OMG, thank God the rain has finally stopped! It was ridiculous! There is so much flooding around here it is nuts!
I have been doing quite well on the diet...except last night I broke down and had 3 teaspoons of coffee ice cream! ack!
I haven't had dairy or anything since starting Ideal Protein and my sweetheart bought my fave ice cream. I figured a small amount like that would not be terrible and really, it was so delish! I am not sure if that much will really mess me up or not.
It's very different doing a diet where you have to be in ketosis than doing something like Weight Watchers where you can have a little cheat now and again so you feel like you aren't depriving yourself. Although my stomach was very rumbly after that-I think it was saying "what the heck is that and what am I supposed to do with it?!? Mmmm, I think I will mull it over awhile so you feel icky, so there!"
This will be a difficult week as it is because of Easter(so I know I should not have had that last night because there will a lot of temptation on the weekend!) We are having 2 Easter dinners because we are visiting my family up in Vermont and will be driving there Friday and driving back Sunday so we're doing Easter dinner on Saturday with my family. Then when we get back Sunday, we are going over a friend's house to have Easter with her family.
When you see all the delicious holiday food it is hard to always make the right decisions. I am bringing a vegetable dish to my family being I know people are making veggies I can't have. If I stick to ham and non-restricted vegetables I will be ok. The hard parts will be saying no to wine, bread and dessert....because these are a few of my favorite things! Bread being my #1!
I grew up in an Italian restaurant and there was always good crusty bread and good crusty bread made into garlic bread, as well. I can say no to cake and cookies but bread is a tough one!
I have been feeling much better the last few days now that I am measuring out my half teaspoon of sea salt every morning. Way less dizziness! My first mistake was not measuring out the salt before, my second mistake was thinking it was only 1/4 teaspoon I was supposed to have because I forgot the correct amount and hadn't read the information in awhile. Mistake #3 was thinking a sprinkle on lunch and a sprinkle on dinner was enough!
I don't use nearly enough so the last couple of days, after dinner, I take what sea salt is left and add it to a cup of cold water and drink it. It's kinda yucky but less headache and less dizziness is way more important than getting through a small amount of yuckiness!
Ok, I just went outside and I think those bastards lied about any sun shining today! Damn!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Weigh-In #5
I was down another 3.2 pounds this week! Yay!
I spoke with the nurse practitioner about the issue of my fainting last Tuesday and all the dizziness; being at least once day for the past week, I have thought I might faint again-usually upon standing from being bent over.
She thinks I probably have not been drinking enough water or using enough of the sea salt as the lack of those two could cause a sudden drop in my blood pressure upon standing up fast.
I do think she is probably correct because I am not usually a big salt user and while I do sprinkle it on both lunch and dinner, I am sure I am not using one half teaspoon. I also do not think I drink the full 64 ounces I am supposed to every single day.
Follow this diet to a "T" and it will work as it should and you will feel fine.
Back to the important matter of my ever decreasing weight...with this 3.2, I am officially down 15.8 pounds and a little over 16 on my scale(which I like better for obvious reasons!)
I want to give a big shout-out to my 1st and faithful follower Melissa, who lost 6.5 pounds her first week on Ideal Protein which is great! Her daughter lost 9! Oh, to be 20 again when the weigh loss goes faster! I am so proud of both of them! What a great start!
I am cooking dinner-baked chicken pieces with garlic and rosemary and sauteed zucchini and yellow squash, cut into strips and seasoned with garlic, basil, seasoned salt and black pepper...and a baked potato for my fiance with sour cream but none for me!
Then I am jumping on the cross-country ski machine while catching up on a show or two on the dvr. Then it's time to watch week 2 on Dancing With The Stars! Go hot British guy whose name I forget!
I spoke with the nurse practitioner about the issue of my fainting last Tuesday and all the dizziness; being at least once day for the past week, I have thought I might faint again-usually upon standing from being bent over.
She thinks I probably have not been drinking enough water or using enough of the sea salt as the lack of those two could cause a sudden drop in my blood pressure upon standing up fast.
I do think she is probably correct because I am not usually a big salt user and while I do sprinkle it on both lunch and dinner, I am sure I am not using one half teaspoon. I also do not think I drink the full 64 ounces I am supposed to every single day.
Follow this diet to a "T" and it will work as it should and you will feel fine.
Back to the important matter of my ever decreasing weight...with this 3.2, I am officially down 15.8 pounds and a little over 16 on my scale(which I like better for obvious reasons!)
I want to give a big shout-out to my 1st and faithful follower Melissa, who lost 6.5 pounds her first week on Ideal Protein which is great! Her daughter lost 9! Oh, to be 20 again when the weigh loss goes faster! I am so proud of both of them! What a great start!
I am cooking dinner-baked chicken pieces with garlic and rosemary and sauteed zucchini and yellow squash, cut into strips and seasoned with garlic, basil, seasoned salt and black pepper...and a baked potato for my fiance with sour cream but none for me!
Then I am jumping on the cross-country ski machine while catching up on a show or two on the dvr. Then it's time to watch week 2 on Dancing With The Stars! Go hot British guy whose name I forget!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday 3/28
Hi all!
I just posted a before and a current photo after 5 weeks on the Ideal Protein Diet. I am a little disappointed there isn't a bigger difference but I have to remember this is just a step on the journey and I have many more steps to take. 16 pounds is very good so far and I have to be happy with that.
I did not gain 40 pounds in 5 weeks so I certainly should not expect to lose it in 5 weeks!
I have my weigh-in tomorrow so will let you know how I did "officially."
ttyl!
I just posted a before and a current photo after 5 weeks on the Ideal Protein Diet. I am a little disappointed there isn't a bigger difference but I have to remember this is just a step on the journey and I have many more steps to take. 16 pounds is very good so far and I have to be happy with that.
I did not gain 40 pounds in 5 weeks so I certainly should not expect to lose it in 5 weeks!
I have my weigh-in tomorrow so will let you know how I did "officially."
ttyl!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
come saturday morning.......
I'm going away with my friends.....OK, so I am showing my age with that 1970 Sandpiper's lyric but it just came to mind.
This is just a quick post but I was sorta excited when I weighed myself this morning because on my scale I have lost 16 pounds now!
I have passed the 190 pound mark...the 180 pound mark..now to get past the 170 mark! yay!
In like another pound or two I will weigh the same as my skinny-ass...I mean FIT fiance!
Whoofreakinhoo!!!!!!
This is just a quick post but I was sorta excited when I weighed myself this morning because on my scale I have lost 16 pounds now!
I have passed the 190 pound mark...the 180 pound mark..now to get past the 170 mark! yay!
In like another pound or two I will weigh the same as my skinny-ass...I mean FIT fiance!
Whoofreakinhoo!!!!!!
Friday, March 26, 2010
weekend's here!
Hey there.
It has been a strange week for me. I have been dizzy a lot all week. I will speak to the nurse practitioner on Monday when I have my weigh-in.
I am sticking to the diet. I haven't had a glass of wine for about 2 1/2 weeks. I miss it but I'd rather be thin!
I haven't written much about what I am eating because I hate to be like a broken record.I am eating the same stuff all the time!
I have the cereal for breakfast, for lunch I usually have a big salad and alternate between the soup and the cappuccino drink. For dinner I make something sensible-a lean meat or fish of some sort and vegetables. At 9ish I have a snack-either one of the cran-granata bars or if I had soup for lunch, I'll have the cappuccino drink.
