The apples did their job of flushing out all the bad stuff. I did drink BTT and water in higher amounts than stated because I wasn't about to dehydrate and have only a water loss!! So hope this is a real fat loss, that would be a relief. I thought that it was 6 apples and a steak and was very disappointed when 5pm came around and I only got to eat another apple. I am not going to eat apples again for a few days!
I have gotten some negative feedback which is surprising. It seems that people do not approve of extreme weight loss measures. If I got my stomach stapled or lipo I wonder if I would get as much concern. I do appreciate hearing it though because it actually strengthens me more in a strange way. I know what the healthy way to lose weight is, but that sh*t takes too long and I waited too long to get this done. My weight roller coaster is rushing down and I'm in disbelief of the effectiveness of this diet once again.
I am in my skinny shorts! They are a "real" size 12. I have been wearing my big size 12s lying to myself, haha. My dream pant size is 7/8. Silly how most people always want to get super skinny. I just want to get my BMI in a normal range and feel like I can lean out, not beef up with exercise. I will, of course, need to exercise a lot with flexibility workouts and toning after this is all done since I will have extra skin and lose some muscle mass.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Plateau Breaking Day @ 160lb., 5 down, day 6
So after a nice 5 pound loss I stepped on the scale today and saw the same numbers. Time to cut through it!
I was feeling very tired last night before bed and I think I had too much beef jerky over the course of the day because in the morning I was all dry mouthy, yuck! Dehydration is still possible when drinking loads of water I guess. It is the coffee that was working against me!
I went for a rather vigorous walk while holding 25 pound Willow in a front baby carrier yesterday morning and I wasn't hungry at all then it hit me like a wave of sleepiness at 3pm.
After the drops before 3pm I had a rush of energy and I had been very productive: clearing out my closet, organizing drawers, etc. Not eating gives you a lot of free time and I was on my feet all day doing things when usually I would have tried to relax and find something to watch on the Roku. Something to slow down.
Those B vitamins certainly do their thing! I was on the go but after I had lunch I realized I needed to eat more. I wasn't hungry, but I was feeling the effects of fatigue: blurred vision, slurred and disorganized speech (I was trying to talk to my mom and found myself using the wrong words over and over like a drunk person).
So when it was time for bed I knew I couldn't wait another 12 hours before food and I had a remaining 300 cals to eat after my walk to keep in line with my 700 cal diet (I earned around 200cals from walking), so I had ... a "bad" thing (non ASAP approved that is,). haha... split pea soup with bacon. I had 3/4 of the can and it helped me sleep and this morning I wasn't hungry until now, almost 1pm!
I know that the soup probably is what made me plateau since it was undoubtedly in my stomach still after I awoke, but I still feel like I wanted to make sure I maintain my 1lb/day average so today I am doing a modified plateau breaker day.
Right now I am eating an apple (I only have 3 left so I will have to modify the 6 apple/steak breaker). I guess it will be 4 clementines, 3 apples! (the clementines are reallly small so I will have 4). I hope to come back tomorrow with a successful loss!
I was feeling very tired last night before bed and I think I had too much beef jerky over the course of the day because in the morning I was all dry mouthy, yuck! Dehydration is still possible when drinking loads of water I guess. It is the coffee that was working against me!
I went for a rather vigorous walk while holding 25 pound Willow in a front baby carrier yesterday morning and I wasn't hungry at all then it hit me like a wave of sleepiness at 3pm.
After the drops before 3pm I had a rush of energy and I had been very productive: clearing out my closet, organizing drawers, etc. Not eating gives you a lot of free time and I was on my feet all day doing things when usually I would have tried to relax and find something to watch on the Roku. Something to slow down.
Those B vitamins certainly do their thing! I was on the go but after I had lunch I realized I needed to eat more. I wasn't hungry, but I was feeling the effects of fatigue: blurred vision, slurred and disorganized speech (I was trying to talk to my mom and found myself using the wrong words over and over like a drunk person).
So when it was time for bed I knew I couldn't wait another 12 hours before food and I had a remaining 300 cals to eat after my walk to keep in line with my 700 cal diet (I earned around 200cals from walking), so I had ... a "bad" thing (non ASAP approved that is,). haha... split pea soup with bacon. I had 3/4 of the can and it helped me sleep and this morning I wasn't hungry until now, almost 1pm!
I know that the soup probably is what made me plateau since it was undoubtedly in my stomach still after I awoke, but I still feel like I wanted to make sure I maintain my 1lb/day average so today I am doing a modified plateau breaker day.
Right now I am eating an apple (I only have 3 left so I will have to modify the 6 apple/steak breaker). I guess it will be 4 clementines, 3 apples! (the clementines are reallly small so I will have 4). I hope to come back tomorrow with a successful loss!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Vanity Weigh Loss vs. Lifestyle Change
So I've been very susceptible lately to dieting ads since I am in the middle of a very strict diet. Last night Tony Horton was on Dr. Oz stating that vanity dieting, or dieting for an event or specific time will not provide lasting results because the behaviour that caused the weight to go up will inevitably return without a lifestyle change. This is really resonating with me.
