To be continued

Yum fried food and ice cream!!! O wait is this a diet blog??? Hmm well it's vacation time and that just does not go with diets. we will start back up on Tuesday. So here is my new thought I'm thinking about seeing what it takes to be a registered dietitian. I could help other poor fat people learn to cook and treat there body better. Then I would still sorta be counseling but not the crazy sick people just the fat from life sick people. Hmm it's just an idea.

Colon Cleanse

I'm not trying to gross anyone out but.... Perhaps you should try a colon cleanse. The human intestines are huge. They can hold up to ten pounds of crap. (NO SHIT! or lots of it rather) It's not just the blockage that is the problem. When our intestines are full, our metabolisms slow, resulting in weight gain. 15 day diet cleanse is a good one if you can find it, (ebay may be a start) and you don't actually have to do it in fifteen days. You could just take a couple occasionally. I bought some 14 day ACAI Berry Cleanse, more readily available. I'll let you know how that goes.

Try some Spaghetti Squash!!

Low in calories, carbs, and way better than rubbery rotten fish!

8 effective carbs per serving and about 40 calories.

Hungery Girl is fucking CRAZY

So I am not sure if yall have heard of the "miracle noodles" its the fat free calorie free noodle that all good for diets. Well turns out if you dont have a small gold mine you can buy it at your local store its called shirataki noodles. On the package has a big hungery girl aproved with a statement about how good and guilt free they are. So yeah I bought us some thing YUM pasta is back. UHHH NO i dont think so. First off they smell like fish. They say once rinsed the smell will go away. No it does not, then they say if you boil the odd plastic texture umm also no. Yeah I wasted $6 on something that is like plastice fish in your mouth. Lydia - your advice was fantastic. I decied to save up to buy the zumba game for the Wii i hate spend money on games but this way i can save up and its still go for weight loss. =) PS fish pasta forced me buy cheese burgers. IT MADE ME DO IT.

OH Fooey!!

A good low cost reward that is not food or clothing related. If you want a long term reward, you could think of something pricey that you want and put a small amount say 5 bucks in every time you lose a pound. You could also strike a deal with Micheal where he does something that you want him to do when you lose weight. Of course the second one wouldn't work for me because it would take an act of God to get my husband to do something he didn't want to do. Probably not even then. Start a collection, if there is something that you love buy yourself one every time you reach a goal. It could be something silly. The key is it should probably be something that is a pure want and not a need, because if it is something t ht yu thik that you need chanced are that you are going to buy it for yourself anyway. Unless you need new clothes because your old ones are giant on you. I got it, Mike has to get a pedicure as your reward. Seriously he needs one. I don't know why men don't get them. I mean what man wouldn't want a Chinese girl playing with their feet. That wouldn't work with me either, my husband has lovely feet (and he wouldn't pay anyone for something that he could do himself, which is strange because I've never seen him clip his toe nails. I'll have to keep thinking about that one.
Yesterday didn't go so well for me, I ended up eating Hunan Express. Well not the whole retaurant but Kung Pao vegetables and fried rice.

216.2 / 6.3 pounds total

Week one one trying to be really good is done 5 more weeks to go. So I lost a pound for every day this week almost. Only the one day I said screw it I'm eating the cake did I not lose anything. So new goal this week is 7 pounds not much of a bigger goal only an extra few ounces, but here is my guess it's been too easy. I gear I two will get to week three and start to craw to get under that 200 mark. My mini goal right now is 194 that would be the lowest I have been since having em. I got to 195 when a graduated I was not even trying then I think just loseing the stress off school and just work at ustor is what did it. But six months later I went to work at ace and then mom got sick. Wham it all found me again. However this feb dad moved out and again it was just my little fam and ustor to deal with and poof starting to come off again. I'm almost worried about moving back in with dad and moving I would hate to gain it all back. So lydia I need help on rewards for my self that Is not food based. Te hard part is.. I already get a monthly message and pedi. I gve more clothing then any girl could want. So what is a good but low cost reward?

Living healthy

So I'm adding a new goal to me weight loss. See the idea of weight loss is to live a long healthy life. While I know that it's not a for sure thing either way being healthy must be a good start. Well it is that idea that has led me to give up my sleepig pills. Fir years I have been taking them. And to tell you Te truth I think I'm addicted. Not on the I would sell my kid for more but more the I can't sleep with out them. I'm giving up the advil pm and try some more homeopathic ways. However it appears that natural idea only got me to about 4am. While that does suck gives me time to do otter things I guess. So here is to a life of sleepy night filled with happy dreams not induced by drugs.