I feel like I am eating too much meat. I usually eat vegetarian some days and typically make pasta once a week or so. I have to have protein on this diet but can't have beans yet so I just bought a vegetarian ground beef substitute. I will try something with it on the weekend.
I really don't want to eat meat every day. I like the taste of meat-I like pork, chicken, beef is ok but not my fave. I do like roast beef and pot roast but am not a big steak eater. I like fish if it isn't fishy and love shrimp. I won't eat lamb or veal-I can't eat babies!
I would like to try being a vegetarian, or really a pescetarian but the fiance is not having it! Telling an Englishman you want to stop cooking meat is like sacrilege!
I just don't want to eat animals anymore I think.I never gave it much thought before but now it bothers me. I love animals and somehow I recently realized I feel bad about eating them.
I did try a new vegetable...new for me,not actually new anyway! I made roasted kale. It was pretty yummy.
I washed it, dried it, tore it into small pieces(off the stems) and tossed it in a bowl with 2 teaspoons of olive oil and a little crushed red pepper. I put it on cookie sheets and into a 375 degree oven. After 5 minutes I turned it over and cooked it for another 8 minutes.I then tossed it with some sea salt and it is crunchy and tasty. Sort of nice to snack on and good for you.
And to my regular reader Melissa-how was your first week on the Ideal Protein Diet? Did you do well? Fill me in!
It has been a strange week for me. I have been dizzy a lot all week. I will speak to the nurse practitioner on Monday when I have my weigh-in.
I am sticking to the diet. I haven't had a glass of wine for about 2 1/2 weeks. I miss it but I'd rather be thin!
I haven't written much about what I am eating because I hate to be like a broken record.I am eating the same stuff all the time!
I have the cereal for breakfast, for lunch I usually have a big salad and alternate between the soup and the cappuccino drink. For dinner I make something sensible-a lean meat or fish of some sort and vegetables. At 9ish I have a snack-either one of the cran-granata bars or if I had soup for lunch, I'll have the cappuccino drink.
I feel like I am eating too much meat. I usually eat vegetarian some days and typically make pasta once a week or so. I have to have protein on this diet but can't have beans yet so I just bought a vegetarian ground beef substitute. I will try something with it on the weekend.
I really don't want to eat meat every day. I like the taste of meat-I like pork, chicken, beef is ok but not my fave. I do like roast beef and pot roast but am not a big steak eater. I like fish if it isn't fishy and love shrimp. I won't eat lamb or veal-I can't eat babies!
I would like to try being a vegetarian, or really a pescetarian but the fiance is not having it! Telling an Englishman you want to stop cooking meat is like sacrilege!
I just don't want to eat animals anymore I think.I never gave it much thought before but now it bothers me. I love animals and somehow I recently realized I feel bad about eating them.
I did try a new vegetable...new for me,not actually new anyway! I made roasted kale. It was pretty yummy.
I washed it, dried it, tore it into small pieces(off the stems) and tossed it in a bowl with 2 teaspoons of olive oil and a little crushed red pepper. I put it on cookie sheets and into a 375 degree oven. After 5 minutes I turned it over and cooked it for another 8 minutes.I then tossed it with some sea salt and it is crunchy and tasty. Sort of nice to snack on and good for you.
And to my regular reader Melissa-how was your first week on the Ideal Protein Diet? Did you do well? Fill me in!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
wednesday
I have no idea if this has anything to do with the diet or something else but yesterday I didn't feel myself-a little dizzy, a little headache.
I had a bunch of things to do in the morning: dye my hair-because purple isn't really my natural color even though I tell people it is :)-shower-clean the bathroom, especially the wall where your purple semi-permanent color splatted. Stretching up high, bending down low....then got up fast and walked into the closet and as I looked at the hangers I got very dizzy so I thought that I leaned back into the shelf behind me and reached to grab the bar in front of me to steady myself but the next thing I knew I hit the floor very hard! Effing concrete floors under the carpet! Oowww!
So, apparently I fainted momentarily and slammed the side of my face and head into the rough carpet and concrete, hurt my neck and my wrist. I was laying there thinking why does everything hurt and why am I sleeping on the floor in the closet doorway?
The rest of the day I still felt crappy and dizzy and sore and my head hurt and wahwahwah!
Today I am even more sore, can't turn my neck and have my wrist in a brace and a headache that radiates from where I impacted the stupid floor...wah!
My blood pressure was lower than normal but not terribly low: 110/70, so well within the normal range.
No idea what was up with that. I figure if it happens again, I'll go to the doctor, so don't worry.
The scale this morning shows the same loss as my official weigh-in from Monday.
I only had 2 protein packs yesterday. I felt so weird after fainting, I just wanted some salad and some tuna so never had the Ideal Protein soup or cappuccino drink at lunch-time. Ate a light normal dinner, had the protein pack snack of one of the cran-granata bars. I really like those-very satisfying.
Today I am eating the normal diet. I was kind of tired of soup so I got more cappuccino drinks this time. For lunch, I had a salad with some cukes, red cabbage, red onion, baby spinach and then one of the cappuccinos for dessert. A nice change of pace. I think my last week's experiment was ok having all the same protein pack foods because I didn't really do any cheating all week. By this week, I was bored with all the sameness, but might try that again because it made it easy.
I also took a 25 minute walk. I wore a pedometer and I did about 3600 steps so it makes me wonder how the heck I will ever get to the recommended 10,000 a day! Damn you, Dr. Oz! I want to listen to you. You're so sincere and so knowledgeable and pretty darn handsome, as well! I want to do what you tell me!
Thank God you lose weight with this plan, exercise or not, though, but I really want not only the help with weight loss you get from exercise, I want the health benefits. I want better sleep(I really need help in this department), more muscle mass, more bone mass, less chance of heart disease and cancer...and probably things that I am not thinking of right now that it's also good for! I want those, too!
I had a bunch of things to do in the morning: dye my hair-because purple isn't really my natural color even though I tell people it is :)-shower-clean the bathroom, especially the wall where your purple semi-permanent color splatted. Stretching up high, bending down low....then got up fast and walked into the closet and as I looked at the hangers I got very dizzy so I thought that I leaned back into the shelf behind me and reached to grab the bar in front of me to steady myself but the next thing I knew I hit the floor very hard! Effing concrete floors under the carpet! Oowww!
So, apparently I fainted momentarily and slammed the side of my face and head into the rough carpet and concrete, hurt my neck and my wrist. I was laying there thinking why does everything hurt and why am I sleeping on the floor in the closet doorway?
The rest of the day I still felt crappy and dizzy and sore and my head hurt and wahwahwah!
Today I am even more sore, can't turn my neck and have my wrist in a brace and a headache that radiates from where I impacted the stupid floor...wah!
My blood pressure was lower than normal but not terribly low: 110/70, so well within the normal range.
No idea what was up with that. I figure if it happens again, I'll go to the doctor, so don't worry.
The scale this morning shows the same loss as my official weigh-in from Monday.
I only had 2 protein packs yesterday. I felt so weird after fainting, I just wanted some salad and some tuna so never had the Ideal Protein soup or cappuccino drink at lunch-time. Ate a light normal dinner, had the protein pack snack of one of the cran-granata bars. I really like those-very satisfying.
