Getting hard

My husband and I had our first "holiday" with his family yesterday. We joined his mother's side of the family for the Lee Family Fall Fest and Hayride:) Their version of thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. John Roy had his first hayride, he was there last year but he was only a month old and it was chilly so he didn't ride. But this year he had a blast playing in the straw on the wagon:) It was a beautiful day!


Anyway, this was the hardest day yet. There was not a lot of food choices for me and the temptations were everywhere between the cupcakes, apple crisp, and smores!!! But I am proud to say that I didn't eat anything I shouldn't have! :) I even took my own unsweet iced tea so I would not be tempted by the lemon aide. I did so want a dessert though. I would love to have taken the sugar free brownies that are in the BFC book but I can not find the Maltitol anywhere! I have been to all three health food stores in my area and none of them carry it or have even heard of it! Do you think I could use Truvia instead? I am desperate for a dessert!!!! Does anyone have any other ideas or recipes for a sweet treat? PLEASE SHARE!!! :)

I'm Back :)

Hey everyone, I know it has been a few days since I posted. My mother was not doing well and was in the hospital but all is well now and she is back home, praise God!!! :)

Well I have stuck to the plan. The only day I did not eat well (by well I mean I did not eat at all) was the day my mother went in. I also was not thinking right and had one sip of soda which was waaaaaaay too sweet and I quickly came to my senses and got a water lol.

Anyway I weighed myself two days ago and........HEY, where's my drum role? :) I weighed 256!!!!! TEN POUNDS!!!! And when going to look for a house for AJ's (my husband) mother, his grandma Lee (who thinks everyone should lose weight) commented on my looking thinner! Yay. Which she said right in front of my holier than thou sister in law who had to wear maternity pants for six months after having her baby, hehehehe, ok ok I won't be mean but one more time ok? hehehehehehehhehhehehehehehhehehehehehehehheheh there I think I got it out of my system :D

People are starting to notice!!!

So I went to a couple parties this weekend with my husband and several of my friends (even the ones that did not know I was on the BFC) commented on my looking thinner!!!!


I have been sticking with then plan:) Even at parties I am able to choose low/no carb options. There were sweets at all of them but I was able to just say no lol:) But oh how I did want a S'more!!!!! They looked so good, warm and messy. So that is my new goal in life, to find a BFC approved s'more recipe. I know we can have the 85% dark chocolate but I need to find sugar free graham crackers and marshmallows. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!!!

Day Nine

II have been really tired the last couple days. It has been dark and rainy so maybe I just need some sunshine.

Today was good, I stayed on the plan with no probs and went for my twenty min walk (even though I did not feel like it).

I think I need a hot bath to relax and then off to bed early.  Night all :)

i was bad :/

I know I know I have not posted in a bit but I did stick to the plan yesterday but Tue I had a bit of a lapse of which I am not very proud. I went to a food tasting party with a friend and was very very good there, but on our way home we stopped in for a drink and we got lemon drops (a shot of vodka with a lemon wedge and sugar). So I had pure sugar and it must have gone over my limit. I am not sure how many grams of sugar is in one packet (of which I had 1/2).


Anyway I am not going to look at this as a failure. I would have before, and told myself that this diet is way to hard and I do not have the willpower to stick with it and I should just give up. I am however going to be proud of myself for then drinking water instead of the countless sprites I would normally order. And a big lesson learned, I will always carry some stevia packets in my purse in case I ever need a lemon drop :)

Day Eight

Can I get another whoo hoo for the 6lb weight loss?!?! WHOO HOO!!!:)

Ok down to business. Today I had my six servings of carb which totaled 81grams and I went kinda heavy on the sugar totaling 13 1/2grams but still under my 15gram limit. The sugar is mainly due to the blackberries n cream for breakfast with my whole grain spelt toast and then the blackberries n cream I just had for dessert. No, I would not say I like blackberries n cream, where on earth would you get a crazy idea like that :)I will tell you another thing I will be having for dessert pretty soon, HOMEMADE ICE CREAM!!!! Yepper there is a sugar free recipe in the BFC book that uses eggs, heavy whipping cream and vanilla, so I am giddy over that:)

See ya tomorrow :)

My weight loss for this week is........ Drum role please :)

6 POUNDS!!!! I now weigh 260lbs!!!! And not to get too personal here but this was a week where I would normally put on a few lbs in water weight :/ But nope I lost 6! I can hardly believe it, haha I even did the get on the scale off the scale thing to make sure it wasn't that I wasn't standing on it wrong lol :P


Not only that but I noticed last night more energy and it has stuck with me today. I even exercised!!!! It was way too hot outside (mid 90s) to go for a walk in the woods today but I got on the treadmill (positioned in front of the air conditioner :) and walked for 20 minutes/one mile. I plan on doing that AT LEAST four times a week for a week then move to more time.


