I have always adopted an ignorance is bliss policy when it comes to my weight. I figure if I am happy with what my clothing size is then I am good. Or am I? The answer is no. I was confronted with the awful truth of how much I weigh at the doctor's office today and it quite frankly freaked me out. I knew going in that I still have some baby weight to lose. I just had no idea how much. So starting now I will no longer be content to be a certain size, because obvioulsy whoever put that certain size label in my clothes wasn't paying attention to what they were doing that day.
The good news is that I already have a weight loss plan in place. My friend Meagan started following these dieting "rules" several weeks ago and has lost 20 pounds. Its been a couple of weeks since we last talked so its possible she's lost more. These rules are pretty hard core. When I first read them I wanted to jump right in, but then reality hit. For instance, there's just no way I can expect myself to completely cut out caffeine and get 8 hours of sleep every night. Not right now anyway. So I was going to postpone this endeavor until the beginning of May, when my life will hopefully be back to normal. But after my appointment yesterday I really got to thinking and I've come to the conclusion that there's never a good time for these things. If you want to do something bad enough you just have to do it. I may not be able to stick to all of the rules, but I can start following the ones I can. Here are my goals to start out: No eating after 9 pm, Drink as much water as possible, No white bread, and the hardest one of all.......cut out as much coffee, tea, and Coke as possible!!! It may not sound like much but its a start. At the end of tax season I will go at it full force. But for now a little is better than nothing at all. Wish me luck!!!
Can you do decaff tea with splenda, coffee, and diet drinks? We always do decaff tea, so I drink it all the time. Good luck on your rules. :) I've always done weight watchers and had success with it after all 3 kiddos. I look forward to hearing how it goes.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I am just reading this...Good for you! I will help you in May. I completely understand that its hard to really diet during tax season (and that's from experience). I think going ahead and making small changes will help you before you go fully into a strict weight loss plan (whatever it is). I just didn't have the tax season excuse so I just woke up one day and did it (dropping everything cold turkey like that was extremely hard!).
ReplyDeleteTo "The Hornsbys" - For the first few weeks, I cut out everything but water (and used Propel packets to get some flavor and help get all the water down). The caffeine thing is just to help with the highs and lows of a normal day and make me work on my food intake and not depend on caffeine for energy, but rather eat more consistently and healthy foods when I need them. I decided that most restaurants probably don't really care or know if they are giving you decaf coffee/tea so I just cut that out too. Plus, its a slippery slope for me so I decided not to even tempt myself. And as for diet drinks - I wanted to cut out carbonation to get rid of any bloating plus I am trying to stop all aspartame and saccharin consumption (although sucralose...aka Splenda is okay) and most diet drinks have that.