I’ve lost track of the day numbers since I’ve been on my LA/Vegas trip. I was afraid I would blow the whole diet with the vacation but by and large I did the shakes in the morning, had lunch out and saved half of lunch for dinner. Before we got to Vegas I was doing the shakes twice a day sometimes. When I left I was 198. When I got home I was 204.5 but within a couple of days I was at 196! I’ve lost 18.5 pounds. I wanted to lose 20 before I went to Naples, which is next week, and it looks like I might make it spot on.
I am still into this, going for 50 pounds total and then see how I look and feel. It was interesting in Vegas. The worse the food was that I ate, the worse I felt and the panic attacks edged in again. It is still amazing to me how feeling so bad and getting the panic attacks is not enough to keep me away from sugar, white flour and processed food. It is utterly amazing to see how self destructive you can be.
But onward and upward. TS Fay is blowing through town tonight. In the morning my sister and I are going to exercise, likely go to the J if it’s open and walk, maybe swim, hit the gym. It will be a good thing!
Filed under: General on August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s been 6 days since I’ve written and that is good in a way. It shows my focus is not on the weight, the diet but just living each day. This morning I am 198! In the last 6 days my weight dropped half a pound her and there and then, as usual, the biggest change comes on Saturday or Sunday. This is Saturday, August 2. I speculated I might be 195 by the time I went to LA on vacation and it would appear I will be really close to that.
And I’ve been eating! With inspiration from Andrew Weil’s book I am having my one meal and making it the way I will eat going forward. More fruits and vegetables. I even found some grass fed beef as a treat and it was excellent. Last night I had Chilean sea bass that I baked on flavoured skewers. The skewers were a Thai coconut lime and I sprinkled the fish with curry. I steamed asparagus with red pepper slices and drizzled it with a little bit of olive oil and sea salt. It was fabulous. I am losing weight at the same rate as when I was doing just liquid so for the most part I will include a meal. Oh, and I had wine. This will remain a treat but I certainly enjoyed it. I have fallen into not cooking and it’s really easy to put together a fairly simple whole food meal. It’s not like I don’t have the time. I figure in the future to shop every couple of days to assure I am getting fresh food products and do my own cooking for the most part. Lunches may continue to be a liquid or a lean cuisine but dinner and breakfast will be my own conconctions. I love breakfast. It is nice to have time to fix it and enjoy it. I should take maximum advantage of not having to work!
Time to walk and swim and maybe the weather will allow bike riding tonight!
Filed under: General on August 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday I was 200.5. I am so close to losing that “2″ than I can taste it. 14 pounds in the first month. Considering I am not doing the full diet I am pleased with what I have lost. My clothes are looser and I am regretting giving away some jeans I had that were too small for me. I am going to go through my clothes and get rid of things that are clearly too large. There will not be a collection of “fat clothes” for me to return to. I wonder about taking some things in. I don’t have a sewing machine but my sister does. Some of my jeans are so very wide in the leg and if I ran a seam down the side they may still work and look better all around.
The funny thing is that I bought 3 new pairs of slacks to take to Las Vegas for vacation about 2 weeks ago. They are pretty loose on me now and that’s fabulous.
I am still swimming and walking every day and tonight I rode the new bicycle. I can ride 4 miles before I get numb butt and my legs begin to ache. I will be able to do the 5 soon. It still takes me almost half an hour to ride the 4 so it adds to my aerobic time. It’s important for me to try and keep my metabolism up with the low calorie intake.
Hoping for more weight loss before the week is over on Wednesday!
Filed under: General on July 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
I am still at 201.5. Last Sunday when I went to the theatre to see one nephew with his older brother I decided to get some food from the buffet but only got a chicken breast (baked) and some carrots. That was to be my “lean and green” meal for the day. Since my nephew has not been home for a year I thought I would take him out for a glass of wine after the play. One glass led to 4 and then to something to eat. We didn’t order unhealthy stuff but after all that wine, well, I didn’t need hummus, pita and stuffed grape leaves. I drank a lot of water as well and more when I got home.
Around 1 AM I woke up with an awful stomach ache and a panic attack. It was a totally miserable night for me with my stomach rebelling and my nerves rattled. The reason I eat a small meal daily is so I will be able to go on vacation with a girlfriend two weeks from now. I don’t want to be a drag and only eat powdered drinks and ruin the time for her. I had been going several days on shakes alone, however, and the return to food full bore was a big mistake. And I knew this could happen! Why do we do such things to ourselves? I guess it was better to learn this at home than in LA with my friend. so I am being consistent with having a small meal daily so I can do so on vacation.
The day after the food fiasco my weight shot up to 206. I’ve battled all week to get it down to 201.5 again. I weighed in the middle of the night (I know, bad idea) and it was 201 but this morning the “.5″ was back again. I have until Wednesday to post a loss for this week or that one day cost me an entire diet week. Dieting is not for the weak.