217.4 HMM

Yup thats right I went up two pound to go down three. Who knows what my body is doing. My guess is that I should be starting my cycle soon so the body is working its water weight. I was bad bad bad today. It appears being sick and days off are not good for diet. We went to the movie tavern which is a fantastic place that shows movies and does full service meals durring the movie. We split a burger and a monte cristo that were really good. we also got some flat bread and dip that could only be good for dog food. So even though we had a huge bad for you meal it was the only meal we had for the day. I know its bad to only eat one meal but we didnt eat till 330 and I am still stuffed so dinner was just out. Well I'm hopeing my big lunch out does not make me gain to much. so here is the tally 35 pounds to go with in 40 days!!!! Im off to a good start just have to keep it up. SOME HOW.

45 minute walk

45 minute walk accomplished- Highlights, tiptoed through blankets of evening primrose. Saw some deep purple wildflowers, haven't figured what they are yet, and little thickets of yellow blacked eyed flowers here and there. I found 3 baseballs!

Lowlights- Dog crap.

I'm off to a good start. I did skip breakfast, my bad.

Testing testing 123

This is me testing to see if I can now post from my phone. This would mean the blog would never have to wait for my important thoughts and ideas.

BMI calculatorhttp://Online BMI Calculator

Official Dr's scale weigh in 203.8

I'm not going to go WTF just an ounce this time. I have been eating like shit lately and I have the zits on my face to prove it. I want to lose atleast 3.8 pound this week. I will do this by walking for 4 hours this week. I'll start with one hour today. I am going to drink atleast 110 ounces of water daily and limit myself to no more than 1 glass of ice tea. No diet soda or crystal light crap. If I get the munchies at night I will eat a salad. I won't skip breakfast ( a bad habit of mine) but I will skip lunch if I am not hungry. If I end up going to the movies, or to a play I will not under any circumstances eat the freaking popcorn. If I lose my 3.8 pounds, I will reward myself with a new shirt. Most of my old ones look like crap on me, they are so big (which is really weird because I have not lost an ounce off my bust.). If I somehow manage to pull a rabbit out of my hat and lose 5 I will get a manicure. If I lose more than 5 I will do the happy dance and I don't care who sees me.

Darn It Found Me

Well two days of not being so good and laying in bed going auuugggghhhh cought up with me. I gained a pound for each day DAMN!!! So i am back at 220 with only 41 days to go. Really I should just mail the check today and just work towrard a normal goal. BUT its so not going Ill keep going till day zero. It would be huge if I can make it. if not I wont be to hard on my self as it is a crazy amount of weight in very little time. It took me more time then this to gain it much less to lose it.

203.9

Painfully slow weight loss, better than painfully slow weight gain. I forgot to mention that I had a moment of weakness last night. I sent Lindy into Free birds to get the way to freaking big ginormo burrito (You know the 12 dollar one). We were going to split it.Apparently the universe is conspiring to help me lose weight. The rice was barely cooked, she didn't put any refried beans in it, all it was was a mass of rotten roasted corn salsa some lettuce and some dried out black beans, and not fresh guacomole. It was so stinking gross. What could have been a heavenly experience turned into a giant disappointment. Did have a few bites of a pot brownie though and that was pretty groovy. I am dying to get under the 200 pound mark, and it feels like I am just crawling towards it. I don't feel super motivated.

Motivation found

So a re weighed my self being mad I lost nothing but turns out I ha really lost a pound!!!! So rather ten pigging out all day from my bed
I pulle my self out of bed set out some chicken to defrost for dinner told mike what we could have for lunch and even started Emily on school work. It may sound mean to make her work on Saturday but we don't on Sunday Monday cuz it's my days off from the teacher hat. So 36 pounds to go and only 43 day to do it in. Let hope I can make it. Cuz I really will need the $100 to pay for pants that fit and I'll only be two pound away from making Josh stop smoking. Yay

http://www.herroom.com/Goddess-6090-Keira-Banded-Underwire-Bra.shtml

Finally a bra that fits, is comfortable and comes in pretty colors. The winner is 36 J. I have been wearing ill fitting bras for years and it is wonderful to finally have found a good one. I may not have lost much weight lately but my shirts are loose, (probably mostly due to decent bras). I'm about to weigh myself. I'm nearly holding my breath.

Sick

Turns out when I'm sick I'm a huge diet baby. I had pasta and some cake.
I had been doin so well. I did check and no weight gain but Sure no loss either.
O well yesterday is the past and no way to cange it. I'll try to be good but hmm
I'm not sure it will happen.

