The homemade granola recipe looks nice and it has a bunch of dried fruits in it as well. I'm really trying to use foresight to beat temptation.

I love granola...a little too much lately.

Still moving forward on both the food and exercise fronts I see. Nice. It's good that you're going to have a gym that will be able to thoroughly support your motivation, after having tested yourself out at the hospital one. Great move.

Part of the trick for me is finding food that I like enough to choose over candy or other garbage because I know its better than me. However, I also want something I don't like too much so that I overdo it. Granola fits the bill for me.

Yeah that's a great trick. I suppose that's what I'm aiming at too, but I hadn't actually thought it out like that.

Your taste buds and your body's reaction to food does change as you work at it longer, but a mistake I see some people make is to limit themselves to food they don't like and then be unable to stay with it because they can't stand what they're eating. At school, when I pack snacks I've got really good about packing things that are healthy and that I won't bing on.

That is kinda what i do cannon - although Ive been realizing my mistakes lately - I do pack lots of fruits and veggies in my lunch because I caneat till Im blue in the face and have the cals be very limited Plus there are alot of low cal snack things i like as well...

Im sorry I have been dropping by regularly - Im just kinda stuck and sticking to myself - lol - plus it was a long weekend and I have been busy - anyway I am grateful for your support and along with Felici - I value it and appreciate it!!!

No need to apologize Cerella. I know you're down in the dumps about hitting this wall, but I admire the way you're fighting it.

Yes, enjoying what you eat is very important! that's one of the reasons I could never stick with the Atkins diet. I just love fruit. At first, I avoided nuts because I have a hard time controlling my impulse to snack on them. But then I got pecans that are kind of ground up, removing the "snackability" factor.

Thanx you

A lot of people do that! Or cut out the foods they love most. For example, I hear a lot of people say "I love pasta, but I can't eat it because I'm trying to lose weight." If I had to give up pasta in order to lose weight, I'd die. lol I still eat pasta probably once a week, I just eat very small portions. I could never completely give up something that I love and restrict myself entirely to food that doesn't make me go uhhhhhhhhh with pleasure!

My absolute favorite food in the world is cheesecake. I have limited myself to 4 pieces over the last year, but I have loved every single piece. Another thing we do sometimes is to eat beyond our cravings. In other words, we're dying for pizza so instead of having a few pieces and moving on we gorge ourselves. I have the luxury at my size of having 2000 pounds to play with, but I won't give up any foods--I just try and eat some of them a lot less and some others a lot more.

Good thinking on this one. What else besides Granola? I need to find some of these pleasing healthy choices!!

What kind of Granola do you like best? I am going to buy some to put in my yogurt.

Got fiber? haha

You're doing great, Cannon. Whenever I elaize my snacks aren't working (i.e., too high in calories) I turn to fresh fruit. Whatever works!

But then, fresh fruit, when you binge on it, has an interesting laxative effect that can come up at a very inappropriate moment....like on a run. UGH! Ok nevermind! No binging!