On the positive side I did finally buy a beach bike and have been riding that some. It hurts my back end so it will take time to get used to it. I’ve ridden about 4 miles each time. I’d like to get up to 10. All things in time. I am doing well with the walking and swimming too so I am Sure I will be down a couple of pounds by Wednesday!
Filed under: General on July 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
201.5 today. After all the exercise yesterday I had hoped for more but it still moving in the right direction.
I’m going to a dinner theatre this afternoon to see my nephew perform. I am back and forth between having my “lean and green” meal there and not eating at all. I had all optifast yesterday except for a small green salad. I was going to do all optifast today as well but I could try to fine something appropriate on their buffet. I guess I can make that call when I get there and see what they have. I’m hungry for food, not hungry overall but hungry for food so of course I don’t trust myself. I keep saying that this is not very good food and to pass on it.
I have had a history of letting down on my diet when I reach that 200 mark. This time I want to blow past it and keep on going. I am strong enough to do what I should. I AM strong enough to do what I should!!
Filed under: General on July 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Still going strong. Day before yesterday I was down another half pound… 202.5. If I still lose 2 lbs. this week that will put me at 2.5 lbs. for the week. If that continues I’ll lose ten pounds a month and I think that is fine.
I am two weeks until my trip to LA. I’ve been afraid that I would not get back on my diet when I returned but I am thinking to pretty much stick to it while I am out there. The shake packages are easy to travel with and mix easily in a shaker. I went to the beach a couple of days ago and carried a shake package with me. I drank half of my bottle of water and dumped the shake mix it. This was very easy.
I also received a case of the peanut butter bars that can be used in place of a shake once or twice a day. They are pretty good tasting and might be a nice treat in the evening. I want to get more soup since I like the chicken soup. I’m afraid to try the tomato although everything else I have tried has been just fine.
I am so close to saying good bye to the 200’s. I can’t wait to see that “1″ pop up!
Filed under: General on July 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
Finally, some movement! I am 203 this morning which is 7 days exactly from my last loss. 11.5 lbs. total weight loss in 3 weeks. I think I might go all shakes again today and then on Wednesday have some chicken and broccoli. I guess I am holding out hope that tomorrow will bring a tiny bit more loss. If I step back and look at this I know losing 1.5 to 2 lbs. a week is recommended by all guidelines but I think I expected Optifast to be a faster track and by their own statistics they say it is with an average weight loss of 50 lbs. I am looking likely at half of that.
But I’ve been doing a lean and green variation so who knows if that can change it by half. None the less I am down another two pounds and that is the right direction.
Another benefit has been the correction of my body ph. I’ve been acidic for quit a while and although I was taking ph buffers I could rarely bring myself back to the proper ph. On the diet I am indeed in the correct ph so that may help the weight loss. It certainly helps my body by cutting down on the inflamation. My new nutrition plan, which I have not finalized, needs to address the glycemic index for sure as well as low acidic foods. I wonder if there is a correlation between the two? Sounds like another spreadsheet opportunity! I like to create spreadsheets.
Today is my mahjong day so a good time will be had by all!
Filed under: General on July 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Still at 205. I have 2 more days until the 3 weeks are over. I did all shakes yesterday and doing all shakes today. I am surprised that I have hit a wall this early and maybe it’s not a wall but impatience in losing so slowly. Not sure how to define the difference. I walked today, swam, took a zumba class and water aerobics. I don’t think I can do more than that.
Tomorrow is another day and I am still hopeful I will show another loss by the beginning of week 4.
Filed under: General on July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
Still hanging at 205. I’ve lost 9.5 lbs. in 18 days. I really thought it would be more by now. Week 3 is over on Wednesday and I will be truly upset if I have not lost some by then. I have not varied and in fact I had 1 totally liquid day and today I’m having nothing but the Optifast shakes. I did not walk today but I did swim laps. I need to forget about the time passing and just stay the course. Can you possibly go on for an entire week averaging maybe 900 calories and not lose weight?
Filed under: General on July 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
I am still hanging in there at 205. I really thought I would be down this morning. I did nothing but liquids yesterday although it did include a large glass of wine to toast my nephew’s return home from college after a year’s absence. Other than this side step from the diet, I have had no other indiscretions. Still and all I know it will be down before the week is over on Wednesday. (This is Friday)
I’ve stayed active, swimming and walking daily. My sister is coming over this morning to walk and swim with me and I am looking forward to that. I passed on lunching with the pool ladies on Wednesday since they were going to an Italian restaurant. How much worse that could be than sitting through the Cheeburger, Cheeburger experience earlier in the week I don’t know but I just didn’t trust myself. My brother in law’s birthday celebration is Sunday night at Carrabas. Oh boy. I think I can find something there that is legal but the birthday cake is coming from Edgewood Bakery and that will be tough to turn down. I just have to remember that I will be able to have some of the cake next year. It’s just a small part out of my total life and that is what I need to remember. I am still solid in my resolve.
Filed under: General on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »