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breakfast: 3 crackers, 1/2 cup granola w/ 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk
snack: 3 mint meringues
snack: 15 junior mints Again, mmmmmm
lunch: turkey sandwich on light bread, grapes
dinner: salad, 2 slices white bread
dessert: ice pop

workout: tae-bo and a little more snow-shoveling

I've been keeping track of my calories offline... even with the junior mints binge, I'm still within my calorie budget. Which is good.

I'm a little discouraged... when I've dieted in the past, I've typically lost 5-10lbs the first week (seriously) and then the rest comes off at a more normal rate. I know it doesn't really matter, but that lump coming off right at first is encouraging, you know? Anyway, THIS time around, I didn't have that same loss at the beginning. I know it'll come off eventually (well, ok, I HOPE so!), but not seeing the scale move after a week for the first time ever is a little bit of a bummer. I hope I start seeing the scale go down soon... otherwise, I might as well be eating whatever I want!
And this is where I hop back on boat! (Okay, I promise that is the last mention of this "boat", hee hee). I am feeling a little discouraged at the moment as well because I have done the same thing - I eat waaay better the last few months than I EVER have before and I haven't lost a pound! In fact, the only time I have lost any weight in the last several months was when I got super bad food poisoning and ended up in hospital and didn't eat for 4 days!
Anyway, now I am exercising and I STILL haven't lost any weight. So I feel exactly the same... why aren't I eating cheeseburgers (well, aside from horrible IBS reprecussions, of course!) if I am still going to chubby myself around, hee hee.

I was just thinking, maybe it is a metabolism thing? It seems like you aren't eating very many calories, except for from some sugary stuff... do you think you are eating enough?
The trainer I went to see, and the nutritionist told me I am not eating enough calories and I won't lose weight until I up my healthy caloric intake, which I am so badly struggling with.
Just one idea!
I've also been told that I'm "gettin' older, you know, can't expect it to happen overnight" and I'm 23!! Anywho, it could be age that makes it take a little longer to get kick-started.
Either way, let's stick with it, shall we?

**hugs** I still think you're kicking butt!
--Steph
Anyway, that's my whine for today. LOL

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