Today I am eating the normal diet. I was kind of tired of soup so I got more cappuccino drinks this time. For lunch, I had a salad with some cukes, red cabbage, red onion, baby spinach and then one of the cappuccinos for dessert. A nice change of pace. I think my last week's experiment was ok having all the same protein pack foods because I didn't really do any cheating all week. By this week, I was bored with all the sameness, but might try that again because it made it easy.
I also took a 25 minute walk. I wore a pedometer and I did about 3600 steps so it makes me wonder how the heck I will ever get to the recommended 10,000 a day! Damn you, Dr. Oz! I want to listen to you. You're so sincere and so knowledgeable and pretty darn handsome, as well! I want to do what you tell me!
Thank God you lose weight with this plan, exercise or not, though, but I really want not only the help with weight loss you get from exercise, I want the health benefits. I want better sleep(I really need help in this department), more muscle mass, more bone mass, less chance of heart disease and cancer...and probably things that I am not thinking of right now that it's also good for! I want those, too!
Monday, March 22, 2010
4 Wk Weigh-In
I was down another 1.6 lbs. That makes a total of 13.2 pound lost so far.
I guess that is pretty good although I am disappointed it isn't more. It's in the middle of the 12-15 I assumed I would be losing per month and insisted I would be happy with. Apparently I was thinking that would be the minimum I would lose and was sure I would actually do better than that!
Ha! Can't always get what you want!
Really, I am glad of losing 13.2 in 4 weeks, that's an average of 3.3 per week and the Ideal protein literature says women lose 3-4 a week typically. I wasn't losing that much with Weight Watchers even 4 years ago when I lost 40 pounds.
I am having a similar experience in that every other week I lose more. I get a disappointing week and then a happy week.
At this rate of 3.3 a week I could lose almost 40 lbs by my wedding. Although I will have to be careful once the alterations start. I don't want to be swimming in my dress on my wedding day.
Tonight I am thinking about going to a Bridal Expo because it's right in my town about a mile away. I don't really need any services being I have that all figured out already but people tell me you can win cool stuff like a honeymoon....so I guess I should go! It's really rainy and crappy today so I'd rather put on my jammies and get ready for the season premier of Dancing with the Stars. This year, more than all the others, I am thinking it should be called Dancing with the Who the Hell are These People?!
I mean Buzz Aldrin?! The guy is cool for an old fart because he was on the moon but damn, he is old! I hate Pam Anderson, she embarrasses me as a woman. I don't know that Pussycat Doll girl(because I don't listen to crappy pop music) but I already don't like her. This is the Skankaliscious Season I suppose. Eww!
And Kate Gosslin? WTF? How is this woman any sort of star?
I will looking forward to that hot British guy-no idea who he even is but he looks FINE on the commercials!
Ok, I have covered Ideal protein, my wedding and Dancing With the Stars...the 3 things that are important to me today!
I guess that is pretty good although I am disappointed it isn't more. It's in the middle of the 12-15 I assumed I would be losing per month and insisted I would be happy with. Apparently I was thinking that would be the minimum I would lose and was sure I would actually do better than that!
Ha! Can't always get what you want!
Really, I am glad of losing 13.2 in 4 weeks, that's an average of 3.3 per week and the Ideal protein literature says women lose 3-4 a week typically. I wasn't losing that much with Weight Watchers even 4 years ago when I lost 40 pounds.
I am having a similar experience in that every other week I lose more. I get a disappointing week and then a happy week.
At this rate of 3.3 a week I could lose almost 40 lbs by my wedding. Although I will have to be careful once the alterations start. I don't want to be swimming in my dress on my wedding day.
Tonight I am thinking about going to a Bridal Expo because it's right in my town about a mile away. I don't really need any services being I have that all figured out already but people tell me you can win cool stuff like a honeymoon....so I guess I should go! It's really rainy and crappy today so I'd rather put on my jammies and get ready for the season premier of Dancing with the Stars. This year, more than all the others, I am thinking it should be called Dancing with the Who the Hell are These People?!
I mean Buzz Aldrin?! The guy is cool for an old fart because he was on the moon but damn, he is old! I hate Pam Anderson, she embarrasses me as a woman. I don't know that Pussycat Doll girl(because I don't listen to crappy pop music) but I already don't like her. This is the Skankaliscious Season I suppose. Eww!
And Kate Gosslin? WTF? How is this woman any sort of star?
I will looking forward to that hot British guy-no idea who he even is but he looks FINE on the commercials!
Ok, I have covered Ideal protein, my wedding and Dancing With the Stars...the 3 things that are important to me today!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday
So, weigh-in is tomorrow and I am filled with trepidation. I am only a little over 11 lbs. down on my scale so it doesn't seem like I have lost even 1 lb. this past week. WTF? I have been pretty strict I think, no cheating. I haven't had a glass of wine all week. I had edamame and green beans as my 2 restricted veggies that are allowed.
I exercised 3 times this past week, as well.
I don't want to be disappointed tomorrow. Because that will mean I have only lost 11-12 pounds in a whole damn month! That is not nearly enough! I need to lose more faster because I need to have my dress altered. I did try it on yesterday with a girlfriend to figure out the bustle I want and the dress was big on me. I know what I have lost so far makes a difference but am looking for more of a difference.
I have to think that even if I lost another 12 in the next month, I would still be down 24 pounds in 2 months which is more than I ever lost with Weight Watchers. And I could lose more by May 29th but at some point I run the risk of having my wedding dress not fit me right. I will have to meet with the seamstress in a week or so and ask how long she really needs so maybe we can wait for the taking in and she could do the bustle and figure out of it's possible to change the neckline a little.It's very straight across and I would like more of a sweetheart shape.
Sorry if this is more about my wedding than Ideal Protein. I am getting sort of overwhelmed with wedding stuff and wedding decorations and weddingweddingwedding!
But it's pretty exciting,isn't it?
I exercised 3 times this past week, as well.
I don't want to be disappointed tomorrow. Because that will mean I have only lost 11-12 pounds in a whole damn month! That is not nearly enough! I need to lose more faster because I need to have my dress altered. I did try it on yesterday with a girlfriend to figure out the bustle I want and the dress was big on me. I know what I have lost so far makes a difference but am looking for more of a difference.
I have to think that even if I lost another 12 in the next month, I would still be down 24 pounds in 2 months which is more than I ever lost with Weight Watchers. And I could lose more by May 29th but at some point I run the risk of having my wedding dress not fit me right. I will have to meet with the seamstress in a week or so and ask how long she really needs so maybe we can wait for the taking in and she could do the bustle and figure out of it's possible to change the neckline a little.It's very straight across and I would like more of a sweetheart shape.
Sorry if this is more about my wedding than Ideal Protein. I am getting sort of overwhelmed with wedding stuff and wedding decorations and weddingweddingwedding!
But it's pretty exciting,isn't it?
Friday, March 19, 2010
Friday!!!
It's the weekend...it's the weekend...yay!
Although no wine, or cocktails, or cheating because that Monday weigh-in comes along and I am worried I will be disappointed in myself because I am having trouble sticking to it 24/7. This diet is not for the faint of heart-you must have serious willpower. When I did Weight Watchers I could have little cheats and it was fine. Not with this diet!
You have to keep your body in the ketosis mode so you have to take it seriously. I am not the best at that.
We are going to look at the proof of our wedding invitations tonight. We are lucky enough that we have close friends that are graphic artists and are doing them for us. They are so creative! And the one girl I have known since 3rd grade so she knows me well.
