Well, Vegas has come and gone. Congrats to London and Gio for their nuptials. The are a very beautiful couple. :) While I was in Vegas, I had a ton of fun. If I wanted to eat something, I ate it. I didn't worry about carbs as I had in - n - out, Krispy Kreme, and tons of other stuff I shouldn't have had. We went all over the place and experienced some new things together. A Vegas wedding, seeing the Wynn together and the Grand Canyon. Of all my experiences, the Grand Canyon was my favorite. It was a 5 hour drive, each way, but completely and totally worth it. I kinda thought Elvis might propose while we were there... but alas, my ring finger is still completely naked. :(
When I got back from Vegas, I hoped on the scale. It read 289. UGH! Really?! Once again, I was back up to almost my starting weight - back in August. While I was doing the advocare, I had gained a few lbs as well. I never saw the 13 lb weight loss that my friend had. I decided against spending a ton of money on their 24 day challenge. I would go back to Atkins when I came back from Vegas. I know how to work that. On my flight there, I read part of the Atkins book. Things are starting to make sense for me. :)
I started back on Atkins on Thursday morning. Starting weight - 289. Today is Sunday. I weigh every day, twice (atleast). The scale read 278.5 this morning! So in 3 days I've lost 10.5 lbs! Yea!!! I'm doing things a little bit differently than I have in the past. If I want to eat something that I haven't prepared myself, I google the carbs on it. I didn't realize just how many hidden carbs I was eating!!! No wonder I wasn't losing weight. No wonder I still had massive amounts of cravings!!! So this time, I'm either cooking it myself, or researching it BEFORE I eat it! I'm back on track and loving it.
Tuesday, I start a new challenge with an Atkins group I belong to. It's a "Move to Lose" challenge and my goal is 30 miles in 30 days. That's not too bad. Surely I can walk a mile every day. I've already planned out my route. It's a fancy part of my neighborhood and I'll get to watch them putting up all their holiday decorations. That should be really nice to see.
I love the holidays. I love decorating, planning out my shopping lists and wrapping packages. I love having a tree up. I love colder weather. I love the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. I love going to Florida to visit my family and having our "Christmas" 2 weeks before the actual holiday. This is my favorite time of year. I just need to make sure my food stays in check. No need for me to go off the deep end and cause myself pain, weight gain and disappointment. Ya know?
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Just some thoughts
So far, so good.. I'm down 17.5 lbs now. In the grand scope of things, that's about 10% of what I needed to lose to be at what Doctors say is my ideal weight. To reach my goal, I started needing to lose 95 lbs. So, I've lost 18.5% of my weight. I've gotten so many compliments. People are noticing the weight loss! I'm so proud of what I've done so far. I'm by no means done with my journey. I'm just beginning. I'm so excited too.
I'm starting a new program soon. It's called Advocare. I'll be taking a Metabolism booster called Thermo and a energy drink called Spark. One of my good friends lost 13 lbs in 2 weeks from that with out even trying! She ate anything she wanted. Now, I'll still continue to eat as healthy as possible, however I can't do Atkins and Advocare at the same time. Spark has 10 carbs in it, but it's not sugar. I'm not sure what the carbs are though. I'll have to research that. They have a 24 day challenge that I'll start when I get back from Vegas. I want to start it on October 30 or 31. Because that will mean I finish it just before Thanksgiving. :) so far, my friend has lost 6.5 lbs on the challenge. That means she's lost 20 lbs so far! I KNOW I can do as good! :)
I'm so happy. Im so blessed. I sat down and talked to a lady at work last night. She's been through some serious things in her life. Her son killed himself. Her husband beat her. She moved away from her entire family. She's had it rough! We talked about where I came from. I think that sometimes I don't really realize where that was. I told her about my Husband. About what I went through. About my Gastric Bypass. Now, I don't really tell everyone I had gastric bypass because then people look at me and think well that didn't work. That's frustrating for me. I have to tell people that I used to be 420 lbs. People don't believe that. You might not even believe that. I'll show you a picture to prove it. I told her about the divorce. About dating Doug. About the drinking and the scary destructive path I was on. And then about the blessing I've received. About Elvis. About what his love, patience, understanding and caring has done for me. What I've been able to accomplish with that kind of support. How that has changed my life. How that has changed my outlook. I wouldn't have been able to do any of this on my own. The support that I've gotten is incredible. He's stood behind me while I've quit smoking. He's stood behind me while I've quit drinking sodas. He's stood behind me while I've stopped drinking. Now he's standing by me while I'm losing weight. Thank you God, for giving me such an incredible man. Thank you for blessing me with him. You know exactly what I need. I also know that if I hadn't have been through ALL of that other stuff, I wouldn't be at the place I am RIGHT NOW. And that as HORRIBLE as things were, I wouldn't trade ANY of it. Because this is the best I've ever felt.
