I have an amazing man, four beautiful children, I went to school and am working towards my desired career, I quit smoking, which is something I never thought I'd be able to do...and now, I'm going to work on my weight.
I already know that I've lost some weight over the last few years. At one point, I know that I was pushing 325 pounds and I was miserable. I started making changes, and in November, I was weighed in at 298 pounds. A month or so ago, I was 294, not as much as I'd like, but hey, I'll take what I can get. Today, I was weighed and I'm 292 pounds. YAY, a little bit more...but I can do better.
Today I went to a Perfect Protein (that's what I think it's called), I'll double check the name and get back to you. It focuses on putting your body in ketosis so it burns fat and not muscle, I can eat pretty much any meat that I want and tons of vegetables, but pasta, rice, potatoes and fruit, not allowed to have any of it. It provides me with my food for the first few weeks, I just have to buy all the veggies and meat to go into the different meals. My first consultation is next week so I can pick out the food and snacks that I like.
I honestly believe that I can do this. I love veggies, they provide me with pudding and chocolate bars and salty snacks that are in line with the diet, as well as the multivitamins that I need to keep everything tickety boo.
I'm aiming for 200 lbs, and will hopefully be halfway there by Christmas, but I also know that the busy days I have are going to make things extremely difficult for me. Here are some samples of where I think my hurdles are going to be.
- I now have to learn to drink black coffee. I LOVE my cream in my coffee, and absolutely detest milk, never mind that I am only allowed skim milk now. I'm also only allowed sweetners such as stevia, no more sugar, no more hazelnut shots or flavored creamers
- I have to give up pop. I LOVE my soda pop, it's like my crack cocaine...I'm allowed soda water with lemon and lime...maybe even an Mio packet now and then, but no more pop
- I hate water. I need to drink 64 ounces of water, I like flavored water, but it's no longer in the cards for me
- Rice, pasta, potatoes, corn and snow peas. Banned...I love pasta, this is gonna be tougher than I thought
- Olives. Can't have them. Maybe a bit of a cheat at Christmas?
I look at that list, and that's not all of it...and I'm terrified. I know that my Man will support me, he will even make sure that I stick rigidly to my diet if that's what he needs to do, and I know he will eat the same things that I do just to make it easier, so here's to hoping that I can do this.
