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April 18

That is a good idea, Alta. I will think about incorporating a larger meal into my diet every now and then. I am also thinking about cutting back on all the food logging and seeing how I do -- it gets tedious.

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter, decaf coffee with chocolate soymilk
Snack: Dates rolled in coconut
Lunch: Three corn tortillas with baked tofu, hard-boiled egg, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, mustard, horseradish sauce; vegetables with miso, garlic, ginger, seaweed
Snack: Popcorn with pumpkin seeds (nutritional yeast, cooking spray, salt)
Dinner: Smoked oysters, apple
Snack: Stewed fruit (rhubarb, mixed berries) with walnuts; 10 almonds

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; no push-ups
 
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April 19

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Orange, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne); brussels sprouts; sweet potato
Snack: Apple, chocolate soymilk, popcorn with pumpkin seeds (nutritional yeast, cooking spray, salt)
Dinner: Beet greens, bitter melon, black beans with salsa
Snack: Rhubarb with honey and walnuts; 10 almonds; brazil nut

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push ups
 
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April 20

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Orange, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne), sweet potato, mixed vegetables
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, cucumber, green onion, pumpkin seeds, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice); three corn tortillas with fat-free refried beans (la prefirida brand), avocado, salsa
Snack: Popcorn (salt, cooking spray)

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 15 push-ups
 
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April 21

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (almonds, raisins, cinnamon, soymilk)
Snack: None
Lunch: Three corn tortillas with baked tofu (honey sesame flavor), cucumbers, tomato, lettuce, green onion, horseradish, mustard; mixed berries with chocolate soymilk
Snack: Brazil nut
Dinner: Refried black beans over brown rice with salsa and avocado
Snack: Dark chocolate, almond butter

Exercise
10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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So from the time you log in...I figure you are a morning workout person! NICE!!!!....Today was morning ONE for me!! hahah!!
 
April 22

Hi Alta, yes I do work out in the morning, but I am not naturally a morning person. It's just that I find if I leave too much exercise for after work, I am often too exhausted.

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Pear
Lunch: Baked tofu, mixed vegetables in miso
Snack: Mixed berries with chocolate soymilk
Dinner: Oysters, baked potato, lentil soup (amy's brand)
Snack: Decaf coffee

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps, 10 push ups
 
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April 23

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter, pear
Snack: Apple, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne), sweet potato, vegetable blend
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, green onion, pumpkin seeds, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper); baked potato; lentil soup
Snack: None

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 15 push-ups
 
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April 24

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with almonds, raisins, cinnamon, soymilk; mango; decaf coffee
Snack: None
Lunch: Three corn tortillas with fat-free refried black beans and salsa; kale with lemon juice
Snack: Tea with lemon
Dinner: Mixed vegetables with shrimp, garlic, ginger, seaweed, sesame oil, low-sodium soy sauce, cayenne
Snack: Stewed rhubarb with honey; dark chocolate

Exercise
Walked 12,000 steps; 10 push-ups

My cat died last week. I miss him so much. He was so affectionate and sweet and fun. In the past, I've used food to numb major pains like this. I was almost sure my eating plan would fail. In minor ways it did. For example, I had to throw out some fruits and vegetables that went bad before I could eat them, something I rarely do. I have been relying more on processed and easily-prepared food. But I haven't been stuffing my face, although I have been tempted to several times. In fact, because I'm having a hard time sleeping I've been waking up early and using that time for more exercise.
 
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April 25

Down to 120 pounds today. I am happy with my weight, and now want to start firming and toning. I am surprisingly flabby. I have tried doing some side planks, which I hear are supposed to strengthen abdominal muscles. They are difficult. I can only hold them for about 15 seconds.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (almonds, raisins, cinnamon, soymilk)
Snack: Decaf coffee
Lunch: Three corn tortillas with baked tofu (savory flavor), cucumber, lettuce, tomato, green onion, mustard, horseradish; miso soup with mixed vegetables and dulse
Snack: Tea with lemon
Dinner: Black-eyed peas, shrimp, baked potato, rapini, beets with garlic
Snack: Stewed rhubarb with honey and walnuts

Exercise
Walked 14,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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April 26

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne), sweet-potato, brussels sprouts, tomatoes
Snack: Popcorn, black tea
Dinner: Three corn tortillas with refried black beans, salsa, avocado; beets and rapini with garlic
Snack: Stewed rhubarb with honey

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups

Weighed in at 119 pounds today. I am not trying to lose any more. I was able to wear a size 4 pant I bought today.
 
