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Originally Posted by Michelea
Don't panic, it's still early in your diet. Healthy weight loss take a little time. 
I was on the South Beach diet (low carb/low sugar/higher protein/healthy fats), and lost around 20-30 pounds (which is what I wanted to lose), but it didn't happen overnight.
You may already be checking labels to avoid these things, but sometimes things labeled as fat free or sugar free have tons of the other thing in them.
If you feel a little restricted by what you think you can eat on your diet, look online for South Beach (I am sure there are others available too) recipes/menus. Some are very yummy, which helps keep you motivated to continue the diet...and create a "life change" in the foods you eat.
Another good thing to do is avoid getting on those scales everyday, or maybe at all. Go by how your clothes are fitting. It is normal for weight to go up and down a bit each day (maybe even a few pounds), for reasons other than your diet.
If you want to see the scales number (and there is a bit of a reward in seeing that number going down), just check it once a week.
Good Luck on your diet! |
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Congrats on loosing the weight! How long did it take you to loose 20-30 lbs.?
I know that a lot of packaged foods have a lot of sugar and additives in it that makes weight loss even more difficult if no impossible. Even worse is that some low carb products have a lot more carbs in them than they claim to have.
So that's why I stay away from most packaged foods unless it's something simple like canned tuna or sunflower seeds, or something with 5 ingredients or less in it. I usually make sure that I know what the ingredients in each thing I buy is. I'm pretty good at reading labels. I stay away from stuff that has artificial sweeteners or colors in it or any other preservative in it like msg, etc...
I don't believe in fad diets. Some say that a low carb diet is one, but this one incorporates whole real foods into my lifestyle, not fake food. I can't help but weigh myself everyday. If my clothes start to feel looser though, I'll feel a lot better about that scale not budging-