196 lbs starting weight  
186 lbs weight today 
168 lbs my goal
that means I have lost 10 lbs with another 18 lbs to go 
I feel that I am eating well. It is by counting calories that I am achieving this new eating lifestyle. 
amongst my new eating habits are... 
Breakfast is always substantial. 
I no longer eat butter/margarine on bread, etc

on the nights ( Read more... )

I've lost 9lbs in 18 days without ever feeling hungry

I am really really keen about losing weight.  It feels GOOD to have a project to work on.  A project works a-bit like a mantra, it gives the mind something to focus on.  The devil finds work for idol hands they say.  Focus the mind on something good and positve in life and the hands will follow. 
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for me, the key is counting calories. It is hopeless guessing. I've been using the Sparkpeople web-site to find out the calorie values.
I looked up and recorded everything I consumed on the first day, but with everyday since, I've simply added to my list of favourite foods. As time goes by it becomes a quicker task to work out the value of what I ( Read more... )

A quote from the tv show The Apprentice.... "The whole point of being clever is to get a job that you can enjoy, so that your life doesn't begin at 6p.m. and so you can enjoy your whole life ( Read more... )

"In the food we eat, the books and magazines we read, the movies we see, all of us are subject to the conditioning of rigid likes and dislikes. To free ourselves from this conditioning, we need to learn to change our likes and dislikes freely when it is in the best interests of those around us or ourselves. We should choose what we eat by what our ( Read more... )

I really like the music that Portishead are makeing, and this new cd is their best.
there are named after the town that they come from, Portishead.

 original weight 196 lb
weight the scales just read 190.6
WOW..... thats 5 lbs lost
another 23 lbs to go :)

about to have a quick bath 
and then 
watch the final of the tv program 'The Apprentice'
before work tonight

 got home from my night-shift half an hour ago, 
I've now been up for 28 hours!  
It is little wonder that I get blood shot eyes.  
What happens now is... I go to bed and try to sleep while my body clock says "wake up, don't you now it's daytime"

the ‘Talibin’ have allsorts of laws and people can be fined if they disobey, everything has to be put in the correct rubbish-bin. But it is a shame about all the packaging that is used just to make the goods more attractive ( Read more... )

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