at 202.  I want the 170’s sooo bad.  Any advice on how to help push through this? 

I went for my first 10 mile bike ride yesterday.  Ohhh… I can feel it today.  I’ve been slacking in the motivation department lately though.  The best thing I can come up with is no going for a shower until I do my workout.  The longest I’ve been able to go is one day.  What keeps some of you out there motivated?   

I still eat which ever foods I want.  I just remember that I can always have some more…..tomorrow.  I don’t have to eat the whole thing at once.  No more portion distortion for me.   

  The upside….I can cook….The downside I can cook!  (I write cookbooks on the side and have one in stores now!)   Right now I’m experimenting and learning how to cook my favorite foods using healthier methods.  It’s so much fun.  I’m learning a lot about spices and different combinations.  Food is never boring and I rarely eat the same thing over and over and over.   I’ve managed to keep all that weight off for about a year.  It is really important to me to lean to maintain as I go.  I’ve seen lots of people lose weight and then gain it back and more.  (Kirstie Allie, Oprah)  I’m not going to be one of them.  I don’t believe in quick fixes.  I didn’t get this way over night and it’s not going to be fixed over night.  I’ve been making small lifestyle changes.  It takes time for the hard work to show.  I rarely suffer from portion distortion anymore.   You know how there are these common sense things about eating and making the right choices that you know, but it never really clicks?  One clicked!  It’s not like I live where there is a food shortage.  If I really like something I can always have more……..tomorrow!             

Today I went on a safari………  in the produce department. 

I was at a conference all day today.  There were muffins, cookies, coffee with cream and sugar, juice etc. out all day.  The cookie basket even got passed around the tables.  I had water and my cinnamon gum.  My old self would have dived in head first.  My new self decided not to put junk fuel into my body.  I think I’ll take myself a banana for tomorrow incase I get hungry.    

Ugh.  I finally go back on the scale and am up 5 lbs.  On the bright side it’s finally warming up outside and can jog…(more like a lumber) again.  I went out this morning.  It’s a little tricky going on snow packed sidewalks but I figure it adds a bit of effort to it!   What keeps you guys motivated?    

After just over a month I finally busted that plateau!  Wow!  It was a tough one!

I have been sitting at 180 for 2 weeks now……..and busting my butt to hit the elusive 179 that I haven’t seen in a decade……..I am already down 21 lbs!!…….any words of wisdom to undo the glue so my body will shed that pound that I want so badly……