It's important to read as many of the Spark articles on nutrition as you can. It will destroy many of the misunderstandings that you might have about food and it's role in losing and maintaining weight.
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I find reading the nutrition articles are also way to get myself motivated.
TRIGFROST5/15/2010 5:00:00 PM
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I got on Sparkpeople today feeling discouraged with my progress and I started first with going to all of my teams and reading posts that looked interesting to me. I ended up making a new friend and he gave me some great advise and read some articles that helped me. I can't believe the change I feel after doing this I feel ready to tackle my challenges am motivated to do it. So keep sparking and you will see change. I did.
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Review nutrition tracker and sparkpeople articles that describe "portion" size
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Save articles that describe portion control and review periodically to increase awareness of how large and how many calories are in various food servings
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