Day #26!!!

Hi Everyone,

It's been about 9 days since I last blogged... The diet has been going well so far. I'm maintaining my weight loss but really struggling to lose any new weight. I've lost 20 pounds total. I had to finally go on with my 17 minutes of exercise a day. That seems to be helping me to further my weight loss. I'm struggling with getting used to the fact that I can have other new foods on my high calorie days. Things like potatoes and rice are some things that I don't miss but I am so happy that I can have. I'm looking forward to the fact that I will be able in 8 days to have bread and lunch meat! I have a function at the President of my college's house. I have decided that I will have one glass of red wine and allow myself to sparingly enjoy the hor d'oeuvres on Monday. So I will be breaking the diet for one 2-hour period but I will be going right back to it on Tues.

For all those people who have started this, I am so happy that maybe I could have been an inspiration for you to start this diet. For all of you thinking of starting this diet...Please do! The benefits outweigh all the sacrifices that you have to make! Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Dieting!

Day 17!!!!

Whoooooo! I made it... Day #17! Alright so now that I'm done with the first 17 days, I'm really nervous about doing one day on the Activate Cycle (2) and the next day on Accelerate Cycle (2). Then I alternate for the next 17 days. I can now eat shellfish, lean beef, pork chops, and lamb. Plus I can now have potatoes, whole grain oatmeal, and some other natural starches (before 2:00pm). Everything else stays the same. Soy milk can now be added to my drinks of choice.

So now that I'm done describing the second cycle I'm sure you all want to see pictures...Those are coming as soon as I figure out where the cord is to hook my camera up (yea I'm not an avid picture taker like someone else I know).

What am I forgetting...Besides being so excited about joining the world of regular food...Oh I guess you all want to know what my final weight was today, huh? I stepped on the scale and drum roll, please....I weighed 307 pounds!!! That means I lost 17 pounds in 17 days!!! Sorry I'm a little excited.

My clothes fit better, I sleep better and I have energy throughout the whole day! I also have a couple of people that I work with started and they are seeing drastic amounts of weight loss. So it's never too late to get started. I hope that my journey is motivating you guys to get started on your own.

Here's to the next 17 days. I will do my best to do continue to blog but we know how busy I get during the school year. Happy Dieting!

Day 15

Well only 2 more days in this cycle. I weighed myself on Friday and had lost an additional pound. I went into this thinking that this would be a good thing for me to do. After the first 17 days, I am feeling amazing and thinking that I can do anything I put my mind to.

I made some tough decisions over the last week. Part of doing this for me was a way to get rid of some old stresses in my life and to release some of the grudges that I have been holding onto. I'm hoping that saying sorry in one case will really make a huge difference. I think when we are in situations we forget that our feelings aren't always the ones that get hurt. So in an effort to try to mend old wounds I'm gonna say sorry to someone that I once cared a lot about.

I also let go of a relationship that I had been holding onto. I was hoping and praying that I could fix whatever was going on between the 2 of us. But in a moment of clarity I decided that it would be good for the both of us to move on. That was really a hard thing for me to do and in the end I took being called something because I knew that there was a lot of hurt coming from the other person but I knew that it was something that I had to do for me.

The reason why I'm talking about these things in a a couple posts about a diet is for me it was some things that I had to do in order to heal some old wounds so that they wouldn't become substitutes for me to begin emotionally eating again. So although both of those things are causing me tremendous stress I'm going to press on.
I'm sure I've mentioned this in my previous posts but my goal is to lose 100 pounds. For some of you who don't know me...Losing 100 pounds might seem like it's something that I can't accomplish or that I don't need to accomplish. I'm gonna try to stay on this and I only have 89 pounds left to go.

I'm almost out of dark chocolate and decided that I'm not gonna buy any more. I found the Trivia on sale this week at CVS for $2.99...which is practically a steal. So I am doing good but looking forward to adding in more foods. Final weigh in will be on Tuesday with pictures...Give me some direction on how I should take those, please...then off to Cycle 2! Happy Dieting!

Day 11

Hi again! I am so happy that you guys are traveling on this journey with me. I have really tried to give details and what I have been feeling over the last couple days. I am down 4 more pounds to bring it to a grand total of 14 pounds over 3 weeks. Roughly around 10 pounds in 11 days.