I guess you could call some of my goals vain because I do want to look good for a specific event, Hoopcamp. And I will be making a promo video which will, ideally, be on the internet forever and I will be unable to ask him/her to delete it because I feel bad about the way I look.
But I also want a smaller body to do things I never could before, like pull ups or climb a tree. I don't just want to be smaller, I want to be a powerhouse, a source of strong inner light. I can already feel myself getting out of my shell as the pounds melt away. On Day 5 and down 5 pounds!
I was only concerned with getting rid of my baby weight before, not with having lasting results. I didn't regain all my weight from last time. I fell 5 lb. shy of a total regain, so I guess there was some lasting effects. But I did not weigh myself everyday looking to see if I gained a pound. I did not want to do that! I didn't want my girls to see me standing on the scale everyday because I don't want it to be a big deal for them. They are at a very impressionable age!
I am just going to tell them from now on that Mommy can't eat that because I only eat really healthy food. Zora opted out of the peach cobbler I made for daddy and the girls to have my steamed apple with cinnamon. She claimed it tasted better but I know she really just wants to eat what I eat.
So now today when I go shopping I will only be buying the whole foods. I am craving steak so tonight I'll have myself a nice 3 oz. serving with a spinach salad. I like making foods that we all can eat rather than making food for them that I won't eat because then Zora won't eat it either. I want to make a meal plan too, like a plan for the following week before it gets here!
I'm looking forward to another 5 lost by Tuesday, let's see if I can do it!
I guess you could call some of my goals vain because I do want to look good for a specific event, Hoopcamp. And I will be making a promo video which will, ideally, be on the internet forever and I will be unable to ask him/her to delete it because I feel bad about the way I look.
But I also want a smaller body to do things I never could before, like pull ups or climb a tree. I don't just want to be smaller, I want to be a powerhouse, a source of strong inner light. I can already feel myself getting out of my shell as the pounds melt away. On Day 5 and down 5 pounds!
I was only concerned with getting rid of my baby weight before, not with having lasting results. I didn't regain all my weight from last time. I fell 5 lb. shy of a total regain, so I guess there was some lasting effects. But I did not weigh myself everyday looking to see if I gained a pound. I did not want to do that! I didn't want my girls to see me standing on the scale everyday because I don't want it to be a big deal for them. They are at a very impressionable age!
I am just going to tell them from now on that Mommy can't eat that because I only eat really healthy food. Zora opted out of the peach cobbler I made for daddy and the girls to have my steamed apple with cinnamon. She claimed it tasted better but I know she really just wants to eat what I eat.
So now today when I go shopping I will only be buying the whole foods. I am craving steak so tonight I'll have myself a nice 3 oz. serving with a spinach salad. I like making foods that we all can eat rather than making food for them that I won't eat because then Zora won't eat it either. I want to make a meal plan too, like a plan for the following week before it gets here!
I'm looking forward to another 5 lost by Tuesday, let's see if I can do it!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Day 2, round 2! Eating less FOREVER
So I have been in the kitchen canning some asparagus for later-date snacks and found myself getting quite hungry. I recognize this feeling from before, it is my tummy pulling, crunching, AND SHRINKING! HIP HIP HOOOORAY!
The hardest part of starting any low calorie diet is turning off that switch that says eat eat eat. I seriously turn off that switch in my body and find that meal time is a chore, not a relished part of my day that I overindulge.
My remedy to stop the pangs? BTT of course! I put a scoop in 3 cups of water with some plant derived minerals and I'm 1 cup down and feeling fine.
I was typing it up on an ASAP review and stated something that is reverberating with me now. I was saying that ASAP is only a 3 week program with 3 weeks maintenance or 6 weeks with 3 weeks maintenance, but it really is much longer than that. You have to be committed to surviving off less calories. My body will be maintaining its weight on around 1600 cals, so I cannot "eat whatever I want, whenever I want" after the diet is over. It is a life change. I will have to exercise about an hour everyday to eat how I was eating before.
Currently my body is supposedly consuming 1900 calories a day plus the breast feeding is another 500 cals so 2400. That's about how much I was eating and I was gaining, so I know that the breastfeeding (1-2 a day for 10 minutes) is not going to be draining me of 500 cals. Probably around 100, 200 during teething periods (more nursing).
So if I do the math hrmmm, eating 800 cals a day would leave me around -1000, or over a 7 day period, 7k cals and that's about 2 lb. in a week. Now this is far less than the results I get on this product! I will look into the process of ketosis more because I am super-intrigued by it!
The hardest part of starting any low calorie diet is turning off that switch that says eat eat eat. I seriously turn off that switch in my body and find that meal time is a chore, not a relished part of my day that I overindulge.
