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Yesterday was Day 13 of the 28 Day DietBet Blogger Challenge<\/a> that is being sponsored by DietBet<\/a>. I\u2019m happy to say that I have dropped 7.6 pounds in the last 13 days. I have met and surpassed my goal for the challenge, so now all I have to do is maintain. (I\u2019m not finished for my own \u201cpersonal best\u201d goal though, so I\u2019m still planning on doing the 2 months play\/2 months pay plan J!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I wanted to share what has helped me so far. Here\u2019s the thing\u2026we all know the basics of weight loss \u2013 eat fewer calories and burn more calories by exercising more. That\u2019s basically what I did. Like I mentioned before, I\u2019m not much of a calorie counter, so I didn\u2019t count calories. Rather, I just stopped eating the things that caused the weight gain anyway. It\u2019s different for everyone, but simply by minimizing the four things in the post image, the weight is coming off. (I\u2019m not even talking 100% elimination \u2013 90 \u2013 95% is great. Personally, I don\u2019t do well when things are \u201cforbidden\u201d. I had some cookies and a couple of Frapps in the last 13 days!)<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re trying to lose weight, I \u201cbet\u201d that if you thought about it, you could come up with a few things that would make a significant difference if you \u201cstepped away\u201d from them the majority of the time. Some people like to keep a food diary to see their food patterns and that might be helpful. However, if you just think<\/strong> through your last couple of weeks, I\u2019m sure that you\u2019ll pick up some of your personal food patterns. In addition to what you eat<\/strong>, don\u2019t forget to think about what you drink. If you drink a lot of juice, soda (even diet soda), alcohol, sugary drinks, Starbucks blended drinks, etc., then you\u2019re drinking up all of your calories! (For the record, I\u2019m not trying to pick on Starbucks. I LOVE Starbucks and my local barista, but too much of a good thing is still too much!) Switching to water as your primary\/only drink will make such a huge difference\u2026 and it\u2019s FREE!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll tackle the exercise portion of the fitness equation the next time. You already know the gist of what I\u2019m going to write though. Get moving J! (All I have been doing is walking the kids to and from school. Granted, that takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to 1 hour and 40 minutes a day with the various drop-offs and pick-ups, but it\u2019s still just walking<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

There you have it\u2026the \u201csecret\u201d. Step away from (fill in the blank for yourself)<\/span>. Is there anything in your current diet that you think would make a significant difference if you minimized it?<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"