Today I tried to do that work out to see how I would feel. I did 17 minutes of a mixed run/walk (one of my fav workouts) and then stretched. Not only did my morning start off with some jump rope and running to demonstrate to one of my athletes what she needed to do but I added in work out time. I wanted to see what would happen if i worked out for the next 6 days.

So today my weight was 310! Wooooo! I swear I am loving this more and more. I know that there was a request for pictures and I'll do that on Day 17 so that you can see the dramatic weight loss that I've experienced. My clothes are beginning to look better and I was able to put something on that I hadn't been able to wear since I bought it today.

Things are going well and I'm so excited for the next 17 day cycle where I can add in more foods and really test myself. I have really been avoiding social situations involving food for the last 11 days because I'm not sure that I can continue on with this in that type of setting. Tonight is my first chance at doing that. I'm going to the movies with my roommate. Movie theater filled with lots of popcorn, chocolate, candy and all the things that I love that got me to 324 pounds. I'm hoping that it will be a success! More about that next time! Happy Dieting!

Days 6-10

Hi Everyone! I hope that you are having a great week and had a great weekend.

I made it through a couple more days. I allowed myself to buy some dark chocolate finally. I need it it's definitely PMS time so I can have the dark chocolate, 1 oz of it until I'm no longer craving chocolate. Hoping that this is the last day that I'm craving it.

I have really been doing a good job and am really proud of myself. I actually ventured out into the world of fast food today. I got a spicy chicken caesar salad and dipped my salad in the dressing instead of pouring it all over. I got a compliment on Day 9 about how much smaller I looked. It was the first time that it happened. I've also noticed that if I'm eating something that I shouldn't my stomach sure let's me know.

My food choices haven't really branched out that much. I had some collard greens that I've added in to give myself another option. I have realized how expensive it is to eat healthy but I think that it's a investment that I am willing to take. I've even convinced one of the ladies that works at the college with me to try this diet. I will do a weigh in tomorrow! I am thinking thin and imagining what I will look like a little smaller. My goal weight is 220 lbs. That means that overall I would lose 100 lbs. I think that I can do it, just hoping that once school starts back I will be able to make smart food choices in the cafeteria.

Here's to 6 more days! Then off to Cycle 2: Activate. The first cycle is called Accelerate! I feel my body accelerating to skinny!!

Days 4 & 5

Well I finally broke down today for the sweetness of some chocolate covered almonds. Let me tell you that my stomach was not happy. I have been craving just a little chocolate since I started this diet. I will not be having any more until I have a day off of the diet in 12 more days.

I have been doing pretty good with my food choices. Yesterday I had eggs and strawberries for breakfast. Yogurt x2 was my snack. I missed lunch but had leftover fried Tilapia and steamed broccoli for dinner.

Today, eggs and strawberries again for breakfast. I had 2 yogurts for both of my snacks and had a big delicious salad for lunch. I made turkey burgers with spicy brown mustard and pickles along with another side salad.

I finally discovered Trivia, the suggested sweetener and it made the green tea very delicious. So I will continue to press on. Decided that I will not weigh in again until day 10 since I was behind on the initial weigh in.

Day #3

Well today is day 3 of this lovely diet. I weighed in at 313 pounds. I weighed myself before leaving to go home 2 weeks ago and I weighed in at 324 pounds. So that's down 11 pounds at least this month.

Today was a good day. I got a lot done and got some amazing news from the Boss Man! I love that he values me enough to keep me sane and happy so that I don't go anywhere.

Alright so I'm really getting into a routine with my food choices. I even ventured out to some different veggies than what I normally eat. MMMM...Cucumbers! Taste like tangy water lol.

Breakfast

Activia Yogurt

1/2 Orange

Snack

Activia Yogurt

Lunch

Spinach salad with cheesoning, Fat-free Creamy Italian Dressing, cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots

Dinner

Fried Tilapia (fried in Olive Oil with Cajun Seasoning)

Repeat Spinach salad

I of course had green tea with all my meals and drank all of my water. The hot lemon water was not amazing this morning.. It really made my stomach upset so I only drank half of it. Overall another great food day!

Here's to Day 4