Here is the promised picture...
I'm starting a new program soon. It's called Advocare. I'll be taking a Metabolism booster called Thermo and a energy drink called Spark. One of my good friends lost 13 lbs in 2 weeks from that with out even trying! She ate anything she wanted. Now, I'll still continue to eat as healthy as possible, however I can't do Atkins and Advocare at the same time. Spark has 10 carbs in it, but it's not sugar. I'm not sure what the carbs are though. I'll have to research that. They have a 24 day challenge that I'll start when I get back from Vegas. I want to start it on October 30 or 31. Because that will mean I finish it just before Thanksgiving. :) so far, my friend has lost 6.5 lbs on the challenge. That means she's lost 20 lbs so far! I KNOW I can do as good! :)
I'm so happy. Im so blessed. I sat down and talked to a lady at work last night. She's been through some serious things in her life. Her son killed himself. Her husband beat her. She moved away from her entire family. She's had it rough! We talked about where I came from. I think that sometimes I don't really realize where that was. I told her about my Husband. About what I went through. About my Gastric Bypass. Now, I don't really tell everyone I had gastric bypass because then people look at me and think well that didn't work. That's frustrating for me. I have to tell people that I used to be 420 lbs. People don't believe that. You might not even believe that. I'll show you a picture to prove it. I told her about the divorce. About dating Doug. About the drinking and the scary destructive path I was on. And then about the blessing I've received. About Elvis. About what his love, patience, understanding and caring has done for me. What I've been able to accomplish with that kind of support. How that has changed my life. How that has changed my outlook. I wouldn't have been able to do any of this on my own. The support that I've gotten is incredible. He's stood behind me while I've quit smoking. He's stood behind me while I've quit drinking sodas. He's stood behind me while I've stopped drinking. Now he's standing by me while I'm losing weight. Thank you God, for giving me such an incredible man. Thank you for blessing me with him. You know exactly what I need. I also know that if I hadn't have been through ALL of that other stuff, I wouldn't be at the place I am RIGHT NOW. And that as HORRIBLE as things were, I wouldn't trade ANY of it. Because this is the best I've ever felt.
Here is the promised picture...
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| Me at 420 lbs in Jamaica |
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Observations, Contemplations and Wishes
So I've moved past the cheating. I've realized that if I cheat, it's not the end of the world. It's not the end of the day even! I just get back on it. I've lost all the weight that I gained back during Elvis's birthday!!! :)
I've been thinking about donuts for almost 2 weeks! Today, I walked past a box at work and I even stopped to smell it. OMG, it smelled SO good!!! I really really wanted one. But I walked away. I only really think about cheating during the weekends. During the week, I don't have time!!
I've realized that at work, I drink coffee, ice water and when I get off I come home to eat "lunch". Today I had 3 cheese sticks, some cauliflower, broccoli, french onion dip, some honey ham sandwich meat, some cheddar cheese and 2 sugar free peanut butter cups. Tonight, I'll probably have 2 slices of bacon and scrambled eggs with bell pepper, salsa and a little cheddar cheese. I don't feel as fat as I did last week. That makes me feel better. :)
I've been watching one of my best friends as she's started on a new journey. She's doing Advocare. She lost 13 lbs the first 2 weeks. She started the 24 day cleanse 3 days ago and has los another 6.5... That's 20 lbs in 2 weeks and 3 days!!! I'm so excited for her. I am so excited, infact, that I'm really thinking of doing it myself! Her first 2 weeks were on a metabolism booster and energy drinks. That is how she lost the 13 lbs the first 2 weeks. So that's what I'm contemplating. I want to try the metabolism booster and the energy drinks. I"m going to try them after she sends them. We'll see how I feel with them. It'll mean going off of the low carb diet. That does make me nervous. But we'll just see how it goes. The thought of losing 13 lbs in the first 2 weeks... that would be almost as much as I've lost the whole time I've been on the Low Carb diet. I'm hoping that I'll see the kind of weight loss that she has.. that would put me at 30 lbs lost.. It would make me so incredibly happy.