My remedy to stop the pangs? BTT of course! I put a scoop in 3 cups of water with some plant derived minerals and I'm 1 cup down and feeling fine.
I was typing it up on an ASAP review and stated something that is reverberating with me now. I was saying that ASAP is only a 3 week program with 3 weeks maintenance or 6 weeks with 3 weeks maintenance, but it really is much longer than that. You have to be committed to surviving off less calories. My body will be maintaining its weight on around 1600 cals, so I cannot "eat whatever I want, whenever I want" after the diet is over. It is a life change. I will have to exercise about an hour everyday to eat how I was eating before.
Currently my body is supposedly consuming 1900 calories a day plus the breast feeding is another 500 cals so 2400. That's about how much I was eating and I was gaining, so I know that the breastfeeding (1-2 a day for 10 minutes) is not going to be draining me of 500 cals. Probably around 100, 200 during teething periods (more nursing).
So if I do the math hrmmm, eating 800 cals a day would leave me around -1000, or over a 7 day period, 7k cals and that's about 2 lb. in a week. Now this is far less than the results I get on this product! I will look into the process of ketosis more because I am super-intrigued by it!
Switching away from gluten free ASAP to traditional
I was satisfied with my results last time, around 15-20 pounds in 3 weeks was great! But I did it a little bit differently, I did 3, 3, 2, 1... so instead of what the diet calls for (2 veggies, 2 fruits, 2 protein, 2 grain) I did (3 veggies, 3 fruits, 2 proteins, 1 grain). I found some plain breadsticks to replace the melba toast because I found them absolutely revolting. The packaging made the crackers smell like plastic, yuck! I couldn't do it at all. I'll stick to single servings of saltine crackers or 2 breadsticks, roughly 50 calories which will keep me in line for the caloric side of things.
I was concerned before about keeping my milk supply up, which I was perfectly capable of doing! However this time I am more concerned with getting results. I will still breastfeed and I don't care either way if my milk goes because Willow is 16 months now! And honestly she doesn't even really feed on me but mostly just plays these days and I'm a pacifier for bedtime.
The major issue with me before was toxicity in my breastmilk. Since I'm losing weight then there must be toxins in the milk, right? Well I figure some women lose up to 60 pounds in 2 months if they have the right metabolism. I am not doing nearly that amount of weight loss and the doctors don't recommend against that so what I'm doing should be fine too.
I have a friend that invited me to walk with her in the mornings but I don't think I should be exerting myself by taking an almost 3 mile walk everyday and it sucks because I realllly want to! But I know if I do that I'll be hungry and my willpower will weaken. I will do it once a week and after the 6 weeks I'll do it with her everyday! Can't wait for that!! I can imagine the pep in my step 30 pounds lighter! Wow, I might want to run! No wonder people who are losing weight eventually become runners. After carrying around so much weight it must feel natural to move faster and faster!
So my diet currently is like this:
morning: coffee with stevia drops, Beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop
snack: beef jerky 1 oz/egg
lunch: lettuce/salt/pepper/lemon juice/mushrooms/celery/pepper (small serving of all to equal 1 portion), apple or orange, beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop, EFA 2x
snack: seltzer water with stevia drops
dinner: progresso soup (beef and veggie or some other non-dairy/grain type), beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop with plant derived minerals, osteo fx, EFA 2x
dessert: handful of strawberries
When I get hungry I tell myself my body can live 3 weeks without food and I am complaining about 2 hours... haha... if I am weak or feeling tired I take the ASAP (B vitamins to the rescue!) or take BTT a little earlier. All day I have a cup around to sip on the BTT and that definitely helps. I would not ever do this diet without the Youngevity supply or some other similar product.
I was concerned before about keeping my milk supply up, which I was perfectly capable of doing! However this time I am more concerned with getting results. I will still breastfeed and I don't care either way if my milk goes because Willow is 16 months now! And honestly she doesn't even really feed on me but mostly just plays these days and I'm a pacifier for bedtime.
The major issue with me before was toxicity in my breastmilk. Since I'm losing weight then there must be toxins in the milk, right? Well I figure some women lose up to 60 pounds in 2 months if they have the right metabolism. I am not doing nearly that amount of weight loss and the doctors don't recommend against that so what I'm doing should be fine too.
I have a friend that invited me to walk with her in the mornings but I don't think I should be exerting myself by taking an almost 3 mile walk everyday and it sucks because I realllly want to! But I know if I do that I'll be hungry and my willpower will weaken. I will do it once a week and after the 6 weeks I'll do it with her everyday! Can't wait for that!! I can imagine the pep in my step 30 pounds lighter! Wow, I might want to run! No wonder people who are losing weight eventually become runners. After carrying around so much weight it must feel natural to move faster and faster!