I have noticed that I am happier too, whether that is just because I am feeling better and have lost 6lbs or cause sugar was altering my mood I have no idea but I like it anyway:)


The end of this week is supposed to be nice out, sunny and in the 70s so I hope to take the lil one out for some walks get some fresh air and enjoy nature.


I will post on food later tonight after dinner but I was too excited about the weight loss and just couldn't wait:)


ttyl!!!!

Day seven

Well it will be one week completed tomorrow:) Today I stuck with the plan, and have started to notice having more energy during the day which is a wonderful and very welcomed change of pace for me! 

With week one being done with I am really starting to get a grasp of how to do this day in and day out so it is time to add in my least favorite thing in the world to do, exercise:/ NOOOOOO NOT EXERCISE!!! Come on, can't I just do something easy like get a root canal while having a pap smear or something? Anything but exercise!!! I hate walking cause my thighs rub, I hate floor exercises cause it hurts my bones being on the floor, and I hate yoga cause my cats come up and rub all over me and their fur sticks to my chubby sweaty limbs.

Oh well, it must be done I guess. Not just for weight loss but for my overall health right? Come on everybody, tell me I can do this, tell me I will have tons of energy, tell me I will love how it makes me feel, tell me I don't have to make the Jeep payment this month, oh wait that is another issue:)

Bought the book!!! :)

I BOUGHT THE BOOK TODAY!!! OMG the recipes are AMAZING!!!(looking anyway lol). I am so excited to take the book to the store and go grocery shopping:P


On a completely different note I took some scrap gold in today (broken chains, one earring lol a bracelet that was all bent out of shape) and got $75 for it! Holla!!!

Day six

Yeah I know I didn't post yesterday but I did stay on the plan:) I was just soooo tired and busy which is not a good combo for me and to top it all off I am PMSing like crazy lol.

Anyway today I made the most delicious dinner! Shrimp marinaded in olive oil, fresh garlic and Worcestershire sauce and sauteed with broccoli (just used what I had around the kitchen but it was soooooo good!!!!) and for dessert, fresh blackberries lightly sprinkled with Truvia (spell?) in cream.

Oh and I found some other women following the BFC (belly fat cure diet) and one of them posted a Mojito recipe!!!!!! So good and way refreshing on a hot summer night:) Let me know if you want the recipe or if you have any low/no carb drink recipes :)

Day Four!!!

Hello all!


Today was another great day:) I had a total of 73g carbs and 13g sugar. I went online and joined Jorge's ( the man who did research and wrote the belly fat cure book) facebook page thus learning more about the program. I really really really need to buy the book :P


Anyway I have a bit of an announcement to make. This is, as you know, my fourth day on the plan (or what I understand to be the plan lol) and I now weigh 263lbs!!!! I have lost 3lbs in four days!!! I am sooooooo excited!!! I kept getting on and off the scale cause I couldn't believe it. It  makes sense. If my body does not have sugar and carbs for energy it will then burn the existing fat for energy, and boy do I have energy to burn lol. I have not even started an exercise program yet. I was waiting till I got a grasp on the diet and till my sugar withdrawal headaches go away (cause nothing is worse than exercising with a headache). I can only imagine what will happen when I start exercising on a regular basis :)


I really don't want to weigh myself too often cause I do not want normal weigh fluctuations to discourage me but I just couldn't wait :)

Day Three!!!

Ok, so today went well. So far today I have had 73grams carbs and 11grams sugar. Which leaves me with 47g carbs and 4g sugar left.         

Tonight is my fave show Ghost Hunters and I have enough carbs left to  have a serving of popcorn!!! :)                                                                  

yummy :)

Grilled steak, yellow squash and zucchini medley and steamed cabbage for dinner tonight! yummy!!!!

day two

Today was not too bad. Sugar cravings have kicked in but it is nothing I can't handle and once I get past two weeks I think those will stop and hopefully so will my headaches!

Ok so down to business. today I had, turkey tacos (leftovers for breakfast:), seasoned BS chicken breast (lunch), pig skins (snack)(love them and 0 carbs whoo hoo!!!!) and then whole grain brown rice pasta with sauce, chicken, olives and a side of broccoli and cauliflower (dinner).  

 

A grand total of 84.5g of carbs and 6.5g sugar. Well within my 120g carbs and 15g sugar limit :) Lots of ice tea as well.