They also like to make snacks and are very good cooks. I have to say no to any snacks that aren't made from unrestricted veggies. I think we'll stop at Trader Joe's and see if we can get a veggie dish of some sort to bring with us. That would help me not to blow it. If the right thing is convenient, I will do it!
Time is getting close so I really have to do this all the way. I did exercise again today for 20 minutes. I have to keep my eyes on the prize!
Although no wine, or cocktails, or cheating because that Monday weigh-in comes along and I am worried I will be disappointed in myself because I am having trouble sticking to it 24/7. This diet is not for the faint of heart-you must have serious willpower. When I did Weight Watchers I could have little cheats and it was fine. Not with this diet!
You have to keep your body in the ketosis mode so you have to take it seriously. I am not the best at that.
We are going to look at the proof of our wedding invitations tonight. We are lucky enough that we have close friends that are graphic artists and are doing them for us. They are so creative! And the one girl I have known since 3rd grade so she knows me well.
They also like to make snacks and are very good cooks. I have to say no to any snacks that aren't made from unrestricted veggies. I think we'll stop at Trader Joe's and see if we can get a veggie dish of some sort to bring with us. That would help me not to blow it. If the right thing is convenient, I will do it!
Time is getting close so I really have to do this all the way. I did exercise again today for 20 minutes. I have to keep my eyes on the prize!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wed. 3/17
It's like spring out there today! We just went for a 30 minute walk around the park.
Yay-I exercised! And it was so nice out that it just feels good to be outdoors and feel the sun on your skin after all these months of feeling cooped up.
I didn't want to to walk too long because my back is just starting to feel better. I wouldn't want to overdo that pesky exercise and jinx myself! But I know if I could do that every day it would make a difference along with the eating plan.
Damn, where are those scientists with the exercise pill? I am waaaaaiiiiting! I have been waiting for that magic pill for a long time and it seems all the scientists are busy with crap like saving the planet. Don't they know there are people who want to be thin here for whom it does not come natural?!? Help a girl out, can ya?!
Ok, enough ranting about having to exercise. I really do know that once you make it a habit, it actually feels good. Now if I could just force myself to actually do it.
I want to not only look fabulous, but I want to feel fabulous and be healthy. Which is why I am doing a diet plan like Ideal Protein where there is a health care professional monitoring me and I am making healthy choices and being good to my body. This is why I am not on the coffee & cigarettes diet or the vodka & exlax diet or the cocaine & meth diet. While I have heard great things on the weight loss portions of those diets, there are a few side effects I have heard can be rough. There's death, which I hear really sucks,heart failure,incarceration,addiction, seizures....wait, do seizures count as exercise?
Yay-I exercised! And it was so nice out that it just feels good to be outdoors and feel the sun on your skin after all these months of feeling cooped up.
I didn't want to to walk too long because my back is just starting to feel better. I wouldn't want to overdo that pesky exercise and jinx myself! But I know if I could do that every day it would make a difference along with the eating plan.
Damn, where are those scientists with the exercise pill? I am waaaaaiiiiting! I have been waiting for that magic pill for a long time and it seems all the scientists are busy with crap like saving the planet. Don't they know there are people who want to be thin here for whom it does not come natural?!? Help a girl out, can ya?!
Ok, enough ranting about having to exercise. I really do know that once you make it a habit, it actually feels good. Now if I could just force myself to actually do it.
I want to not only look fabulous, but I want to feel fabulous and be healthy. Which is why I am doing a diet plan like Ideal Protein where there is a health care professional monitoring me and I am making healthy choices and being good to my body. This is why I am not on the coffee & cigarettes diet or the vodka & exlax diet or the cocaine & meth diet. While I have heard great things on the weight loss portions of those diets, there are a few side effects I have heard can be rough. There's death, which I hear really sucks,heart failure,incarceration,addiction, seizures....wait, do seizures count as exercise?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Weigh-in #3-Monday
I have lost a total of 11 pounds! Not too shabby for 3 weeks. If I could have hit the 12 lb. mark, it would have been an average of 4 per week. Oh, well, 11 is pretty darn good, so I shouldn't complain.
I also lost 2-3" on my bust, 2" on my waist, 1.5" on my arms. My darn butt & thighs haven't changed...of course! The bane of my existence!
I decided to make it easier and buy a box of cereal, a box of chicken soup and a box of the cran-granata bars. I am trying the Dr. Oz idea of eating the same thing every day. Of course the veggies, salads and dinners will be different, but I will have less chance of messing it up with the 3 protein packs being the same.
My sciatica is still bad after another trip to the chiropractor so I think I have to break down and call my regular doctor tomorrow and she what she thinks.
It is really getting me down. I am not even in the mood to write right now!
And here I was so excited with the 5 lb. loss this week!
I should be excited because 11 lbs.- that is a size! Of course I was sort of stuffing myself into a 16 jeans so I don't know that I'd really be a 14 being I was just kidding myself on being a size 16! The 16s are getting baggy, though. And I am not using the last hook on my bras now, depending on which bra, I am using the tightest or second tightest.
I haven't tried on my wedding dress yet, I want to wait awhile longer!
I also lost 2-3" on my bust, 2" on my waist, 1.5" on my arms. My darn butt & thighs haven't changed...of course! The bane of my existence!
I decided to make it easier and buy a box of cereal, a box of chicken soup and a box of the cran-granata bars. I am trying the Dr. Oz idea of eating the same thing every day. Of course the veggies, salads and dinners will be different, but I will have less chance of messing it up with the 3 protein packs being the same.
My sciatica is still bad after another trip to the chiropractor so I think I have to break down and call my regular doctor tomorrow and she what she thinks.
It is really getting me down. I am not even in the mood to write right now!
And here I was so excited with the 5 lb. loss this week!
I should be excited because 11 lbs.- that is a size! Of course I was sort of stuffing myself into a 16 jeans so I don't know that I'd really be a 14 being I was just kidding myself on being a size 16! The 16s are getting baggy, though. And I am not using the last hook on my bras now, depending on which bra, I am using the tightest or second tightest.
I haven't tried on my wedding dress yet, I want to wait awhile longer!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Saturday- I can say no to cookies!
Yes, I can say no to temptation!
Today I did my usual running around to estate sales for my eBay business with a girlfriend and then we went back to her house and had a couple mutual friends come over for snacks. It was originally just coffee and cookies but being I can't have any, my friend told me to make some things I can eat while she was getting her kids ready to go play w/ friends.
I made a nice salad with cukes, tomatoes and mixed lettuces, I made some sauteed eggplant in olive oil with spices and a few drops of sesame oil and I made oriental green beans, which is a weight watcher recipe.
My friend made some sushi and edamame. Our other two friends came and we noshed and then after, she put out the cookies and coffee and tea.
On this diet, you can only have 2 restricted items per week so the only bad things I had was the green beans and eggplant and tomatoes. Did you happen to count those? It was 3 restricted things not 2.
Hey, I did not eat any cookies! And there were so many that looked so good! While they ate the goodies, I had black tea.
I am pretty proud of myself! I said no to dessert while my friends enjoyed it.
Although....and you knew this was coming, right?!....For dinner I made leftover pot roast and put it in gravy(not fat free!) and put some onions into the mushroom and collard greens because they really needed it. As you can see, I have a hard time sticking to the right vegetables! 3 restricted in one day and one forbidden?!
I figure that is better that eating sugar, yes, but I just can't seem to give up all the vegetables I am not supposed to have! I like cooking with onions!
