What are you doing? How are you doing it? What is your secret?
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\nAnyone who has dieted more than 25-30 pounds off knows the answer to this questions:
\nEating less and\/or moving more. There are crash diets and ways to lose a quick five or ten, but those ways aren’t usually a long term solution. To do it right and do it big takes an actual commitment to a lifestyle change, not rely on a quick fix.<\/p>\n
I don’t do a program. I don’t do weight watchers or any other buy in types of things. I just count calories, say no to myself and sweat hard at least once a day. Something interesting- I am still eating full fat sour cream and peanut butter and I’m fitting it into my diet with no problem. Furthermore, I’ve decided to leave them in my diet. I like both of those things so much better than the diet versions! What are you doing? How are you doing it? What is your secret? *** Anyone who has dieted more than 25-30 pounds off knows the answer to this questions: Eating less and\/or moving more. There are crash diets and ways to lose a quick five or ten, but those ways aren’t usually a long term … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,75],"class_list":["entry","post","publish","author-littlejohnt","post-754","format-standard","category-super-powers-aka-my-diet-tools-and-tips","post_tag-food","post_tag-food-choices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.littlejohnesque.com\/shazam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt’s not rocket science, just basic science. Less fuel + more movement = fat burned as fuel. That is, as long as you don’t move so fast you burn muscle.
\nSo, what do I eat? On a typical workday here is a sample diet. If I don’t include measurements, it’s because I had one serving.
\nBreakfast:
\nMorningstar veggie patty
\nWhole wheat English muffin
\n1t Smart Balance buttery Spread light
\nLunch
\n3-4 veggie chik nuggets
\n4 slices apple
\nYogurt
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\nGreek yogurt
\nGranola
\nBlueberries
\nChik nuggs (just a great source of flavor and easy vegetarian protein)
\nDinner
\nUsually have a stir fry or boca burger or salad-ish version of the family dinner-
\nTaco salad on taco night
\nBun-free burger on hamburger night
\nPizza night is 1-2 slices and salad
\nSnack
\nFudgesicle (those are a totally reasonable treat!)
\nOr
\nPopcorn
\nOR
\nMy ridiculous raw oatmeal thing. Nom nom nom.
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\nMore than anything it’s just:
\n*Cutting everything back to serving size (portion control)
\n*Eating a lot less processed food (trying, but tricky as a vegetarian with all the soy)
\n*Eating lots of whole grains (more brown rice, chia, quinoa, fiber filled pasta)
\n*Running walking, cycling lifting, stretching – not all, but some every day
\n*Making goals (5K, 40 before 40)
\n*Resolving to be determined to make my life better through weight loss and exercise<\/p>\n
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\nGood news- I think my hip is healing well at last. I learned a tough lesson last week by pushing to run too much too soon, just like everyone said I would (you were right, Bradley)! Last night I was able to sleep on my hip for the first time and on Saturday I ran a quarter mile. So there is progress. But it will have to be slower than I like. Baby steps, right?
\nMore good news?
\nI’m thrilled that I lost that pound! I had been hovering between the 5-9 range in the ones column for a few weeks. This weekend my weight hovered in the 2-6 range. Progress? I think so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"