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160.4 Keep Trim Day 6 of 13

Whew! Yesterday I lost 1.2 pounds that I had gained on Jan 18! We walked half a mile with the dogs in a foot of snow. I had pulled a tendon while dragging my feet to blaze a trail in the snow that we could follow on subsequent laps. I think it was my adductor tendon. It feels OK now after a night's sleep.

Scott took this picture of me yesterday, while I was 1.2 pounds heavier, to illustrate that my size 10 pants still fit just fine. That is my favorite hoodie also, in the picture. I have three and I wear them instead of robes. It's a Washington thing, I think.

Today is our third day in a row snowed in. In an emergency we would put chains on our tires. Otherwise, it just seems more prudent to not drive anywhere. The major roads are plowed as they get to them, but our street is buried in half a foot of snow. More snow is constantly falling. It is kind of fun, but I hope it clears up by Sunday morning.

Here is all I ate yesterday, and lost 1.2 pounds, along with slogging half a mile in the snow, blazing a trail:

Small bowl of Special K, blueberries and organic soy milk

3/4 of a salmon patty, steamed broccoli and cauliflower

1/2 of a hamburger patty, steamed broccoli and cauliflower

Edited later to add: We get these Alaskan salmon burger patties at Costco, in the frozen foods section. Here are links to more days when I lost a lot of weight so you can see what I ate that day and maybe copy it to lose weight yourself!

160.4 Keep Trim Day 2 of 13

I ate two pieces of pizza at a dinner party last night instead of the one I meant to stick to. I gained .6 pounds and now weigh 160.4. My keep trim eating goal for this 13 day period is to maintain my weight at 159.8. I walked each dog one mile yesterday for a total of two miles.

Scott took this picture of me this morning, wearing the rust color size 10 corduroys I bought yesterday at The Salvation Army Thrift Store. I am bending down to pet the dog, so my tummy shows, but it doesn't when I stand up straight. I chose this picture because I like my smile. These pants have stretched out a little from wearing them and they are comfortable now. I am officially a size 10!

I wonder if the 15 additional pounds I plan to lose will make me a size 8 or just a really loose size 10. I guess we shall see. I plan on adjusting my goal weight so that I am comfortable in whatever size puts me below 145. [Later: I am a comfortable size 8 at 145 - 149.9 pounds!]

Here is what I ate yesterday on my first keep trim eating day of this cycle and gained .6 pounds while trying to maintain my weight:

Small bowl of Special K, blueberries and soy milk
Maple bar at church fellowship
Baked chicken, onion and carrots
Two thirds of a dinner plate of Papa Murphy's veggie pizza
(I should have stopped at one third a dinner plate, but it tasted so good!)

159.8 Keep Trim Day 1 of 13

I'm in the 150s! I weigh 159.8 now after losing a pound yesterday. We walked the dogs two miles in the morning, but didn't walk in the afternoon yesterday.

I confess I don't really measure my breakfast portions with cups. I have reduced my breakfast down to one handful of Special K topped with three culled palmfuls of blueberries and enough soy milk to moisten the cereal, as in the photo to the left. When I was using the larger cereal bowl it had grown to almost twice this much, and I was not losing weight as quickly.

By culled palm-fulls of blueberries, I mean I scoop up just enough blueberries that I can examine them for spoiled ones and stems while they sit in my palm. Isn't the bowl cute? My sister's friend made them several years ago and my sister gave me two for Christmas.

I shopped at The Salvation Army Thrift Store yesterday. Guess what? I am now a tight size 10! I bought two pairs of warm size 10 corduroy pants. I have been wearing size 12 black corduroys lately, so I was glad that the two pairs out of 30 that I tried on that fit me best were a rust color and a fawn color. I will continue to wear the size 12 clothes until the 10s are a little more comfortable. I just wanted to have the size 10 corduroys on hand for when that happens! The fawn pair are actually a men's size 32 x 32.

Here is what I ate yesterday and lost a pound along with walking two miles in the morning:

Small bowl of Special K, blueberries and soy milk
Salmon patty, steamed broccoli and cauliflower
Baked chicken, onion and carrots

***Edited later to add these links to other days I lost a lot of weight on my diet:

Also see my post on suggested ways to use my blog to lose weight yourself.

A Note on Blueberries and Dieting

Blueberries are a tasty fruit without being high in calories. Strawberries are another low calorie fruit. Most berries are good low calorie fruit choices. Other fruits, not so much. Consult one of the many online fruit calorie counters if you are in doubt, but most fruits are very sugary, especially melons like honeydew. Bananas are especially fatty (but a banana is still a better snack choice than Ritz Crackers).

The Scarsdale Medical Diet includes lunch any day you want of fruit salad with half a cup of non-fat cottage cheese and six walnut halves. I have read many comments from sad dieters who say this lunch ruined their weight loss for any day they had it.

My advice is to stick to berries as your fruit when on the diet, and to go easy on the other fruits when on keep trim eating. I say go easy, but don't give up fruit. It is very good for you and can work on keep trim eating. I ate two sliced apples candied with two tablespoons of peanut butter and a handful of semi sweet chocolate chips for lunch yesterday and still lost half a pound on keep trim eating.

160.8 Diet Day 14 of 14

I lost .6 pounds yesterday and I now weigh 160.8! I walked the halls for twenty minutes yesterday morning at the school where I substituted. Scott and I walked the dogs a mile in the park when I got home.

In these pictures I am joyfully trying on women's size medium down jackets by The North Face at Costco. I fit comfortably in a size medium women's jacket! That means the top of me is size 10. Medium is size 8-10.

I didn't need to buy the jacket. It was enough that it fit me. Scott taking these pictures was a nice bonus. He does such a good job catching the joy on my face, in the photo on the left! It is so much fun to try on clothes now that I actually fit in a normal size!

The bottom half of me is shrinking as well. These size 12 Anne Klein jeans are getting loose on me. I love your suggestion to put them in the dryer, Mom! LOL! :) Yep, that works for the first hour or so!

Here is what I ate yesterday and still lost .6 pounds, along with walking at least 2 miles:

3/4 cup Special K, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup soy milk

1 cup raw carrot sticks, 2 tablespoons parmesan spinach dip

Hamburger patty, 1 tablespoon BBQ sauce, 2 cups steamed broccoli and cauliflower
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