I made my sweetheart corned beef and cabbage the other night and I am not supposed to have green cabbage either. How bad can cabbage be dammit! It's only 290 calories in a whole head! Buuut, it's 69 grams of carbs and 35 grams of sugar! Ack, now that I looked it up I realize it is worse than I thought!
And we will just try to ignore the gravy, right? I only had about a tablespoon! Let's just pretend it didn't happen!
Today I did my usual running around to estate sales for my eBay business with a girlfriend and then we went back to her house and had a couple mutual friends come over for snacks. It was originally just coffee and cookies but being I can't have any, my friend told me to make some things I can eat while she was getting her kids ready to go play w/ friends.
I made a nice salad with cukes, tomatoes and mixed lettuces, I made some sauteed eggplant in olive oil with spices and a few drops of sesame oil and I made oriental green beans, which is a weight watcher recipe.
My friend made some sushi and edamame. Our other two friends came and we noshed and then after, she put out the cookies and coffee and tea.
On this diet, you can only have 2 restricted items per week so the only bad things I had was the green beans and eggplant and tomatoes. Did you happen to count those? It was 3 restricted things not 2.
Hey, I did not eat any cookies! And there were so many that looked so good! While they ate the goodies, I had black tea.
I am pretty proud of myself! I said no to dessert while my friends enjoyed it.
Although....and you knew this was coming, right?!....For dinner I made leftover pot roast and put it in gravy(not fat free!) and put some onions into the mushroom and collard greens because they really needed it. As you can see, I have a hard time sticking to the right vegetables! 3 restricted in one day and one forbidden?!
I figure that is better that eating sugar, yes, but I just can't seem to give up all the vegetables I am not supposed to have! I like cooking with onions!
I made my sweetheart corned beef and cabbage the other night and I am not supposed to have green cabbage either. How bad can cabbage be dammit! It's only 290 calories in a whole head! Buuut, it's 69 grams of carbs and 35 grams of sugar! Ack, now that I looked it up I realize it is worse than I thought!
And we will just try to ignore the gravy, right? I only had about a tablespoon! Let's just pretend it didn't happen!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Friday-about the Ideal Protein foods
I thought I would write a little about the foods I have tried from Ideal Protein.
First-price-most are $4 each or $27 for a box of 7.
I like the crispy cereal. The Fine Herb & Cheese Omelet sounds much better than it is but it is ok for a change of pace and you can add some veggies to improve it even more.
I like the Chicken and the Mushroom soups. I also tried the Leek and it wasn't bad but the chicken is my fave. I try to use different veggies in it every day and switch off between the Chicken & Mushroom.
As for drinks-STAY AWAY FROM THE BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY & POMEGRANATE DRINK!!! ewww!
I love the cappuccino drink! It's yummy if you freeze it a little, too. I also like the Wildberry Yogurt drink and that one is also good in the freezer.
I didn't love the Pink Lemonade but it's ok.
There is a vanilla and a chocolate drink that come pre-made in little boxes. I tried the vanilla and it's good but these cost $5, so you will pay a little more for the convenience.
I tried both the chocolate and the banana pudding and don't like either one. The chocolate is better but there is something weird about them. They have an almost mousse-like texture but not in a good way.
I tried the Vanilla Peanut Bar and wasn't crazy about it and also the Cran-Granata Bar which was really good.
I am still in first phase so I can't have a lot of the other foods yet, but I will do an update when I get to try more things. Of course these are only my opinions...which of course are correct! You may want to try other things and you might like them.
About cost-I think the consult & the first week's foods along w/ the vitamins and the $7 shaker cost me $326, the 2nd week I spent $90 on food and the 3rd week I spent $67 on food. I think you will average about $80 a week.
This is not a cheap diet! You will be saving at the supermarket, though, so that's a bit of a consolation.
Well, it's Friday night and we got "Up In the Air" from Netflix so I have to go drool over George Clooney for awhile. I will not have wine..I repeat I will not have wine...no thank you, Sweetheart, no wine for me...you enjoy it...argh!
And if you are reading me-be a follower! I just realized I have 2 and am thrilled!Now I want more!! I appreciate your stopping by!
First-price-most are $4 each or $27 for a box of 7.
I like the crispy cereal. The Fine Herb & Cheese Omelet sounds much better than it is but it is ok for a change of pace and you can add some veggies to improve it even more.
I like the Chicken and the Mushroom soups. I also tried the Leek and it wasn't bad but the chicken is my fave. I try to use different veggies in it every day and switch off between the Chicken & Mushroom.
As for drinks-STAY AWAY FROM THE BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY & POMEGRANATE DRINK!!! ewww!
I love the cappuccino drink! It's yummy if you freeze it a little, too. I also like the Wildberry Yogurt drink and that one is also good in the freezer.
I didn't love the Pink Lemonade but it's ok.
There is a vanilla and a chocolate drink that come pre-made in little boxes. I tried the vanilla and it's good but these cost $5, so you will pay a little more for the convenience.
I tried both the chocolate and the banana pudding and don't like either one. The chocolate is better but there is something weird about them. They have an almost mousse-like texture but not in a good way.
I tried the Vanilla Peanut Bar and wasn't crazy about it and also the Cran-Granata Bar which was really good.
I am still in first phase so I can't have a lot of the other foods yet, but I will do an update when I get to try more things. Of course these are only my opinions...which of course are correct! You may want to try other things and you might like them.
About cost-I think the consult & the first week's foods along w/ the vitamins and the $7 shaker cost me $326, the 2nd week I spent $90 on food and the 3rd week I spent $67 on food. I think you will average about $80 a week.
This is not a cheap diet! You will be saving at the supermarket, though, so that's a bit of a consolation.
Well, it's Friday night and we got "Up In the Air" from Netflix so I have to go drool over George Clooney for awhile. I will not have wine..I repeat I will not have wine...no thank you, Sweetheart, no wine for me...you enjoy it...argh!
And if you are reading me-be a follower! I just realized I have 2 and am thrilled!Now I want more!! I appreciate your stopping by!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday
For a girl who is pretty bright, I can be pretty dumb!
Let me explain:
I have been having an issue with sciatica since last Friday. On Monday I went to the chiropractor and as I walked out of that office, I felt so much better! Then I got into my car and drove the half hour home and realized I was in pain again! My damn car is not comfortable. I think I need one of those little pillows for my lower back.
So by Tuesday the pain was worse than ever and I got maybe 2 hours of sleep that night. There was just no comfortable position to be in and any time I moved, the pain just got stabbingly excruciating!(ok, so I know stabbingly isn't really a word but I like it)
I was a miserable bitch all day yesterday and mad at the world.
So last night I get the bright idea of taking a mild percocet I had left from my recent surgery and a 4 oz. glass of Cabernet.
Cabernet?! I freaking just got back into ketosis mode from Sunday's feast! Ack!
Pain apparently makes me stupid because I had been doing very well this week so far.
Ok, so I did sleep much better and feel like a human again, despite the continued pain. I will try and be nicer to my fiance because he didn't really appreciate how lovely I was to be around yesterday.
I have to watch my moodiness really. I used to have almost no temper and be very happy-go-lucky and now I am annoyed all the time and have a short fuse. I know it's partly being 48 and menopausal, but really I need to stop the bitching or at least do it silently!
The dieting doesn't make it easier because it is a constant battle and when I blow it I get mad at myself and who can I take that out on-the fiance apparently.
While I know 4 oz. of wine will not totally blow the diet and I have until Monday's weigh-in to make up for it, I should not have done it anyway.
