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Portland Week 3 Things were going along just fine and I was feeling wonderful until last night. I cheated and had two handfuls of potato chips. Boy did I feel guilty! Mentally it affected me because I was so bloated. I almost didn’t want to work out. I told my trainer this morning what I did, and he said he understood. However, he called my family right then and there and told them to get the junk food out of the house! Before I started my makeover I was a junk food junky and addicted to sweets. I would sometimes have four candy bars in a day. My favorite candy was Hot Tamales. When I was grocery shopping I would open a big box in the store and snack on them. By the time I got home the box was gone! I’m happy my sugar cravings are gone. This past Saturday I went to my aunt’s 77th birthday party. When they were passing around slices of cake, I held up my hand and actually refused a piece. It felt really good! My daughter is getting married this weekend, and I don’t know what to do about eating her wedding cake. Should I try the cake or not? I don’t want to hurt my daughter’s feelings, but I’m afraid if I have a piece, it might trigger something and I’ll want to eat the whole cake! Since I’m only being weighed every two weeks, I don’t know if I have lost more weight. My clothes are loose so I know I am losing inches. The sweat suit I wore to my very first workout is really big on me now. I think I have lost three or four inches around my waist alone! I’m sticking to my meal plan. I have been coming up with some great recipes of my own that are light, filling and taste really good. But, I still think I am eating too much. My nutritionist told me to keep a zip lock bag of two apples, two carrots, two cucumbers and two celery stalks with me every day. When I get hungry I should snack from the bag. However, I never finish the entire bag by the end of the day. The exercising is not getting any easier. There are times I want to quit. Last Friday I was almost a no-show because on I was so sore from my workout on Thursday. I am working out five days a week. If you can believe it I do sets of 100 knee pushes and 30 sit-ups….and I do six sets total. That’s 600! After that I walk 35 minutes on the treadmill. My trainer has me drinking a powdered drink similar to Gatorade for energy while I am working out. It is really helpful and gives me energy to do the exercises.
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