This morning I decided that instead of my usual breakfast taco (sometimes 2 of them) I was going to have a bowl of cereal and an apple. That was consumed at 8:00 this morning. It is now 9:00 and I'm starving.
I have managed to go a week without any potatoes though, so I'm really proud of myself. Yesterday while I was at HEB they had those Central Market veggie chips that R.W. mentioned in the comments, so I bought some of those to snack on. I have managed to also go all week long with only 1 soft drink, which is another major accomplishment for me. I usually wake up and have two diet vanilla Pepsi's EVERY morning!
So I'm trying to keep up my resolutions that I made!
Today I'm starting to keep track of my calorie intake. I'm also in the market for some kind of exercise contraption. I love the elliptical machine, so I may go that route. I saw one in some advertisement the other day that was an elliptical/stationary bike which may be a good option since it would give me a 2-in-one piece of equipment. I'm pretty sure I don't want a treadmill -- if I want to walk I could just go outside and walk is my thinking there. (Not that I do, just that I could)
I'm determined this year to lose some weight one way or another. I'm dangerously close to 200 pounds and it's the biggest I've ever been. I realize I'll never be the 120 pounds that I was in high school many moons ago and that's not my goal. I'm just going to take it one day at a time and see where I end up!
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I am so proud of you Sister Susie!!
I started on Monday, Jan. 5th and have accomplished the dieting part--just have not gotten back in to the exercise bit--and it takes both! I am doing the low carb thing!
Keep up the good work!!
Rock on, Squirt! Now, some unsolicited observations . . .
Buy a heart monitor, the kind you strap on with a wristwatch read out. Whatever exercise you wind up doing, make sure you're in the fat burning zone. That's a heart rate of above 114 for me (based on age, height, current weight, etc.) I mean honestly, do you really want to work that hard and NOT be burning fat? Not this lazy woman.
It was also enormously helpful to me to start eating six times a day. That's right, eat more. I have an appetite like a ravening bear and can easily put any truck driver to shame. Hunger is the enemy. I like an apple and a couple of low-fat cheese sticks in the afternoon. Also power bars. I get the "Rx" brand, the chocolate chocolate chip. You want to make sure any bar you pick has high protein content, but low sugar, like 5 or 6g tops.
I did stop eating cookies for breakfast (a horrible life long habit), and I did give up potatoes. Why? Like you, I can't control myself when I eat them. I did not, however, give up hamburgers or barbecue or pasta. Just not all the time and substitution is good. Whole wheat pasta, for instance, is much better for you than the regular stuff.
There are also natural appetite suppressants, like walnuts. About eight of those and a bottle of lemon water and you'd be surprised how full you'll feel.
And, amusingly, I watch Biggest Loser religiously. Seriously, you learn a lot, but I also never, ever want to have to put myself at the mercy of someone like Jillian! Damn, that woman makes Marine drill sergeants look benign. That's just my form of inspiration, but anything like that made me feel better and kept me going. The season I started losing weight was when that little gal Ally won. I'd wake up and think, "Shit, I don't want to get on that bike." And then I'd think, "Yeah, but Ally's probably in the gym puking her guts out right now." And I'd get up.
I was especially proud of you that you put a number in your post. Accountability is pretty danged important. Easy to lie to yourself, not easy to lie to other people who are pulling for you. I never weighed. A scale can send me into the blackest depression. I just went on clothes size. Every time I took my belt up a notch, I knew I was getting somewhere.
With a family to feed as well as yourself, it's not easy, but I have every faith in you and will happily listen to you bitch about the whole process any time. God knows all my friends listened to me bitch for a year. ;-)
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