I am realizing this is a long battle I must wage in my efforts to get thinner.
I should be exercising but right now just getting up and walking is an effort. I am doing all sorts of stretches to alleviate the pain so hopefully it will get better over the next few days.
Pain or not, I have to stick to this diet! Because if I do, I will look fabulous on May 29th!
Let me explain:
I have been having an issue with sciatica since last Friday. On Monday I went to the chiropractor and as I walked out of that office, I felt so much better! Then I got into my car and drove the half hour home and realized I was in pain again! My damn car is not comfortable. I think I need one of those little pillows for my lower back.
So by Tuesday the pain was worse than ever and I got maybe 2 hours of sleep that night. There was just no comfortable position to be in and any time I moved, the pain just got stabbingly excruciating!(ok, so I know stabbingly isn't really a word but I like it)
I was a miserable bitch all day yesterday and mad at the world.
So last night I get the bright idea of taking a mild percocet I had left from my recent surgery and a 4 oz. glass of Cabernet.
Cabernet?! I freaking just got back into ketosis mode from Sunday's feast! Ack!
Pain apparently makes me stupid because I had been doing very well this week so far.
Ok, so I did sleep much better and feel like a human again, despite the continued pain. I will try and be nicer to my fiance because he didn't really appreciate how lovely I was to be around yesterday.
I have to watch my moodiness really. I used to have almost no temper and be very happy-go-lucky and now I am annoyed all the time and have a short fuse. I know it's partly being 48 and menopausal, but really I need to stop the bitching or at least do it silently!
The dieting doesn't make it easier because it is a constant battle and when I blow it I get mad at myself and who can I take that out on-the fiance apparently.
While I know 4 oz. of wine will not totally blow the diet and I have until Monday's weigh-in to make up for it, I should not have done it anyway.
I am realizing this is a long battle I must wage in my efforts to get thinner.
I should be exercising but right now just getting up and walking is an effort. I am doing all sorts of stretches to alleviate the pain so hopefully it will get better over the next few days.
Pain or not, I have to stick to this diet! Because if I do, I will look fabulous on May 29th!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Day 16 Tuesday
I am going to have to stop w/ the Day___ because I never know and have to stop and think...and it's easier to just say what day it is!
I got on the scale this morning and I was down 2.1 from this past week, not the .6 that showed up on the Wellness Center scale. That was a huge relief!
So, it's is a 2 week total of 8.1 which I am happy with.
I hear of some people doing crazy good on Ideal Protein-like 20-30 pounds their 1st month. I could see that happening for a man but I'll bet it's more rare for a woman. We just don't lose weight that fast...our damn bodies like to hold their fat! Scientifically, I think it's something about protecting our bones and organs and helping save us from the lean times when the hunter gatherers are having bad luck with the hunting and gathering....stop trying to protect me and go away, damn fat! The last lean time we had in the US was way before I was born by 40 years or so.
I remember my dad's stories about the Depression and how he and his brothers and sister would walk to school in winter with hot potatoes in their pockets fresh out of the oven. It kept their hands warm because they often didn't have gloves and then it was their breakfast when they got to school and their lunch. Of course, if I ate 2 baked potatoes every day, I'd turn into a fat cow!(ok, so more of a fat cow than I am now!)
Today I bought a high protein, low carb, 0 fat bar at the supermarket as a snack as it's way cheaper than an Ideal Protein snack. I think it was called Think Thin in a brownie flavor. It wasn't great and I tossed the last bit. It wasn't much different than the Ideal Protein bar I tried last night instead of my usual drink as my night-time snack. Both had kind of an odd flavor, but filling. The drinks I like taste better, I like the cappuccino drink, especially if you put it in the freezer for awhile. The wild berry is also good. That one is good in the freezer, as well! Got to change it up a little to keep it interesting!
Comments are welcome if you are reading,folks. Please be nice, though. My blog is no place for nastiness. Ideas, words of encouragement, funny stories, your results on Ideal Protein or other diet,stuff like that. So far I only have one person commenting and she makes my day when she does because I know at least someone is getting something out of my journey.
I got on the scale this morning and I was down 2.1 from this past week, not the .6 that showed up on the Wellness Center scale. That was a huge relief!
So, it's is a 2 week total of 8.1 which I am happy with.
I hear of some people doing crazy good on Ideal Protein-like 20-30 pounds their 1st month. I could see that happening for a man but I'll bet it's more rare for a woman. We just don't lose weight that fast...our damn bodies like to hold their fat! Scientifically, I think it's something about protecting our bones and organs and helping save us from the lean times when the hunter gatherers are having bad luck with the hunting and gathering....stop trying to protect me and go away, damn fat! The last lean time we had in the US was way before I was born by 40 years or so.
I remember my dad's stories about the Depression and how he and his brothers and sister would walk to school in winter with hot potatoes in their pockets fresh out of the oven. It kept their hands warm because they often didn't have gloves and then it was their breakfast when they got to school and their lunch. Of course, if I ate 2 baked potatoes every day, I'd turn into a fat cow!(ok, so more of a fat cow than I am now!)
Today I bought a high protein, low carb, 0 fat bar at the supermarket as a snack as it's way cheaper than an Ideal Protein snack. I think it was called Think Thin in a brownie flavor. It wasn't great and I tossed the last bit. It wasn't much different than the Ideal Protein bar I tried last night instead of my usual drink as my night-time snack. Both had kind of an odd flavor, but filling. The drinks I like taste better, I like the cappuccino drink, especially if you put it in the freezer for awhile. The wild berry is also good. That one is good in the freezer, as well! Got to change it up a little to keep it interesting!
Comments are welcome if you are reading,folks. Please be nice, though. My blog is no place for nastiness. Ideas, words of encouragement, funny stories, your results on Ideal Protein or other diet,stuff like that. So far I only have one person commenting and she makes my day when she does because I know at least someone is getting something out of my journey.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Weigh-in #2
Do not, I repeat, do not cheat on this diet! And if you just can't help being naughty, do not do it the night before your weigh-in!!
So disappointing! I was down .6 of one pound!! Should I be happy because the numbers on the scale are still going in the right direction? I suppose I should, but when I had lost 2 lbs this week on my own scale as of Friday morning and come Monday evening only .6 shows, I am mad at myself for blowing it so badly last night.
This is where I went wrong: 3 glasses of wine, some brown rice, extra protein(because I wanted to try a couple bites of everything my friend made), a few low fat veggie chips, 3 slices of low-fat cheese and 3 crackers, 2 cookies and almost a half of a canoli!
Cookies and canoli? Ack!!! I need to learn to just avert my eyes from the canoli and cookies or any form of dessert! Don't look! Pretend it isn't there...or if it is right in front of your face like this was, pretend you know it tastes bad...that's the ticket, that canoli has gone off...that cookie looks stale...yup, that's the way to go.
Try to remember the big picture, remember your goal, remember how fast May 29th will be here and also that white is not slimming!
If I do this right, I should be able to lose at least 25 pounds between when I started and May 29th. If I stick to it(really stick to it, not half-ass it) and also exercise, I should be able to lose more, possibly even the 40 I want to lose.
Sticking to it all the way is not easy, but I know if I do it, I will be very happy on my wedding day. I will worry about maintaining once I get there and I get the help from the nurse practitioner to learn how to maintain properly with this diet plan.