So my diet currently is like this:
morning: coffee with stevia drops, Beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop
snack: beef jerky 1 oz/egg
lunch: lettuce/salt/pepper/lemon juice/mushrooms/celery/pepper (small serving of all to equal 1 portion), apple or orange, beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop, EFA 2x
snack: seltzer water with stevia drops
dinner: progresso soup (beef and veggie or some other non-dairy/grain type), beyond tangy tangerine 1 scoop with plant derived minerals, osteo fx, EFA 2x
dessert: handful of strawberries
When I get hungry I tell myself my body can live 3 weeks without food and I am complaining about 2 hours... haha... if I am weak or feeling tired I take the ASAP (B vitamins to the rescue!) or take BTT a little earlier. All day I have a cup around to sip on the BTT and that definitely helps. I would not ever do this diet without the Youngevity supply or some other similar product.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Okay I'm back! And... time for ASAP again! 6 weeks!
Weight starting:... errmmmm, *hides* 163. I know, I know. 10 pounds back! Agh! I did NOT mean for that to happen (obviously). But after I got moved into my new home I had a lot of stuff to work on. And of course I was not able to do the maintenance like I wanted since I was more occupied with decorating my new home than I was being a smart shopper and having a home full of foods that I wasn't immediately craving.
My sugar levels have been WHACKED. And I have been drinking on the weekends, more than I like (ahem, I'll be honest, 2-3 beers a day and about once a month I'll have a half bottle of wine which will totally get me to that happy place but the day after I'm not so happy!)
I can feel the toxic build up and I really want to feel light as a feather again. I loved that feeling... a few days ago I had taken a mini break from food and it was so good to feel in control.
I realized I was at a low when I had finished off my second slice of cheescake from trader joe's (its made of good ingredients so I tell myself its *good*.... of course it is NOT), and then I watched an episode of Dr. Oz and Joan Rivers had admitted she liked the time in her life when she was bulimic because she had control over her life. And of course the copycat effect hit me and I thought... maybe I'll just take a little of this remorse out of my stomach. THAT WENT BADLY, haha.... I just had bloodshot eyes after the first attempt then realized ... wow, this is pathetic and totally not me. It has been a long time since I purged in that way and I really wanted to feel it. I am glad that I couldn't.
I am not going to take that extremely unhealthy route anyways because it instantly made me feel worse rather than better. My eyes hurt for a few days and my heart felt like it was palpitating irregularly that night. The symptoms were evident instantly that this is a very unhealthy mechanism for my body and I shant disgrace it so!
Anyhow, starvation also sounds like it is bad to me. In retrospect of my last ASAP attempt, I felt in control of my eating but because I was eating so much less than what I'm used to I was told by others that I was starving myself. I really didn't like hearing that. I felt unsupported and I was not expecting those voices to shake me so much. I didn't want to agree because I didn't feel hungry, I felt satisfied, I felt smaller, I felt great, then I felt guilt. Was I really starving myself? I was telling people that the drops are Dumbo's feather because I read elsewhere than anyone who eats 1000 calories a day are going to lose weight with or without "magic $100 drops."
I am still summoning my strength to do this again. Tomorrow I am going to INDULGE. I will eat everything I am going to miss in the next six weeks. I am going to do the longer ASAP session because I want to lose 30 pounds. My dream weight is 135. I do not want to get halfway there and feel satisfied. I want to be in my dream body and I want it ASAP!
I hope I can inspire others to do the same and to show them that it is possible to get to a dream weight. And also, when I get there I hope I can also show you that its possible to be happy in the body you're in. I keep hearing people say "if you're not happy now you'll never be happy" I know I have always had issues with my body, but when I was 140 I was on fire! I was motivated and had a lot of energy for anything and everything I wanted to do! I was inspired and inspirational with a beaming confidence that permeated the space around me. I still have this fire but I want it to shine brighter and further! Join me if you can, anywhere along the way!
My sugar levels have been WHACKED. And I have been drinking on the weekends, more than I like (ahem, I'll be honest, 2-3 beers a day and about once a month I'll have a half bottle of wine which will totally get me to that happy place but the day after I'm not so happy!)
I can feel the toxic build up and I really want to feel light as a feather again. I loved that feeling... a few days ago I had taken a mini break from food and it was so good to feel in control.
I realized I was at a low when I had finished off my second slice of cheescake from trader joe's (its made of good ingredients so I tell myself its *good*.... of course it is NOT), and then I watched an episode of Dr. Oz and Joan Rivers had admitted she liked the time in her life when she was bulimic because she had control over her life. And of course the copycat effect hit me and I thought... maybe I'll just take a little of this remorse out of my stomach. THAT WENT BADLY, haha.... I just had bloodshot eyes after the first attempt then realized ... wow, this is pathetic and totally not me. It has been a long time since I purged in that way and I really wanted to feel it. I am glad that I couldn't.
I am not going to take that extremely unhealthy route anyways because it instantly made me feel worse rather than better. My eyes hurt for a few days and my heart felt like it was palpitating irregularly that night. The symptoms were evident instantly that this is a very unhealthy mechanism for my body and I shant disgrace it so!
