Going well

I reached 211 today. In no way have I been reaching my 2 pounds a week goal but I'm still headed in the right direction which is all I can really ask for. I have not been really good the last few weeks but eating so much betting then I used to. while I dont think ill reach my goal of 180 by the end of July I might get close. To be honest I would be extatic to get under 200 by the end of the summer.

Well I have managed to keep 25 plus pounds of weight off which is great but I don't really feel particularly accomplished. I think that if I am going to be successful I just have to go all out. I have been way to extravagant with my diet lately. I look at the pictures that I took in Nashville and I can see that the weight loss is significant. My new bra size is 34 G double G. Is there even such a thing. God's sense of humor I guess. Really Lord am fine with a 34 inch back, can you please take some off my gut or butt even? PLEASE Okay I am begging you. I know that I will lose a bunch of weight with my new job as I will b constantly on the move, it's a very physical job. 50lb photo cart, lots of walking moving bending for shots. I'm looking forward to it. I have my childcare all worked out but I haven't started yet so still a bit nervous that for some reason it will not happen. I am a bit of a pessimist that way I guess. If I don't kick it into gear soon, April is going to catch up with me on the weight loss. I am a bit competitive, I have always known that about myself but I really didn't realize how competitive I was until Yang pointed it out to me. I have started drinking Vanilla Silk shakes. Probably not low on the glycemic index but very low cal. I have decided that I am sending L away for college, I will miss her but she really needs to get out on her own. I am a stress eater and she certainly does not make my life any easier. maybe I would have been like her as a teen if I had me as a mother. I am glad she is what she is though. It will get her farther in life than I have gone that is for sure. It's hard to say who or what I would have been under different circumstances. I'm kind of in a funk right now.

Going going keep that motivation going

So far I am down to 212 a new low yay. I think in really starting to get a Handel on my life with food. I started this diet with my friends as always. I assumed we would all last two weeks top and be back to are old ways. Done are still going strong an this time one of them is me. I am very proud of my self. I have never made it this long before. Now having that said have I been good every day 100% of the time no way. But tue important thing is I don't get mad at my self for having a yummy meal and go right back to low carb way that next meal or day. Who knew all I had to do was cut the bread. I have heard it over and over again but I was addicted to it and could not live with out. Now I only get sourdough or low carb wraps. White potatos they are a thing of the past if I'm really craving a cut up two very small red potato or just have a yam. I have been reading alot on the glycemic index and the loads of foods. They said if you can get the Gl low the weight would start to come off with almost no effort and they were soooo right.

I hope to keep up the good work and get to a healthy weight with in the next 12 months.

-2 , +2 = :(

One week I lose two pounds than next week gain two pounds it's really starting to pissing me off grrrr

Bunless Burgers

Today we had burgers with out the bun.
We used a 4oz of 96% fat free ground beef made into a very flat patty
season with pepper, cayenne pepper, and garlic. Melt 1/2oz of fat free
Mozzarella cheese and top with 1.5oz of baby bella mushrooms. On the side
we had 1.7oz of sliced avocado with a pinch of salt. To keep burgers from becoming dry add a little watter when the pan starts to dry. Use the same pan to cook the mushrooms to add flavor and again add water or chicken stock if the pan becomes dry. I also put a dab of mustard for dipping.

This meal came out to
264 Cals
12.6 Grams of fat
7.7 Carbs
3.9 Grams of fiber
30.5 Grams of Protin

Week seven

Tomorrow is week seven. So far I have lost 10 pounds. Which is good always better to lose in 7weeks of trying than gain. I however feel no different and look no different from what I can tell. Clothes are all still tight and the naked body is well no fun to look at. I was hoping for more loss and more of a noticeable change but on the bright side I am 1/4 of the way to my first goal!!! I really want to lose these 40 (now 30) pounds. I am thinking about going to San Diego with my family at the end of July. I know that I'm supposed to lose all the weight by May 1st but there is no way that is going to happen so my new goal for my self is 180 by July 25th. That is 15 weeks away, so I'll need to lose two pounds a week. Great thing is I'm already loosing a little more then 1 pound per week so just a little more exercise and I should be able to make two pounds a weeks. Other good thing is 2 pounds a week is the recommended goal.

To Many Carbs 216

I knew it was going to happen but at least it was only a few ounces. I had a doughnut and 5 dove chocolate squares. O how they were so good. Lunch I had a BBQ Plate. However The BBQ was just nasty so I skipped it, the potato salad had onions so I had about half a cup. The pinto beans I ate all of. For dinner we had green chili (roast with green chilis and tomatos) along with home made red beans. Turns our red beans are better for you then pinto beans and to me they teast the same. Today I had half a cup of coffee (trying to get off the junk AGAIN) and fat free yogurt. For lunch we are having half a slice of sour dough bread. BBQ Roast and half an ounce of cheese. Dinner is chicken stir fry. We have found a stir fry sauce that is zero fat, low cal, and very spicy which really just makes it by far one of our fav healthy meals so far. What has amazed me the most is that some days we eat way less then 1000 cals. When before I was never able to get down to 1200 cals a day now Im adding things to make it get above 500. I am also started to see a change in mike. He was sure i was starving him when i first started weighing our food and only giving him 2-4 ounces of meat and half a plate of vegs with no extra carbs. However it seems he is getting used to it and even when we are being bad he is not so fast to eat a meal made for 7 people.

203

Should have weighed myself on Monday, then I would feel good about my weight loss. As it is I just feel stagnant.

215.4 A new low

Yay a new low for me. Moves me just a little bit closer to my goal. Im not sure that ill lose any more today as we had many more crabs today then any one should have while trying to lose weight. But then again my goal is almost no carbs so who knows.

218.2 and we start again

So I am still down from my start weight of 225 but two pounds more then the 216 I got down to. If I can lose 7 pounds and really keep it off each time we try I might really be getting some where. So here it to my next 7 pounds or maybe even ten. As for my may 1st goal that is a goner 36 pounds and only 26 days to do it there is just no way. I however refuse to call it a loss. While Josh was unwilling to change the end date it would be unfair to be hard on my self for not being able to lose weight durring one of the hardest most sad parts of my life. So my goal of 180 is still on but it's so I can be healthy and make Josh stop smoking. Which in return will help with my dad stoping. So here is to just being healthy.

Back on track

Tomorrow is back to eating right planning meals ahead of time and no more eating out. Now that dad has bought a house I really need to start saving. We have a budget of 250$ for two weeks of food but we always go over and some times by alot. I new to figuer out some way to eat healthy and not pay a small fortune. I also need to get in to Bette shape before we move. I wantto be able to go hiking an swimming and look half way good while doing. I also miss my friend lydia and plan to track her down today.

Diet starts again today

I went to Nashville after a crazy tense 2 weeks. I'm guessing that I gained 5 plus pounds. I'm not even weighing in today. Please see Wisdom blog for full details. Been arguing with husband, and shoved a bunch of crap in my mouth yesterday to try and make myself feel better. Of course I just feel fat today. My head hurts like mad.

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.