So disappointing! I was down .6 of one pound!! Should I be happy because the numbers on the scale are still going in the right direction? I suppose I should, but when I had lost 2 lbs this week on my own scale as of Friday morning and come Monday evening only .6 shows, I am mad at myself for blowing it so badly last night.
This is where I went wrong: 3 glasses of wine, some brown rice, extra protein(because I wanted to try a couple bites of everything my friend made), a few low fat veggie chips, 3 slices of low-fat cheese and 3 crackers, 2 cookies and almost a half of a canoli!
Cookies and canoli? Ack!!! I need to learn to just avert my eyes from the canoli and cookies or any form of dessert! Don't look! Pretend it isn't there...or if it is right in front of your face like this was, pretend you know it tastes bad...that's the ticket, that canoli has gone off...that cookie looks stale...yup, that's the way to go.
Try to remember the big picture, remember your goal, remember how fast May 29th will be here and also that white is not slimming!
If I do this right, I should be able to lose at least 25 pounds between when I started and May 29th. If I stick to it(really stick to it, not half-ass it) and also exercise, I should be able to lose more, possibly even the 40 I want to lose.
Sticking to it all the way is not easy, but I know if I do it, I will be very happy on my wedding day. I will worry about maintaining once I get there and I get the help from the nurse practitioner to learn how to maintain properly with this diet plan.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
I'm baaaack! Day 14
Sorry to anyone who actually reads this-especially to Melissa, whom is the only one I am sure of who reads this!
I got side tracked there for a couple days! The Office baby, going out the next night, watching a movie last night...
So.....freaking Friday! Not a good day for me. I was working for a friend and then went to their place for dinner and made some bad choices. I ate some spicy corn relish another guest made which was delish but corn is not on this diet due to the sugar in it. Also not on this diet...CHOCOLATE!!! Oops, the other guest gave me a gift-yummy chocolate! I am not a big chocoholic but I ate 2 pieces...and they were big pieces! I also ate some sweet potato chips.
It was just one evening of bad choices but there goes being in ketosis mode! I didn't blow it yesterday at all, which on a Saturday isn't easy. I bought wine and then decided not to have any.
Tonight I know I will go off program because we are going to a friend's for a little Oscar party. She's a good cook, too, so I will try to steer clear of anything not on the diet.
I am bringing a platter of chili-lime chicken and oriental green beans-all nice and low fat and tasty, so I know I can eat that. I am sure I will have a couple glasses of wine so I still won't be back into ketosis mode until Wednesday, so I will probably be disappointed on the scale tomorrow at the wellness center.
I am still right about at an 8 lb. loss so far, so I am not happy about this week. I really blew it Friday. You just cannot go off program with this diet, at least not with all that sugar.
I vow to do better this coming week. I have 4 weeks until my 1st fitting and I have to have a significant loss by then. I want that seamstress to say-why did you buy a 16W, silly, when you should have bought a smaller size....yup, that's what I'm hoping for!
This diet really does work, that I am sure of, at least in the 1st phase. You have to be sure you can do it without cheating because it just won't work if you cheat.
I have to remember just how quickly May 29th is coming!
I got side tracked there for a couple days! The Office baby, going out the next night, watching a movie last night...
So.....freaking Friday! Not a good day for me. I was working for a friend and then went to their place for dinner and made some bad choices. I ate some spicy corn relish another guest made which was delish but corn is not on this diet due to the sugar in it. Also not on this diet...CHOCOLATE!!! Oops, the other guest gave me a gift-yummy chocolate! I am not a big chocoholic but I ate 2 pieces...and they were big pieces! I also ate some sweet potato chips.
It was just one evening of bad choices but there goes being in ketosis mode! I didn't blow it yesterday at all, which on a Saturday isn't easy. I bought wine and then decided not to have any.
Tonight I know I will go off program because we are going to a friend's for a little Oscar party. She's a good cook, too, so I will try to steer clear of anything not on the diet.
I am bringing a platter of chili-lime chicken and oriental green beans-all nice and low fat and tasty, so I know I can eat that. I am sure I will have a couple glasses of wine so I still won't be back into ketosis mode until Wednesday, so I will probably be disappointed on the scale tomorrow at the wellness center.
I am still right about at an 8 lb. loss so far, so I am not happy about this week. I really blew it Friday. You just cannot go off program with this diet, at least not with all that sugar.
I vow to do better this coming week. I have 4 weeks until my 1st fitting and I have to have a significant loss by then. I want that seamstress to say-why did you buy a 16W, silly, when you should have bought a smaller size....yup, that's what I'm hoping for!
This diet really does work, that I am sure of, at least in the 1st phase. You have to be sure you can do it without cheating because it just won't work if you cheat.
I have to remember just how quickly May 29th is coming!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Jim & Pam are having their baby
Can't think about writing-I have been waiting for The Office and Jim & Pam's baby!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Ok, what do you think?
I like it for the most part. I would change the lip color a bit to a darker, more winey purpley color which is more like what I normally wear. Or maybe a very deep true red. I shape my eyebrows slightly different but this shape looks good. It looks like me and is similar to how I do my own make-up....but more. It seems like too much but when photos are taken it's too easy to get washed out so you have to go heavier.
I think I look good, though, pretty damn good for 48 anyway! Now if I could just lose a good amount of weight but that it a work in progress! I didn't gain it overnight so I can't lose it overnight either. I have to learn to be patient...something I am not good at!
I just previewed the post and am a bit weirded out that whoever looks at this blog will see me. I know you can see me in the wedding dress picture but I am sort of further away and this is very up close and right there big as life. Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter.
Day 10 & Wedding make-up trial day!
I am so excited! A make-up artist is coming to do a trial for the wedding in about a half hour! I am always getting asked to do friends make-up for their weddings and special occasions because I am good at it so it's sort of weird having someone else do mine. I figure, being I am 48 and not the fresh faced young bride, maybe having a pro do it would make me be a more beautiful bride.
Maybe I will post a before and after! I look scary without make-up, though! My one eye is more lidded that the other which drives me crazy and without make-up it really shows. One day I want a damn brow lift(maybe for my 50th birthday?) And I have almost non-existent eyebrows! I am of half Italian, half German descent with very dark brown hair, but I have little to no hair on my arms and very little brow.
Although this is a blog about my journey with the Ideal Protein Diet,not about my wedding! Maybe no one cares about my make-up or how I will look for my wedding! Hardly anyone reads this anyway so I guess I can include anything I want! So there!
Sooooo, diet-wise, I am still doing well! I am down between 7-8 lbs as of this morning!
Notice how at the beginning I said what exercise I was doing? And I haven't written about it in days? Guess why!! I haven't done any exercise! I am still being a lazy slug! I know I have to do it, I know I need to do it, I know I will live longer and be healthier and look better...so why don't I do it? I am not stupid but can't seem to motivate myself even with the wedding looming in the not so distant future! Ack! WTF is wrong with me!
Maybe I will post a before and after! I look scary without make-up, though! My one eye is more lidded that the other which drives me crazy and without make-up it really shows. One day I want a damn brow lift(maybe for my 50th birthday?) And I have almost non-existent eyebrows! I am of half Italian, half German descent with very dark brown hair, but I have little to no hair on my arms and very little brow.
Although this is a blog about my journey with the Ideal Protein Diet,not about my wedding! Maybe no one cares about my make-up or how I will look for my wedding! Hardly anyone reads this anyway so I guess I can include anything I want! So there!