Anyhow, starvation also sounds like it is bad to me. In retrospect of my last ASAP attempt, I felt in control of my eating but because I was eating so much less than what I'm used to I was told by others that I was starving myself. I really didn't like hearing that. I felt unsupported and I was not expecting those voices to shake me so much. I didn't want to agree because I didn't feel hungry, I felt satisfied, I felt smaller, I felt great, then I felt guilt. Was I really starving myself? I was telling people that the drops are Dumbo's feather because I read elsewhere than anyone who eats 1000 calories a day are going to lose weight with or without "magic $100 drops."
I am still summoning my strength to do this again. Tomorrow I am going to INDULGE. I will eat everything I am going to miss in the next six weeks. I am going to do the longer ASAP session because I want to lose 30 pounds. My dream weight is 135. I do not want to get halfway there and feel satisfied. I want to be in my dream body and I want it ASAP!
I hope I can inspire others to do the same and to show them that it is possible to get to a dream weight. And also, when I get there I hope I can also show you that its possible to be happy in the body you're in. I keep hearing people say "if you're not happy now you'll never be happy" I know I have always had issues with my body, but when I was 140 I was on fire! I was motivated and had a lot of energy for anything and everything I wanted to do! I was inspired and inspirational with a beaming confidence that permeated the space around me. I still have this fire but I want it to shine brighter and further! Join me if you can, anywhere along the way!
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Starting maintenance phase of ASAP, avoiding sugar and starch
I am on my third day of maintenance now and my weight has been across the board. On my final day of ASAP, my weight was 153. On my first day of maintenance, it was 155 (I had tuna casserole for dinner and pumpkin pie... BIG NO NOs..) My energy level plummeted after I ate and I just wanted to curl up and go to bed at like 7pm! I woke up that day at 9am, so there was no reason for it other than my body shutting down by having to process all that sugar.
Yesterday I woke up with the scale reading 156 after breakfast (I usually weigh first thing in the morning since it gives me the most optimistic results).
So yesterday I only had coffee for breakfast, 2 apples and beyond tangy tangerine for lunch, and a small square of casserole for dinner with the rest of my supplements. Today I weighed in at 153!... So I am a little confused what my results have been.I think its safe to say 153-155, which would be 10-12 pounds off in 3 weeks!
I am thinking I haven't been drinking enough water on my final days of ASAP so my body started to store it. Yesterday I drank plenty and this morning I was pleased with my weigh in.
I have been checking measurements too and everyday they have been the same except my waist after I had that casserole on my first day was a .5" bigger until it all got digested.
We got the SlenderFX Chocolate shake in the mail a few days ago so I will start taking that instead of lunch. This is how I like to make it:
1 cup almond milk
2 scoops mix
1.5 cup ice
1 Tablespoon of peanut butter
BLEND until smooth
I think I will opt out of the peanut butter if I am gaining too fast. And perhaps use water instead of almond milk. Either way I like to give it volume by blending it. And since I have those sweet drops maybe I'll add some english toffee to it. That flavor is my new fav.
Yesterday I woke up with the scale reading 156 after breakfast (I usually weigh first thing in the morning since it gives me the most optimistic results).
So yesterday I only had coffee for breakfast, 2 apples and beyond tangy tangerine for lunch, and a small square of casserole for dinner with the rest of my supplements. Today I weighed in at 153!... So I am a little confused what my results have been.I think its safe to say 153-155, which would be 10-12 pounds off in 3 weeks!
I am thinking I haven't been drinking enough water on my final days of ASAP so my body started to store it. Yesterday I drank plenty and this morning I was pleased with my weigh in.
I have been checking measurements too and everyday they have been the same except my waist after I had that casserole on my first day was a .5" bigger until it all got digested.
We got the SlenderFX Chocolate shake in the mail a few days ago so I will start taking that instead of lunch. This is how I like to make it:
1 cup almond milk
2 scoops mix
1.5 cup ice
1 Tablespoon of peanut butter
BLEND until smooth
I think I will opt out of the peanut butter if I am gaining too fast. And perhaps use water instead of almond milk. Either way I like to give it volume by blending it. And since I have those sweet drops maybe I'll add some english toffee to it. That flavor is my new fav.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Day 16, down 10 pounds
So today I am trying to break my plateau - again. I think the eggs in the morning have something to do with it. And for some reason I think that if I'm not feeling SOME hunger pain, then I am not really losing weight, and my scale readings reflect this. If I have one or two slight hunger feelings a day I'll drop a half a pound.
I wonder if making cream of mushroom soup and taste testing it had an effect. Either way, I didn't eat it for dinner, I had a spinach salad with oven roasted chicken, carrots, and sugar snap peas. Yum dee dum, I'm guessing 300 calories?
Today I haven't had anything to eat yet and I am going to have a steak and an apple for dinner. I guess I was supposed to eat 6 apples to get rid of my plateau, but I don't really wanna eat that much sugar. And I haven't been hungry all day until right about now (4:30pm)... so time to throw the meat in the oven.
