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Originally posted by CJFusco
...I decided that I really wanted to be in shape. I decided to limit my drinking, to really watch what I ate, and to exercise with a plan. I now run/jog/walk 5 miles 4 days a week (AND I have a job where i'm on my feet and running around for 4 hours at a time), I lift weights 3 times a week, do crunches/situps every morning, and really pay attention to what i'm putting into my body. For example, if I get hungry late at night, I grab an orange or some strawberries instead of potato chips. I still allow myself a burger or pizza, because chances are I will be running 5 miles later that day anyhow, but the truth is I haven't eaten Burger King, McDonalds, or the like in about 8 years.
This morning I weighed in at 155 lbs, and that's with the added muscle mass from lifting weights.
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At the point where you don't get up from the table feeling stuffed even after increasing your meal sizes is when your body has become efficient from the exercise. Now, within loose reason (not going back for thirds and having dessert on top of a meal), I eat almost everything put in front of me - except pasta, which I've lost my taste for. But I haven't gained a pound in a year, or so, and that's after eating and drinking everything else. Sure, I fluxuate between five pounds, but I look at that as a sort of weight DMZ zone. The key, definitely to the Atkins diet being successful is the exercise.