Sooooo, diet-wise, I am still doing well! I am down between 7-8 lbs as of this morning!
Notice how at the beginning I said what exercise I was doing? And I haven't written about it in days? Guess why!! I haven't done any exercise! I am still being a lazy slug! I know I have to do it, I know I need to do it, I know I will live longer and be healthier and look better...so why don't I do it? I am not stupid but can't seem to motivate myself even with the wedding looming in the not so distant future! Ack! WTF is wrong with me!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
day 9...temptation lurks...
Today was pretty good but I had some temptation!
I did ok, but not perfect!
I went to a friend's house and the moment she saw me, she said-you lost weight! I was thrilled someone who hasn't seen me in 2 weeks could see a difference. She is an artist and I think looks at things in great detail and said my face and stomach look thinner
She is Chinese and a very good cook. She had made some slices of eggplant layered with ground spicy pork and dredged in egg and flour and fried, she also wanted to make lo mein.
I explained the Ideal Protein diet to her and I brought my soup packet and shaker and a little tupperware of broccoli. She made us a salad of cucumbers and broccoli and red onion with a little olive oil.
She brought out the eggplant because she was going to eat that with the salad while I ate my soup and the salad. The eggplant smelled so good that after awhile I tried it. I only had 2 bites! I didn't even eat a whole slice! I was pretty proud of myself because will power is not my strong suit!
The only problem is I had the wine on the weekend so my body needs 3 days to get back into ketosis mode and did my damn 2 delicious bites mess that up?!...probably did, but damn, it was so good!
See?!? This is why I am fat! I don't know how to say no to food! She would not have been insulted if I said I just can't mess up the diet, so I can't even lie to myself and say I was just trying to be polite. I kept looking at that eggplant and it looked so good and it smelled so good...and I HAD TO KNOW if it tasted just as good!
I have to think of the white dress and the pictures and my goal to be a beautiful bride and not let myself forget it for even a moment!...MUST....STAY....STRONG!
I did ok, but not perfect!
I went to a friend's house and the moment she saw me, she said-you lost weight! I was thrilled someone who hasn't seen me in 2 weeks could see a difference. She is an artist and I think looks at things in great detail and said my face and stomach look thinner
She is Chinese and a very good cook. She had made some slices of eggplant layered with ground spicy pork and dredged in egg and flour and fried, she also wanted to make lo mein.
I explained the Ideal Protein diet to her and I brought my soup packet and shaker and a little tupperware of broccoli. She made us a salad of cucumbers and broccoli and red onion with a little olive oil.
She brought out the eggplant because she was going to eat that with the salad while I ate my soup and the salad. The eggplant smelled so good that after awhile I tried it. I only had 2 bites! I didn't even eat a whole slice! I was pretty proud of myself because will power is not my strong suit!
The only problem is I had the wine on the weekend so my body needs 3 days to get back into ketosis mode and did my damn 2 delicious bites mess that up?!...probably did, but damn, it was so good!
See?!? This is why I am fat! I don't know how to say no to food! She would not have been insulted if I said I just can't mess up the diet, so I can't even lie to myself and say I was just trying to be polite. I kept looking at that eggplant and it looked so good and it smelled so good...and I HAD TO KNOW if it tasted just as good!
I have to think of the white dress and the pictures and my goal to be a beautiful bride and not let myself forget it for even a moment!...MUST....STAY....STRONG!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Day 8-My first weigh in!
Today was my first official weigh in on the Ideal Protein Diet. I weighed myself this morning, post pee, pre-coffee(the only way to go!) and I was down 6 lbs!
When I got to the weigh in at 5:15 I was nervous...breakfast..lunch...water...clothes...so many factors! And...(drum roll please)...I was down 6 lbs! WooHooo!!! That is a really good 1st week in my opinion. When I told her about my vegetable cheats, she (the nurse practitioner who runs the program, who is so nice!)said that they weren't bad cheats and not to worry too much but that those 3 glasses of wine means 3 more days until ketosis kicks back in.
Damn, I like my wine and want to have a little on weekends! She said a lot of dieters drink a little bit and while it won't completely mess you up if you are moderate about it, I would definitely have lost more if I hadn't done it. More than 6?! It might have been 7 or even 8! Ack!
Yes, I enjoyed my Cabernet but why can't I just be good?! I am from the instant gratification generation, dammit!
It's 3 months until my wedding and the more I can lose the better so I really have to think of the big picture...and remember that big me in the big white dress picture, as well. That is not how I want to look at my wedding! I already realize I am a middle aged bride(uh huh, middle aged if I live to 96!), but I should still be able to be an attractive bride....maybe even a hot bride!
I don't want to sound conceited but I am not an ugly woman. I have been hot at different times in my life and gotten a lot of attention from men of all ages and had the typical dislike from insecure women.
Unfortunately, I am not hot on an "all the time" basis because while being fit is hot and being voluptuous is hot, being fat is not. I don't look hot, I don't feel hot.
Actually about 4 years ago, when I lost weight with Weight Watchers and was 15 lbs. away from my goal, I took a nice picture of myself and put it on hotornot.com and my score with that picture is still 9.5 out of 10. It's isn't a sexy picture by any means, either, just me standing there smiling and it's from the waist up(so my big booty doesn't show!)
At 48, I'd be happy being an 8! Right now, I am maybe a damn 5 and that just isn't good enough!
Have...to.....stay....on...program...and no cheating! Easy to say now, right? I am days away from Saturday night where I will think, oh, I've been so good all week and should be able to have a glass or 2 of wine!
When I got to the weigh in at 5:15 I was nervous...breakfast..lunch...water...clothes...so many factors! And...(drum roll please)...I was down 6 lbs! WooHooo!!! That is a really good 1st week in my opinion. When I told her about my vegetable cheats, she (the nurse practitioner who runs the program, who is so nice!)said that they weren't bad cheats and not to worry too much but that those 3 glasses of wine means 3 more days until ketosis kicks back in.
Damn, I like my wine and want to have a little on weekends! She said a lot of dieters drink a little bit and while it won't completely mess you up if you are moderate about it, I would definitely have lost more if I hadn't done it. More than 6?! It might have been 7 or even 8! Ack!
Yes, I enjoyed my Cabernet but why can't I just be good?! I am from the instant gratification generation, dammit!
It's 3 months until my wedding and the more I can lose the better so I really have to think of the big picture...and remember that big me in the big white dress picture, as well. That is not how I want to look at my wedding! I already realize I am a middle aged bride(uh huh, middle aged if I live to 96!), but I should still be able to be an attractive bride....maybe even a hot bride!
I don't want to sound conceited but I am not an ugly woman. I have been hot at different times in my life and gotten a lot of attention from men of all ages and had the typical dislike from insecure women.
Unfortunately, I am not hot on an "all the time" basis because while being fit is hot and being voluptuous is hot, being fat is not. I don't look hot, I don't feel hot.
Actually about 4 years ago, when I lost weight with Weight Watchers and was 15 lbs. away from my goal, I took a nice picture of myself and put it on hotornot.com and my score with that picture is still 9.5 out of 10. It's isn't a sexy picture by any means, either, just me standing there smiling and it's from the waist up(so my big booty doesn't show!)
At 48, I'd be happy being an 8! Right now, I am maybe a damn 5 and that just isn't good enough!
Have...to.....stay....on...program...and no cheating! Easy to say now, right? I am days away from Saturday night where I will think, oh, I've been so good all week and should be able to have a glass or 2 of wine!
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