Tomorrow am I will have two eggs again because I'm certain I'll be raging hungry in the morning. My daughter keeps waking up very early and I wake up with her. Before starting the diet I was sleeping in until about 10am, granted the time did change, so I guess the "time" was 9am. Now I am up at 7:30am and stirring around the kitchen making everyone breakfast.
So not only am I living a life with more energy, I am also living with less sleep and more time to my day. Hooray!
I am "STUCK" at 155 now though. But I don't know if I can say that if I dropped from 156 a few days ago. Its as if my weight loss is incremental, not stalled, like .25 # a day? I am hoping tomorrow will be 154 and then I can push the boundaries of my body's set weight. 5 more days left and then I will be starting the maintennance phase. Please please please be 150 by the end! That'll mean 15 pounds in 21 days. And I think I can get out another 5 pounds with the SlenderFX shake and by managing my portions.
I made a video blog/vlog for youtube (sorry no makeup. I'm not lazy - no oils/lotions for the program remember?)
I wonder if making cream of mushroom soup and taste testing it had an effect. Either way, I didn't eat it for dinner, I had a spinach salad with oven roasted chicken, carrots, and sugar snap peas. Yum dee dum, I'm guessing 300 calories?
Today I haven't had anything to eat yet and I am going to have a steak and an apple for dinner. I guess I was supposed to eat 6 apples to get rid of my plateau, but I don't really wanna eat that much sugar. And I haven't been hungry all day until right about now (4:30pm)... so time to throw the meat in the oven.
Tomorrow am I will have two eggs again because I'm certain I'll be raging hungry in the morning. My daughter keeps waking up very early and I wake up with her. Before starting the diet I was sleeping in until about 10am, granted the time did change, so I guess the "time" was 9am. Now I am up at 7:30am and stirring around the kitchen making everyone breakfast.
So not only am I living a life with more energy, I am also living with less sleep and more time to my day. Hooray!
I am "STUCK" at 155 now though. But I don't know if I can say that if I dropped from 156 a few days ago. Its as if my weight loss is incremental, not stalled, like .25 # a day? I am hoping tomorrow will be 154 and then I can push the boundaries of my body's set weight. 5 more days left and then I will be starting the maintennance phase. Please please please be 150 by the end! That'll mean 15 pounds in 21 days. And I think I can get out another 5 pounds with the SlenderFX shake and by managing my portions.
I made a video blog/vlog for youtube (sorry no makeup. I'm not lazy - no oils/lotions for the program remember?)
Saturday, November 3, 2012
900 cals a day or 2500?
I have been very careful to read about claims of how ASAP only works because it is extremely calorie restricted. Yes, it is. I am averaging 900 cals a day, but I also know I do not have any hunger pains for that extra 1100 cals. And if my calculations are correct, shouldn't I then only be losing 3500 cals (a pound) every 3 days? Not every day! And these claims do not account for the 1400-1600 cals of fat that I'm burning everyday that are released into my bloodstream. That's why I am heavily avoiding any fatty foods (avocados, high fat meats) - I am already getting PLENTY of it.
Well I've been losing about a pound a day on this diet, with little hunger.
I saw Cloud Atlas tonight (IMAX experience - great!) And after, my mother, sister-in-law, and I went to a burger joint. I actually felt fulfilled with my chicken salad sin dressing and tiny bowl of chili sin cheese. I am so happy with how ASAP has guided me into making the right food choices.
It COULD be the dumbofeather. I do not deny that. That does not make me ignorant if the product works. If I had a chance to do it again, I would, even knowing what I know now. You buy an $80 bottle of "magic potion"... but the ingredients DO fend off your appetite and according to my above math, it may also be assisting in the weight loss 3x faster than it would be normally.
It says it only blasts away abnormal fat and not muscle. Well I got news for you: any weight loss is great! haha. When you are losing fat you also lose lean muscle because your body doesn't need a 120 pound lean frame to carry around 140 pounds, it only needs a 90-100 pound lean frame.
The location of the fat I'm losing seems to be my legs mostly, which honestly, were fine to begin with!! My belly button measurement has only gone down a 1/2" but then its my most "problem area" being postnatal 8 months. I was hoping it would be the first thing to magically waste away. No luck there, I'm hopeful still though.
I am on Day 8 and down 8 pounds - 32 sticks of butter! Where the heck was I carrying it all?!
Well I've been losing about a pound a day on this diet, with little hunger.
I saw Cloud Atlas tonight (IMAX experience - great!) And after, my mother, sister-in-law, and I went to a burger joint. I actually felt fulfilled with my chicken salad sin dressing and tiny bowl of chili sin cheese. I am so happy with how ASAP has guided me into making the right food choices.
It COULD be the dumbofeather. I do not deny that. That does not make me ignorant if the product works. If I had a chance to do it again, I would, even knowing what I know now. You buy an $80 bottle of "magic potion"... but the ingredients DO fend off your appetite and according to my above math, it may also be assisting in the weight loss 3x faster than it would be normally.
