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I feel like Superwoman a little bit right now. Over the last three days I haven’t picked up one cigarette (with the help of Chantix) and have managed to start my diet again. It is suprisingly helping me to be doing these 2 things at the same time. I’m bettering myself in two ways. I haven’t been the most social person lately because I want to stay away from cigarettes, but that’s helped me with my diet because I usually cheat on it when I’m out.  I’ve only lost about a pound which is slow for me, but I don’t care because it has to come off eventually especially with all the walking I’m doing. I traded exercise for cigarettes for stress relief.

Good Luck everyone

Hello 165 I never thought I’d miss seeing your beautiful face on the scale. I think I can bear to part with you for 160 though. I haven’t been down here in 6 months and I’m excited because I’m just that much closer to my goal and actually on a pretty good schedule. I’ve been losing the weight slowly but its coming off. I started on 2/25 and I messed up the diet a few times since then but the best thing I ever did for myself was quit drinking. I have about 3 or 4 times in the past few months but that’s alot better than how I used to be. Not only am I not taking in all of the extra calories of beer but I also feel more healthy. I’m on my way to quitting cigarettes. For the past few days I’m limiting myself to 12 a day (compared to a whole pack) and I’m going to cut down every week until I get to nothing. I can’t WAIT to quit butts. I’ll have an extra 50 bucks every week (to buy new clothes for my shrinking form yayyy) and with the hiking I’ve been doing it will help my cardio so much. I love being in good shape and cigarettes are stopping me from that, slowly killing me, and sucking all my money up. I am SO done.

OHH and I made my mini goal today! And for my new one, I decided I can lose 5 lbs by the end of the month. 2 weeks isn’t unreasonable.

All I have to say to anyone just starting out is that its so worth it to stick to your diet. Everything is so crazy today its nice to have one constructive thing that you can control. And heres an extra kick in the ass: BEACH SEASON IN 2 MONTHS. Nuff said.

Good Luck Everyone!!

Yeah, I’m gonna do it. I know you think I’m crazy and it’s a terrible thing to do, but hear me out. Losing weight is just going to be another benefit.

The last year or so before I decided to start dieting again, I’ve put my body through alot. I’ve been smoking cigarettes for about 3 years, I had a drinking problem over the past year. Plus, I did a lot of drugs. Now, I’ve stopped all of that besides cigs which I’m going to quit over the next couple of weeks. I’ve fasted before, and I did it to cleanse my body. That’s what I need to do now. I want it to run more efficiently. I would do it now, but I don’t want to be pumping tobacco and chemicals into my body while I’m doing it. Plus, with my diet now I’m getting some great nutrition. Dark leafy greens, fruits lean meat etc. I kinda want to stock up on some serious nutrition before I stop eating altogether.

So, before you start yelling at me about how terrible of an idea this is, here are some quotes from a great article that might open up your eyes a little bit.

The truth of the matter is the North American diet never allows the body to cleanse itself.  We eat all the time.  The math is simple.  When intake of calories is greater than burned, the results will be stored body fat.  It is the same with toxins.  When intake of toxins is greater than removed, the results will be toxic overload.  If you are overweight this is a pretty good sign you are carrying around a storehouse of toxins, affecting normal cell functions.  What happens if the toxic-load is greater than the internal-caretaker can remove?  Sickness, weakened immune system and premature death, the plagues of our modern lifestyle.

I did something bad last night. =( I cheated on my diet. But somehow the diet goddess must have smiled upon me because…. I lost 2 pounds! I only actually drank I didn’t even end up eating dinner because I felt bad about it. But I’m back on today and pretty pumped. Now I only have 4 lbs til’ my mini goal so I won’t get discouraged if I plateu here for a few days. That’s what always happens. I lose alot in the first week or so and then it stops for a few days and starts back up but not quite as fast. I can live with this.

I hope it stops raining/snowing or whatever other kind of percipitation because I want to ride my bike!! I think I’ll have to settle for a workout video. If you have comcast on demand you should def look at the fitness section they have tons of half hour work outs.