I need to research what veggies will work best with this program so I can have a little more variety. Can't wait to go grocery shopping this weekend:)

sugar

Dear Sugar,


 I miss you so much. I miss you in brownies, cakes, on cereal, in my apple cinnamon oatmeal, and most of all in a crisp, refreshing, bubbling, ice cold glass of sprite.


I know it was time for us to part. We had a toxic relationship that needed to end. You are just no good for me and I accept that but you will always hold a special place in my heart.


I am not saying I will never bump into you again. I am sure once my weight is under control I may get a hold of you for a booty call like at a birthday party, wedding or special occasion.


I am sure you will find someone new, there are so many fish in the sea and cookies in the world.


Peace be with you my love.

day one

Day one of my new life went pretty well. It was not as hard as I thought it would be. Cauliflower and cheese sauce for "breakfast" (yeah I know that sounds weird but I have never really eaten breakfast food for breakfast lol) then two chicken breast for lunch and turkey tacos for dinner with refried beans, black olives, and a sprinkling of cheese and I still have 24gs carbs and 6.5gs sugar to spare!!! All I drank today was unsweetened Lipton vanilla black tea (soooooo good, the vanilla taste kinda tricks you into thinking you are having something sweet) and water. I do however really really really want a sprite! lol

I am so excited! I think this is something I can do and writing about it REALLY helps, haha even though I don't have any  followers yet :) it is still kinda therapeutic for me.

The article about the diet in ww mag said women were losing like 5-9lbs a week! I hope that turns out to be true, cause that would rock! I will be in my size 16s in no time flat:)

See you tomorrow on day 2!!!! :D

yay

I just ate two boneless skinless chicken breasts. On this plan I can eat as much pure lean protein as I want till I'm full!!!! Yay meat, just what this country girl needs. No mini meals here :) all you can eat baby, but can this really work? I do so what a sprite though. It would have gone so well with my chicken :/ but all I can drink is water, tea and sugar free drinks but I hate 0 cal sweeteners plus I am convinced they give you cancer so water and tea it is, whoo hoo (extreme sarcasm). Did you know that skim milk has 12g of sugar per 1c serving? that is almost a whole days worth of sugar!!! who da thunk it!

the plan

So here is what I am doing as far as food goes. I read in Woman's World Magazine (also the source for the blog about your weight loss idea:) about the belly busting diet which is basically all you can eat but restrictions on carbs and sugar. This will be hard for me because I love sugar although I get headaches everyday and suspect it has to do with the large quantity of sugar I consume mainly through sodas. The carbs won't be as hard cause I already can't eat wheat (due to an allergy) so I have become accustom to burgers with no buns :/

So the plan is eat whatever you want and how ever much you want but don't go over 120g of carbs and 15g sugar. Exercise is not required but I know everyone needs it so I will start out by exercising (walking, workout vids) three days a week for 30 mins a day.

Hopefully I can stick with it because I am currently a size 18 misses (at old navy)and the new jeans I have purchased and removed the tags from are size 16 so I had better drop a size by the time fall hits or I will freeze  lol. Fall comes early in Michigan, and if there is anything worse looking than my chubby pale legs it would be my chubby pale legs covered in frostbite :/

Mondays?

Why do we start diets on Mondays? Is it because we are reasonably sure Monday will suck anyway so why not throw in a healthy slathering of cravings and miserable exercise? I mean technically Sunday is the beginning of the new week, a great peaceful day for a fresh start, the Lord's day, but for some reason ,we wait till Monday.

A new beginning

I don't really know where to start. The most I have ever posted online is cute sayings and pictures on Facebook, so sharing my inward and outward struggle with weight is very new and terrifying to say the least.

I am a 29 year old wife and mother of one. I (here comes the scary part) currently weight 266lbs (on my scale at home which I am sure is wrong lol).

Eight years ago when I met my husband I was at my thinest and weighed 165lbs which for being 6ft tall is not too shabby :) My goal it to reach that point once again.

I am hoping that by my posting every day what exercise I did and what I ate I will be more likely to stick with a program and therefore reach my goal. I will post my weight once a week because I don't want to be to caught up in what it says and weighing my self daily will have me thinking nothing else but that number I saw in the morning.

I have (like many people) tried to diet many times before to no real results. I will be good for a couple weeks and then no results and I quit. For some reason I think ten pounds a week is a reasonable result for cutting out sweets lol.

I have no idea what to expect from this experience but I hope all good things. I want nothing more than to be the wife and mother I know I can be with endless energy, joy and happiness. So here I go, a new week, a new me, and a new beginning. Wish me luck!!!