It says it only blasts away abnormal fat and not muscle. Well I got news for you: any weight loss is great! haha. When you are losing fat you also lose lean muscle because your body doesn't need a 120 pound lean frame to carry around 140 pounds, it only needs a 90-100 pound lean frame.
The location of the fat I'm losing seems to be my legs mostly, which honestly, were fine to begin with!! My belly button measurement has only gone down a 1/2" but then its my most "problem area" being postnatal 8 months. I was hoping it would be the first thing to magically waste away. No luck there, I'm hopeful still though.
I am on Day 8 and down 8 pounds - 32 sticks of butter! Where the heck was I carrying it all?!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
I survived Halloween without candy
This has been my first Hallween ever without eating a single candy. Wow was it hard. I looked into my daughters candy bucket, amazed at the colors and smells. I admit I did smell her Kit Kat bar and allowed my mind to do the rest about pretending I was eating it. I think it helped to fend off the cravings. Success!!
My Mom is in the habit of these large "family suppers" every Thursday night, though. Essentially it is a Holiday dinner every Thursday night. Last week I was on Day 2 of the ASAP regimen which allowed for "eating whatever you can't have" during Days 3-21. But I still remained vigilant about my plate and only had a little roast beef and potatoes.
This time, a BIG HONKING TURKEY DINNER!
I skipped lunch in preparation for spacing out my calories.
What was on my plate? One large slice of white meat (less fat? seemed dry so I assumed it was), 1/4 cup green beans, 3 Tbs. of mashed potatoes, 1/4 cup fruit salad (only fruit), 1/2 cup GF stuffing, about 3 Tbs. of cornstarch gravy.
I am very proud of myself!
This morning on the scale I weighed in at 158.5 (Day 7 and 6.5 pounds lost)!
Hooray for progress!
My Mom is in the habit of these large "family suppers" every Thursday night, though. Essentially it is a Holiday dinner every Thursday night. Last week I was on Day 2 of the ASAP regimen which allowed for "eating whatever you can't have" during Days 3-21. But I still remained vigilant about my plate and only had a little roast beef and potatoes.
This time, a BIG HONKING TURKEY DINNER!
I skipped lunch in preparation for spacing out my calories.
What was on my plate? One large slice of white meat (less fat? seemed dry so I assumed it was), 1/4 cup green beans, 3 Tbs. of mashed potatoes, 1/4 cup fruit salad (only fruit), 1/2 cup GF stuffing, about 3 Tbs. of cornstarch gravy.
I am very proud of myself!
This morning on the scale I weighed in at 158.5 (Day 7 and 6.5 pounds lost)!
Hooray for progress!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Day 4 of As Slim as Possible Gluten Free
You may have seen by my other blogs that I am HULAHOOPER! Hooray. I have lost weight with hula hooping twice before. Once when I first started in college, about 15 pounds because I was obsessed with it. This is the experience I like to give to others when I make hoops. My weight became around 140 as a base weight. I kept that weight with little to no effort. Then when I had my first daughter I blossomed to 180. With a lot of breastfeeding, walking, hula hooping, and yo yo diets, I managed to get down to 150 in 18 months, only to get back up to 192 with my second pregnancy (175 after birth).
Now other mom's out there know the battle, I'm sure. Maybe you love being pregnant like I did or maybe it was utter torture. But for me, food was my calling. I swear everything I ate just transformed into fat and decided to stick around.
However I didn't let myself get carried away with my second pregnancy as I did with my first (in which I ate ice cream - all the time). And yet I still packed on the pounds. Something was terrorizing me from the inside out. After my second child was born I dropped 10 pounds with Brazil Butt Lift (super fun dancing videos), stopping the gluten intake, and taking more vitamins/minerals. However now I'm stuck at 165. Still "Obese" according to my BMI, which seems obsurd.
I really don't want to be a diabetic. I had gestational diabetes with my second pregnancy, or at least I found out I MIGHT be at the very end, but I was in full-blown denial and wouldn't let them test me again by a 4 hours starving/sugar overload test. That did NOT seem healthy! So I just avoided sugars, but I still felt the highs and lows of the sugar radically effecting me- so let's just assume I did have it.
Today I am 165, 5'4" - Overall not the best looking stomach in the world. It looks like a deflated baloon, to be honest, ripples and all. And I'm just tired of not feeling sexy when I dance. I don't even need to be thin, I never have been and its not really me. 135. That's my goal maintaining weight. I've never been under 140 in my adult life. I have a hefty frame - I think. I really don't know because I've never been under 140. If I could get there, I'd be fid as a fiddle. I want to teach hula hooping but being "obese" is not helping me with the confidence portion. I want to shine like I once was. I know there are fat bubbly confident people out there, but that's not me. In this body I feel tired, large, and like I'm not making the best of my life.
