I eat within my calorie range. I document everything I eat and if I doubt what I'm eating and it goes over my calorie limit for the day, I don't bother eating it. The reason I need to lose weight is that breast cancer runs in my family. My first goal is to lose to 210 and see how I feel. I think 100 is a bit much. Plus, I love clothes and would like to maintain my clothing size as well as health.
When I weighed 210 I was a size 18 in jeans and a size 2x or 3x in tops. I take a size 20 right now and still wear a 2x or 3x in tops. Everyone is built and shaped differently.
The vegetarian and vegan thing is fine and good but other than soda and the occasional junk food (which I have cut out from my diet) I eat correctly as far as I'm concerned. I don't eat healthy foods for just weight reasons I actually enjoy salads, I hate fast food, fried food sometimes bothers my stomach especially fast food and I drink more teas than I do coffee because I worry about my teeth. I love plums, celery, apples, pears and carrots. If anyone thinks all because I weigh 230 pounds because I eat too much or eat bad food all the time they are wrong.
I'm not saying that anyone doubts or is assuming that, I'm just clearing it up.
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In the pages that we burn
It’s written in the ashes of the fire below”
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