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darren:
Geoff, hows you diet going? small meals, low cal, low sodium, 8 glasses of water and no eating after 8pm. OH no sodas you would not believe the weight my wife lost just from cutting out all the cokes she was drinking daily. She stopped the reg cokes and went to coke zero, man she knocked off 15 lbs in 2mos. Just a thought.

                                     Darren

rockrdude:
So far I am mostly behaving. It's not easy when everyone around me is having holiday parties, and celebrating with big giant feasts. Add to this the blessing of having cookies and sweets showing up at my door from a couple of relatives and customer / friends of mine.. and it becomes VERY difficult to behave.

But.. God makes the way! I do not in myself have the will power to lose this weight. This comes from God. He has given me a mission, and thus He has given me the ability to do this, but only if I learn obedience. And even when I eat a little more than I should, I have been learning to put my plate down and stop when before I would have finished all I had and likely had some more. In my 47+ years, I have NEVER been able to do this until now.

I've cut my carbs way down, which is helping me sleep a bit better too. I've had some serious sleep issues for quite some time now, and any improvement here is a HUGE blessing to me!

I don't drink soda / pop very often, so giving that up was easy, despite the fact that they just brought Pepsi Throwback back into the stores made with real sugar instead of HFCS, and this time it even looks like Pepsi! (the old red, white & blue cans are back!).

(At least the Coconut M&Ms are no longer in the stores locally.. Those were DANGEROUS! LOL!)

Ahh.. I guess this wouldn't be work if there were no temptations along the way.  ;)
Somehow I limited myself to only one cookie, too.. instead of a small stack.

I won't be having any more. The children can have them now. :)

Again, THANK YOU for the encouragement so many of you are giving me: Here, by e-mail / PM, and on Facebook. I no longer feel like I'm doing this alone. God sends me encouragement through many of you, and now this journey doesn't look so ominous or difficult. It really does help!

Ninny:
Jonathan..the evil m&m's! I never could find the coconut ones so that's good for me!!
The cookies try to hunt me down, too! You're right..God will help you!! I've been looking for the Pepsi Throwback and can't find that either..God is keeping it away from me!!  :D
keep on keepin' on, buddy! YOU can do this and GOD is making it possible!!
Kathy ;)

darren:
Your doing great man. Keep it up. It's really hard around this time of the yr. If you can hang in there now, It will get better after the 1st when all this nonsense is over.

                                 Darren

rockrdude:
Darren,

I'm hanging in there and am sticking to my plan. My clothes are looser, I'm now sleeping significantly better, and I see little places where I can safely cut back a little further with my eating.

I am AMAZED at how much food I used to eat. So much for all things in moderation. I thought I was eating right and healthy, and I did not see how I was letting my flesh control this part of me. Now it also has to come under subjection to the will of God.

One day at a time...

And BTW.. I am amazed at the number of you who have written me privately or through Facebook with your comments and encouragement. Thank you! :)

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