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April 27

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Apple, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne), sweet potato, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, two tomatoes
Snack: Orange, black tea with lemon
Dinner: Three corn tortillas with baked tofu (hickory flavor), avocado, green onion, cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce, mustard; soup (kale, rapini, shiitake mushroom, carrot, onion, garlic, ginger, miso); bitter melon
Snack: Stewed rhubarb with honey

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 20 push-ups
 
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April 28

Menu
Breakfast: Four tortillas with almond butter; chocolate soymilk
Snack: Apple, green tea, raisins
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne), sweet potato, broccoli, two tomatoes
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Soup (shrimp, rapini, shiitake mushrooms, bitter melon, carrot, green onion, garlic, ginger, lavar, miso paste, cayenne); baked potato; black-eyed peas
Snack: Mixed berries, watermelon

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups

From the May 2010 issue of Nutrition Action, interviewing Kelly Brownell:

"t [obesity] is so difficult to fix. The results of studies on treating obesity are very discouraging, especially if one looks at long-term results. The exception is surgery, but that's expensive and can't be used on a broad scale. So this is a problem that screams out to be prevented"

"There's good research, much of it done by Rudolph Leibel and colleagues at Columbia University, that shows that when people are overweight and lose weight, their biology chanes in a way that makes it very hard to keep the weight off. Take two women who weigh 150 pounds. One has always weighed 150 and the other was at 170 and reduced down to 150. Metabolically, they look very different. To maintain her 150-pound weight, the woman who has dropped from 170 is going to have to exist on about 15 percent fewer calories than the woman who was always at 150."

"It's as if the body senses that it's in starvation mode so it becomes more metabolically efficient. People who have lost weight burn fewer calories than those who haven't, so they have to keep taking in fewer calories to keep the weight off. That's tough to do day after day, especially when the environment is pushing us to eat more, not less."

"And Liebel and others have shown that there are changes in hormones, including leptin, that explain why people who lose weight are hungry much of the time."

Interviewer: Are you saying that our bodies think we're starving when we lose just 10 percent of our body weight?

"Right. It's not hopeless, but the data can be discouraging. The results of weight-loss studies are clear. Not many people lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off. All these environmental cues force people to eat, and then this biology makes it hard to lose weight and keep it off."
 
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April 29

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Apple, black tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne), sweet potato, broccoli
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Soup (shrimp, tofu, brown rice, rapini, kale, green onion, carrot, shiitake mushrooms, garlic, ginger, dulse, miso paste, sesame oil, cayenne)
Snack: Popcorn (salt, cooking spray), mixed berries

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 12 push-ups
 
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April 30

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Apple, black tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, sweet potato, Brussels sprouts, two tomatoes
Snack: Orange, raisins
Dinner: Soup (shrimp, tofu, brown rice, green onion, carrot, kale, rapini, dulse, miso paste, garlic, ginger, cayenne, black pepper); bitter melon
Snack: Stewed fruit (rhubarb, mixed berries)

Exercise
Walked 12,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 1

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (vanilla soy milk, almonds, raisins, cinnamon); decaf coffee
Snack: Popcorn with pumpkin seeds, yeast (salt, cooking spray), grapefruit
Lunch: Lentils with salsa
Snack: None
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, balsamic vinegar); stew (tofu, potato, carrot, onion, celery, green beans, tomato sauce, vegetable broth, garlic, salt); stewed rhubarb with honey; merlot; herbal tea with lemon
Snack: Apple with almond butter

Exercise
11,000 steps; 20 push-ups

Today was the opening day of the open air market. There wasn't much available yet. I got some rhubarb, which I love. And a loaf of French bread.
 
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May 2

Had a small dinner party last night. I made beef stew and rhubarb bars for my guests. For myself, I substituted tofu for the beef, and had rhubarb without the crust. I am dragging this morning and think it must be the wine.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (almonds, raisins, cinnamon, vanilla soymilk), decaf coffee
Snack: Watermelon, blueberries
Lunch: Soup (shrimp, brown rice, kale, carrot, onion, garlic, ginger, miso paste, dulse, cayenne, low-sodium soy sauce)
Snack: Popcorn with pumpkin seeds and nutritional yeast (salt, cooking spray), mixed berries
Dinner: Two corn tortillas with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, celery, onion, carrots
Snack: Apple with almond butter

Exercise
14,000 steps; 20 push-ups
 
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May 3

Thanks 20to10. I actually had a 2000 calorie day yesterday, but I will get back on track.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with almonds, cinnamon, vanilla soymilk; decaf coffee
Snack: None
Lunch: Soup (lentils, eggplant, tomato sauce, porcini mushrooms, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt); salad (lettuce, cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, onion, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper)
Snack: Popcorn (yeast, salt, cooking spray), mixed berries
Dinner: Smoked oysters; two corn tortillas with non-fat refried black beans (la prefirida brand) and salsa
Snack: Half apple with almond butter

Exercise
10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 4

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter; decaf coffee with vanilla soymilk
Snack: Apple
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt); two tomatoes, brussels srouts
Snack: Orange, diet pepsi
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, kidney beans, vinegar, olive oil); baked potato with salsa
Snack: Mixed berries with vanilla soymilk; brazil nut; half apple with almond butter

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups

The calories are creeping up again. Yesterday was another near-2000 calorie day. I have to cut back. Have been so hungry lately.
 
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May 5

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter; cantaloupe; decaf coffee
Snack: Orange
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), broccoli, baked potato
Snack: None
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, tomatoes, kidney beans, apple cider vinegar, olive oil)
Snack: Popcorn (nutritional yeast, salt, cooking spray), mixed berries, 10 almonds, 1 brazil nut

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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