500 Calories !!!!

So it turns out people who eat right are skinny for a reason. A million years ago I bought a program called calorie king. I always liked it but never used it. Yesterday i thought i would see what the calorie content of our meals were racking up to. So here goes. we had one cup coffee with 2tbs of fatfree coffe mate cream and 1/2C Strawberrys (yum) for lunch we had orange ruffy fish with lemon along with steamed broccli and cauliflower added some lemon pepper for taste. Snack was 1/2 a large apple Mike and I shared. Dinner was so good. we had 4oz rump roast with tbs of bbq sause one slice of sourdough bread and a small salad with butter lettuce and more cauliflower toped with 1tbs of fatfree ranch. Now by no means was there a feeling of OOO im so full thoughout the day but was not starvig either. this totalled up to 673 calories FOR THE WHOLE DAY!!!!! We also have a fantastic park not but a few mins away with some hikeing trails which we did for about an hour. No only was it so much fun to walk thru the tree but it also burned about 223 calories while doing it. giving me a total for the day of 443 calories for the day. I was in shock in awwww. and rewarded my self with one bite of the italian cream cake thats in my fridge. LOL that is not added to the 443 but im sure just that one bite put me back over 500 calories for the days total. either way it helped me lose two pounds. I know its not very good for us to eat so low cal so were going to try to add some extra meat to give us a boost for today but wow who would have ever thought.

Peanut Butter

Well one lost is better than one gained is all I can say. So I also have lost 2.1 pound only 37 more to go in 44 days. Yumy chocolate lol. Okay so we have gone to extreem good eattin. 4oz protin 1/2 the plate veg and one small carb. and I mean really small. Side effect I smell like peanut butter!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really why????? why would eatting a good diet make you smell funny. I just dont get it.

205.2

Just one measly pound lost in one full week. I could say THIS SHIT SUCKS! or I could say, great at this rate I will weigh 153 by this time next year!

I didn't give anyone permission to use me as a model!!

Look Who Is Counting!!!

lol... REALLY 8 DAYS lol. I does not feel like it has been 8 days. I have been a bad bad girl. and apearntly its been going on for 8 days. I am back on track today 100% for today anyways lol. I bought some fish, chicken. Big good is so hard. I have 45 days to lose 39 pounds or I owe Josh $100.00. I better stay on track or its not going to happen. Hmm I should just write the check now lol.

If you keep on going the way your going.
You'll end up getting to where your heading.
What direction are you aiming for?

Nonfat Back

Okay so I did see Mr. peanut yesterday but it was a brief visit, just a handful of him. I can't help myself he is in my cupboard taunting me. As much as I have a compulsive urge to constantly weigh myself I am waiting until tomorrow. No special reason, just an excercise in restraint. I suspect I have lost at least some weight because I have no fat on my back, and that is a pleasant sight for me. I absolutely cannot believe that I allowed myself to become so unhealthily obese. On a positive note I found a low cal, no carb dressing that I love. Of course I do not really believe it has no calories but that is what it says on the bottle. Sadly boobies are not shrinking. 8 days no blog April?

REALLY!

Identify what you want and go for it!

-2 ounces

Since Thursday I have only lost 2 ounces. I am not exactly shocked by this. Mr.Peanut, the Planter's peanut dude became my bestest friend this week. I knew he was bad for me and even tried cheating on him with his half brother low salt Peanuts. No dice, couldn't go there. I'm breaking up with him so we will see how that works out. The only problem that I can see with this is that I have three jars in my cupboard. I have been working on a house this weekend and I have not been keeping myself properly hydrated. I went through this a couple of weeks ago so I should know better. I am so anxious to get under the 200 lb mark. When I accomplish that I will feel so relieved. I don't know why that is such abig deal for me because at 200lbs, I will still have a great deal of weight to lose.

BOOBIES

Well new bras arrived today and they don't even sort of fit. Band is gigantic and cup is tiny. So I'm guessing I'm a 36 H? I maybe? This shit sucks! Any who just wanted to share my bust adventures. Today I came to the conclusion that I love my body. I don't exactly love the way that it looks but I love that it works. Stopped taking the appetite suppressant and really don't miss them. I'm working on finding something herbal without caffeine to replace them with. Who ever said that you are what you eat really wasn't kidding. My skin is so clear right now and I attribute it to the improvement in my diet. This could be my imagination but I swear the cellulite on my rear has all but disapeared. Who ever said that you can't get rid of cellulite is a damn liar.

Rather than aiming for being perfect.
Try being a little better than you were yesterday.

Weight loss goal for next month 15 pounds

Dr.'s scale weight as of today 206.2

April 10, 2011 goal weight 191.2

Can I do it?

I think so.

Maybe.

I dunno.

It's not berry season yet, but you can't tell.

The stores are filled with beautiful delicious berries that are fragrant and taste even better. Also not high in carbs, (especially if you are just eating a handful). I have raspberries ad strawberries in the fridge right now.

NOT LOST 20 POUNDS

Well I am very happy for the Lydia and her 20 pounds that is fantastic. My friend Jen has lost 46 so far she is taking the same pills as you. I however may have very well gone backwards. I was doing so well and then we brought Annie a friend of Mikes over to the house for a few days from corpus and there is no diet or gym going on here now. God only knows if ill be able to keep from gaining weight but ill try.

Things that weigh 20 pounds.