I did get from 165 to 135 once before in 30 days. What did I do? I was 20 and just started birth control and my body immediately lost its appetite. I thought maybe it was depression. I felt sad. Food couldn't make me feel better, it actually made me feel worse. I would look at the pantry, and just say "no..." and go back upstairs and feel sad. I wrote a lot of poetry and music. How very angsty. But then I had a lot of time on my hands because I wasn't spending it preparing meals for myself. It was so WEIRD. All my life I've loved food, so it was strange to finally lose my love for it. Its almost as if my hormones became regulated and I realized that my excess body fat was not supposed to be there, and the hunger just went away for awhile. THANK YOU HYPOTHALAMUS. I ate meals, but only half. Everything, only half. And only 3 meals a day, no snacks. But I did eat any type of food I wanted. Needless to say, the 30 pound loss in a month made me so ecstatic that I found my happiness again and started to eat again. Gaining back about 5 pounds in 3 weeks. And it stayed there for years.
But I did not supplement when I did this, which is why I think this method was unhealthy - despite its great results. I am a mother now and want to be healthy and not overload my system with toxins.
Day 1: 165
Day 2: 165
Day 3: 164
Day 4: 163
I am following Dr Wallach's (Dead Doctor's Don't Lie) advice of going gluten free. However he also backs the use of this product ASAP, which allows "breads" for a portion of the meals. I will detail any new recipes I have for gluten free ASAP in the near future.
Right now my sister needs some help buying a car. Isn't it great how you can see yourself in your siblings as they go through their life? Family is great! (My Beyond Tangy Tangerine must be kicking in because I'm feeling super energized! Wayyyy different than my angsty weight loss where I just lied around like a dying sloth!)
Now other mom's out there know the battle, I'm sure. Maybe you love being pregnant like I did or maybe it was utter torture. But for me, food was my calling. I swear everything I ate just transformed into fat and decided to stick around.
However I didn't let myself get carried away with my second pregnancy as I did with my first (in which I ate ice cream - all the time). And yet I still packed on the pounds. Something was terrorizing me from the inside out. After my second child was born I dropped 10 pounds with Brazil Butt Lift (super fun dancing videos), stopping the gluten intake, and taking more vitamins/minerals. However now I'm stuck at 165. Still "Obese" according to my BMI, which seems obsurd.
I really don't want to be a diabetic. I had gestational diabetes with my second pregnancy, or at least I found out I MIGHT be at the very end, but I was in full-blown denial and wouldn't let them test me again by a 4 hours starving/sugar overload test. That did NOT seem healthy! So I just avoided sugars, but I still felt the highs and lows of the sugar radically effecting me- so let's just assume I did have it.
Today I am 165, 5'4" - Overall not the best looking stomach in the world. It looks like a deflated baloon, to be honest, ripples and all. And I'm just tired of not feeling sexy when I dance. I don't even need to be thin, I never have been and its not really me. 135. That's my goal maintaining weight. I've never been under 140 in my adult life. I have a hefty frame - I think. I really don't know because I've never been under 140. If I could get there, I'd be fid as a fiddle. I want to teach hula hooping but being "obese" is not helping me with the confidence portion. I want to shine like I once was. I know there are fat bubbly confident people out there, but that's not me. In this body I feel tired, large, and like I'm not making the best of my life.
I did get from 165 to 135 once before in 30 days. What did I do? I was 20 and just started birth control and my body immediately lost its appetite. I thought maybe it was depression. I felt sad. Food couldn't make me feel better, it actually made me feel worse. I would look at the pantry, and just say "no..." and go back upstairs and feel sad. I wrote a lot of poetry and music. How very angsty. But then I had a lot of time on my hands because I wasn't spending it preparing meals for myself. It was so WEIRD. All my life I've loved food, so it was strange to finally lose my love for it. Its almost as if my hormones became regulated and I realized that my excess body fat was not supposed to be there, and the hunger just went away for awhile. THANK YOU HYPOTHALAMUS. I ate meals, but only half. Everything, only half. And only 3 meals a day, no snacks. But I did eat any type of food I wanted. Needless to say, the 30 pound loss in a month made me so ecstatic that I found my happiness again and started to eat again. Gaining back about 5 pounds in 3 weeks. And it stayed there for years.
But I did not supplement when I did this, which is why I think this method was unhealthy - despite its great results. I am a mother now and want to be healthy and not overload my system with toxins.
Day 1: 165
Day 2: 165
Day 3: 164
Day 4: 163
I am following Dr Wallach's (Dead Doctor's Don't Lie) advice of going gluten free. However he also backs the use of this product ASAP, which allows "breads" for a portion of the meals. I will detail any new recipes I have for gluten free ASAP in the near future.
Right now my sister needs some help buying a car. Isn't it great how you can see yourself in your siblings as they go through their life? Family is great! (My Beyond Tangy Tangerine must be kicking in because I'm feeling super energized! Wayyyy different than my angsty weight loss where I just lied around like a dying sloth!)
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