Day 6

Well Todd's on board with me now, so we have 3 of us doing it. It's nice because we can all feel hungry and non-satisfied together. I have lost 8 lbs as of this morning. My pants felt a little bigger by yesterday afternoon. I still am really struggling with being hungry and that is not supposed to be part of it. But some of it is, I think, just cravings. I miss my chocolate and my sweets it sure is hard to cut those out.

It's not even potatoes and such that I still crave. It's stuff like bacon and tuna, or popcorn. Those are the things that get me. I do really good and can forget about food for the most part until I have to fix something for the little ones. Then a pb&j looks pretty darn tempting.

But when I wake up and weigh myself it feels pretty darn good to know that I am loosing and it is worth it! Todd and I were talking last night. When you introduce things back in at the end of 21 day, you start with fats. You still have to keep sugar, starches, and carbs out. And when we do the fats we still want to keep it lean fats. I want to make this a life style change not just some fad. I want to try knew things. We ate fish last night and it turned out pretty good. I don't like fish and this wasn't fishy at all. So maybe once and a while I can cook that for the fam for some variety, even when were done with the "diet" part.

So wish me luck today, while I think of food non stop. The good part is that focusing on food all the time has helped with taking my mind off of Todd's job and not being able to buy a house.

HCG?!

So, I am totally NOT a big fad-diet person. In fact I have never fallowed a specific diet. The theory in our house is eat less move more. I've tried moving more and eating less, but not as diligently as I should or could. The chocolate just calls my name too much!

But Mom came to me a few days ago and said my cousin sells the HCG diet stuff and would I like to try it with her. I, very reluctantly, am trying it. But if I am going to do I am doing my best to not break ANY rules!

Day one and two is gorging as much as you can. Eating anything and everything. The first day I made myself sick! The second day I still ate a lot but not all junk. I kept it to bigger portions and heavy on the snacking. It supposedly helps with the diet. But I am not sure...I was STARVING yesterday, which was the first day of low-calorie eating. Basically you eat about 500 calories a day and those come from very specific foods. The HCG spray that I used is supposed to help with my hunger...but....No, really, it does a little but not enough to stop it from rumbling!

Insane! I know! But day four so far, I am not as hungry but I sure can feel my energy dropping. I try to eat as much as I can of my portions allowed. Meaning I can have a HUGE heap of lettuce for my dinner and 4 oz of certain lean meats. So that's what I eat. I also discovered that even eating like a rabbit tastes good when your starving!

So my weight ticker is counting what I have lost since starting my insane diet. I am sure I will gain a little back when I start to add other foods back in. But my overall goal is too keep at least 1/2 off of what I initially loose, hopefully more maybe only gain back 5 lbs or something.

The BIG down side to this is I don't have enough energy to run. But I ran the other day and did pretty good. This extreme part is supposed to only last 21 days so as soon as that is over it's back to running! I am not giving up on the 5k I still really want to do it!

Wish me luck!

I'm doin it!

I am going to sign up today for my first 5k. I will sign up this morning and the run is on April 17th? some where in there I don't have my calendar with me. I figure if I don't sign up now than I won't ever sign up...so here it goes.

Another Week

Bad news, I didn't exercise very much this week. Good news is...holding steady on the weight. So over all not too shabby of a week.

quick update

I haven't worked out for a couple of day because I have had to take the kids to school at 7:30 and I spend the day in provo. But I have been REALLY watching my portion control and so far the results are good -2 lbs. YAY! So I'll keep it up HURRAY!

Tae Bo day 2

So far so good. I did another day today. Just a little Ib profen to go to bed last night but enough to feel like it was a good work out!

I am off beat on the movie just a little because I need to wait for the ripples to stop after I do a kick. Sometimes I think you can hear the fat rippling back...Plus I swear he adds an extra count with out any one noticing or they do notice but aren't getting paid enough to say anything about it :-)

On the good side though, I really can tell a difference from a couple of years ago when I first tried. I make it all the way through the routine with out passing out or throwing up (although I did feel pretty nauseated the other day when I tried it) I also notice that if I eat a good breakfast not too late in the morning I don't feel so hungry. I have been working on my portion control. My mom and I have gone to smaller plates at dinner. Sometimes I go back for seconds but even that is getting less frequent and smaller amounts.

Lets keep this going and I might loose another lb or 2!

What doesn't kill you will make you stronger...

Ok, so I feel like the lady that goes on all the diet fads then decides they don't work, except for it's not diets its exercise plans, and it's probably not the plan but the girl that can't stick with them(me).

So here we go again. I know it's been awhile since I posted last but a new year, a new beginning, a new healthier me! I haven't been terrible at working out, but just not very consistent. I did Tae Bo this morning and I felt like it kicked my butt. But my stamina stayed with it pretty good, although I don't think that I will be able to walk tomorrow with out the help of my friend Mr. Ib Profen. Maybe the skinny girls on the video will keep me motivated. I want to have abs like those!

My sis-in-law wants to run a 5K this summer, so I sure hope I can do it with her. It's not too far to go and I CAN DO IT! I am sure it will be pretty slow going for me, but I think I can do it with in a 1/2 hour :-) So a few new goals and new year resolution...now I better go shower, I don't think I smell so hot...