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Susan,

You must have really good restriction.That seems like perfect "bandster's" portions......

I question this on a daily basis. There are some days when I can eat more than I "should" and other days when a little bit fills me up and keeps me full for hours. The last time I had a week of feeling hungry all the time I talked to my Dr about getting a fill. But after we looked at my overall daily average for the past two months, it showed that I was only averaging about 950 calories per day. You'll be able to see in my journal that there was a week, maybe a bit longer, that I was eating between 1,000 and 1,350 calories per day. Bet you can guess that was around my TOM. But since things leveled out again, we decided I didn't need a fill.

This really taught me something. Looking at our weightloss, restriction, etc on a daily basis can be very misleading. Rushing out to get a fill after a few days of being "loose" can cause leave us overfilled when things naturally return to normal. Weighing everyday can cause serious frustration and feelings of defeat by watching the natural occurance of the ups and downs, but charting the loss over a longer period of time shows an encouraging downward trend.

So, in response to your comment... Yes, I guess I do have good restriction. I can eat most foods without problems (have not eaten any bread products) and yet I seem to be able to maintain a reasonable average calorie intake, even though some days do require me to use a little of my own "won't power" as Jack says.

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Go P'nut you're cruisin'! Size 16 is AWESOME! I'm jealous!