I'm still hoping for a ring... Vegas is only 3 weeks away. I doubt he's going to pop the question... I hope so though. :)
I've been thinking about donuts for almost 2 weeks! Today, I walked past a box at work and I even stopped to smell it. OMG, it smelled SO good!!! I really really wanted one. But I walked away. I only really think about cheating during the weekends. During the week, I don't have time!!
I've realized that at work, I drink coffee, ice water and when I get off I come home to eat "lunch". Today I had 3 cheese sticks, some cauliflower, broccoli, french onion dip, some honey ham sandwich meat, some cheddar cheese and 2 sugar free peanut butter cups. Tonight, I'll probably have 2 slices of bacon and scrambled eggs with bell pepper, salsa and a little cheddar cheese. I don't feel as fat as I did last week. That makes me feel better. :)
I've been watching one of my best friends as she's started on a new journey. She's doing Advocare. She lost 13 lbs the first 2 weeks. She started the 24 day cleanse 3 days ago and has los another 6.5... That's 20 lbs in 2 weeks and 3 days!!! I'm so excited for her. I am so excited, infact, that I'm really thinking of doing it myself! Her first 2 weeks were on a metabolism booster and energy drinks. That is how she lost the 13 lbs the first 2 weeks. So that's what I'm contemplating. I want to try the metabolism booster and the energy drinks. I"m going to try them after she sends them. We'll see how I feel with them. It'll mean going off of the low carb diet. That does make me nervous. But we'll just see how it goes. The thought of losing 13 lbs in the first 2 weeks... that would be almost as much as I've lost the whole time I've been on the Low Carb diet. I'm hoping that I'll see the kind of weight loss that she has.. that would put me at 30 lbs lost.. It would make me so incredibly happy.
I'm still hoping for a ring... Vegas is only 3 weeks away. I doubt he's going to pop the question... I hope so though. :)
Saturday, October 1, 2011
*sigh*
So after my awesome success last week, I had a major set back. It was a planned cheat, but I never thought it would get to those levels. Elvis's birthday was on Sunday. I cheated from Saturday to Monday. I ate EVERYTHING in sight. Cake at nearly every meal. Kolaches, Jamba Juice, pasta. Mexican food, cake and lots of chocolate. I knew what I was doing, and knew it would mess me up. I knew I would regret this later.
On Tuesday, I climbed back on the scale after misbehaving for so long. What did I see? 289!!! In 3 days, I had managed to gain 10 lbs!!! How in the world did I do that? Then my mind went back to the cake... and the chocolate. I was so pissed at myself. I restarted the diet and in 3 days I've lost 7 of those 10 lbs. I'm still very annoyed with myself. Today I'm at 282.
On top of 10 lbs gained last weekend, we gained some amazing memories. We went to the Johnson Space Center for Elvis's birthday. We had an amazing time. We also went to the Southwest Airlines Spirit Party at Johnson Space center a couple of days later. Elvis took this one picture of me at the Space Center. I think it's the best picture I've ever taken. What do you think?
Here lately, getting married is all I can think of. I really wish he'd propose. I know what dress I want to go try on, I know alot of the stuff I'd like to do for our wedding. I just have to wait until he asks before I can tell him any of it.
Ren Fair starts next weekend, the weekend after we have a trip to Orlando, and the weekend after that, we're going to Vegas! Maybe he'll ask me there. The rest of this year will certainly be a blur... :)
On Tuesday, I climbed back on the scale after misbehaving for so long. What did I see? 289!!! In 3 days, I had managed to gain 10 lbs!!! How in the world did I do that? Then my mind went back to the cake... and the chocolate. I was so pissed at myself. I restarted the diet and in 3 days I've lost 7 of those 10 lbs. I'm still very annoyed with myself. Today I'm at 282.
On top of 10 lbs gained last weekend, we gained some amazing memories. We went to the Johnson Space Center for Elvis's birthday. We had an amazing time. We also went to the Southwest Airlines Spirit Party at Johnson Space center a couple of days later. Elvis took this one picture of me at the Space Center. I think it's the best picture I've ever taken. What do you think?
Here lately, getting married is all I can think of. I really wish he'd propose. I know what dress I want to go try on, I know alot of the stuff I'd like to do for our wedding. I just have to wait until he asks before I can tell him any of it.
Ren Fair starts next weekend, the weekend after we have a trip to Orlando, and the weekend after that, we're going to Vegas! Maybe he'll ask me there. The rest of this year will certainly be a blur... :)
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