I guess that’s it for today.

 Thoughts from today…..

Losing this weight is going to be my birthday present to me this year. God knows I can’t buy myself something haha. And I actually have enough time to reasonably lose 30 lbs from here til may 22. In light of all the craziness going on my life, this will be something I can actually control and fix. I haven’t felt like that in a long time.  

 I take nutrition pretty seriously. Before I was on a diet I still ate salad and good protiens every day. Sometimes I take diet pills because the weight comes off faster. Duh. So I posted on the forum asking if anyone had tried them. From the reaction I’m guessing its a little looked down upon. I can understand if you’re taking them and not eating right, basically relying on them. But I’m doing everything right. I’m just impatient. And I hate being preached to haha.

Its a great feeling to be able to lose 3 lbs in a week instead of a half. This diet is going to be my way of life (but a little more lenient) even after I lose the weight because it’s an awesome diet. I lost 50 lbs on it a few years ago. And this time I only have to lose  30! I’m shooting for somewhere around three months to accomplish it. Right now I’m only focusing on smaller goals so I haven’t put much thought into the longterm.

I’m getting my hair done tomorrow! Def need the confidence boost. My roots are 5 inches it’s sad, really. Nice and blonde for the spring.

I can’t wait, six more pounds and then I’m gonna try on my goal pants againnnn. The lamest things excite me nowadays.

Gonna string myself up if it doesn’t stop snowing. Just want to ride my fucking bike.

Peace out cub scout

oh yea. RAH RAH YOU CAN DO IT WOOO.

i try to be encouraging.

Well it’s not technically day three but this is the third day that I haven’t messed up. I don’t know if those zylotrim pills work yet, I lost a half pound today so who knows. Find out tomorrow. 

 I didn’t have time to ride my bike today but I went out with the kids for about an hour today when I was babysitting and pulled a wagon with screaming children up and down the driveway for a while so that was something. Then I ran around quite literally, cleaning stuff for a few hours, so at least I didn’t sit around all day.

I’ve also been making a concious effort to drink more water too. I found that as long as I have a water bottle with me at all times it will remind me that I need to drink it and thats been working.

I made plans to walk my brothers dog for an hour tomorrow. He’s getting a new puppy and he wants his other dog to be tired so that he won’t bother the baby. If its not freezing when I get out of work I’ll probably ride my bike too.

One of the most exciting things about losing this next 10 lbs or so is that I’ll fit into all the clothes I had last summer. Now I barely have anything because I refused to buy fat clothes. It was like admitting that I was just never going to diet if I bought them, because I kept promising myself I’d lose the weight. At least I’m getting somewhere now. Can’t wait til’ I get to wear the rest of my wardrobe!

Good Luck everyone!

Erin

I went shopping yesterday and it was awesome. I bought this beautiful shirt I knew would be a little too small just to have something to look foreward to.  Also tried my ‘goal jeans’ on and they fit 2/3 up my ass which is an improvement haha. Didn’t lose anything yesterday but I don’t even care because I know by the time next friday rolls around I’ll be below 170 and once I get there I’ll actually start seeing results.  I decided I need to find a bike. Now that it’s getting warmer it would be really nice if I could ride a bike an hour or so a few days a week.

I’m totally getting back into the swing of things. I remember that the first three days were always the hardest, and I’m 2/3 through that. But I think it’s gonna be the first 10 lbs that are the hardest to lose because that’s what I gained recently, and it’s almost like there won’t be any payoff for losing that because it’s just what I was before. But I have to hold out for the exciting part and constantly remind myself that if I don’t lose this weight now, I’m gonna be fat all summer. And that’s gonna suck. No drinking this weekend! It’ll make me gain back everything I’ve lost this week and it’s not worth it. Next weekend, yeah but not now. Hopefully I’ll be at 6 or 7 lbs by then.

Peace out, cub scout.