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I have not had to deal with a family gathering yet during my re-losing. In the past while I was still losing for things such as this or weddings I tryed to just find the lean meats there (no buns or breads) and cheese platters. And like you, I kept my mouth busy talking!! lol It's a great time to socialize and that will be and should be your main focus. Best of luck and ENJOY your daughter!!! Have a great day.

I have been writing down everything I eat but I don't count calories. I just have cut out carbs (with the exception of carbs from veg) and no sugar at all (with exception of honey) and as long as fat grams are less than 5 per serving. I have thought about getting a picture of me at my highest weight along with one from me at my lowest next to each other as a motivator to eat healthier. I may do that now since you said you feel it does help you looking at where we no longer what to be! I'm trying not to think of how I'm eating as a diet, but I am a all or nothing person so I have to work on knowing there will come a time I eat something I shouldn't and that should not be reason to completely fall of the 'wagon'! I just have in the back of my mind all the time that I am trying to lose weight at this point not maintain my weight. So I may need to cut back on my portion sizes :/ I will have to work on that yet.

Wow Maria, 

12 pounds is great! Your definitley on the right track. It's so hard to avoid carbs. They are everywhere.

keep losing, 

Amie

Hey Brandi, 

I'm a housewife and found myself continually grazing all day. It has really decreased since I've been tracking everything I eat no exception. Monday I was eating 1500 calories (yikes) by Friday I was down to 1000 calories and very satisfied. I tell myself to drink two glasses of water before eating anything. By the time you wait the half hour,usually the temptation has gone away or its time to get busy on the house again. I also got a before picture out of me at my highest weight, put it where only I will look. That helps too. Sometimes you just got to give in and eat what your craving. I believe if you eat a small portion the craving will go away. Remember we are not on a diet we are living a healthy lifestyle. So I think if we are eating healthy 90% of the time we are doing great.

Wondering if others find weekends or your days off work more difficult? I find keeping busy outside of my home (away from the kitchen) easier to control my snacking. On my days off when I am cleaning around the home or watching tv I get more tempted to snack and over eat! I use to look forward to my days off work so I could relax and have some 'me' time, but now I kind of worry about not being able to stay on track. I know this is something I have to work on because being able to stay strong with temptations is a part of life.