2o8!! To celebrate my 20 pound weight loss I am posting pictures of things that weigh 20 pounds. I stole this idea and pictures off of someone elses blog.

20 pound tire

20 pound fish

20 pound dude (LOL)

So basically I was carrying this little guy around with me 24/7.

That's kind of creepy!

Official Dr's scale weigh in 209.6

I think I can, I think can, I think I can.

Picture Day

I took a close up photograph of my face today. Of course my hair was completely flat on the top and frizzed out on the bottom and I didn't have any make up on whatsoever. I am going to take a photo of myself each week so that I can see how I my face changes with my weight loss. I can honestly see a difference, not much of a difference with my body but there is definately a difference in my face. My double chin is smaller LOL. It was a bad picture but I have taken worse. I think my breasts lost a little mass so when I get my size 36 quadruple giant bras they probably won't fit, but if I pay return postage to freaking England I will be able to get the correct size but then by the time those get here they may not fit either sigh.... I have exactly one bra that sort of fits me. But I guess I shouldn't be whining about needing new bras because I am losing weight and that is not a bad trade off. Maybe I will be able to actually buy a bra in a store some day soon. One can always hope. Cooking for the family doesn't even bother me aymore, I have no desire to eat anything that is bad for me (most of the time anyway). I still can't say no to birthday cake. I started thinking about what I have done differently this week as opposed to last week when I actually gained weight and I think that the most important difference is that I drank a lot of water. I know that staying properly hydrated is so important for my body t o function and to lose weight. Do not eat anything without drinking at least one glass of water. That's my health advice for the day. Okay one more thing as this is important I don't care what anyone says, take a multivitamin. I don't like taking regular vitamins, they nauseate me I only do a liquid or chewable.

I am in shock!

I lost a few more pounds 212. I can do this. I don't know how I am losing so fast but I'm not complaining. My official weigh in at the Dr's office is on Monday, I don't think I will quite believe it til I weigh myself there. Maybe the scale is busted?? I'll keep you updated. I was bad bad bad, went to a birthday party and skipped the pizza but ate a small piece of cake. I think that I may think it is a sin not to eat birthday cake. It was homemade, I am trying to convince myself that it has less than 20 carbs in it and that it won't effect my weight loss.

Steak and Veg

we made a yumy Steak with vegs and salad

•Grilled or Pan-fried Steak (5 oz raw)
•1 cup green beans, prepared as you like them
•1 cup Mushroom and Peppers with Wine and Herbs ( see recipe )

Ingredients:
•1 cup chopped red Bell pepper
•8 oz sliced mushrooms
•2 cloves garlic
•1 t dried thyme or 1 T fresh thyme
•2 T dry white wine or chicken stock
•small amount of olive oil to coat pan
Preparation:
Heat the oil in the pan on medium-high, and add the mushrooms. Cook until they begin to brown and add the peppers. Cook for 2-3 minutes,and then add salt and pepper, and the garlic and herbs. Cook for 30 more seconds (don't burn the garlic!), and add the wine or stock. Cook until the liquid evaporates.

Makes two pretty large servings, each with 7 grams of carb plus 3 grams of fiber.

Creamy Southwest Chicken

This skillet chicken dish is one you can have on the table in 20 minutes, start to finish, using canned green chiles and shredded cheese. The chiles are mild, so this isn't a spicy dish, but is a tasty one. Serve with refried beans and/or a salad and sliced avocado.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutesIngredients:
•1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
•1/4 C minced onion
•2 cloves minced garlic
•6-8 oz canned chopped green chiles (depending on can size)
•Optional: small amt of chicken stock or Better than Boullion
•1/4 C cream
•1/3 C shredded cheddar or jack cheese
•Olive oil
•Salt, pepper
Preparation:
1) Heat large skillet with oil.

2) Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and season with salt and pepper. Saute' till brown on both sides, adding onions about half way through.

3) Add garlic and cook for another minute.

4) If needed, deglaze the pan with a little water or chicken stock. Add 1 teaspoon Better Than Bouillon if desired.

5) Add green chiles and cream, and simmer until chicken is done and sauce is thickened.

6) Top with cheese, and serve when cheese melts.

Optional garnish: avocado slices; cilantro

Makes 3-4 servings

Nutritional Analysis for each of 3 servings: 4.5 grams of effective carbohydrate plus 1.5 grams fiber, 38 grams protein, 18 grams of fat, 347 calories.

The Race Is On

1st PLACE Lydia 15 pounds

2nd PLACE Angela 10 pounds

3rd PLACE April 6 pounds

good job girls!!!!!!

Looks like ill have to get my butt in gear or y'all will whip my butt.

215.4 YES!!!!

I don't know why I weighed myself, probably just looking for an excuse to eat a Zinger. The actually scale said 211.4 but I happento know that it is 4 pounds off. I'm pretty pleased with myself, it's a start.