Its fun to see pictures of people who have done it and had fantastic success. This woman is officially my new heroine, she looks amazing.
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A New Beginning...
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I started this journey in January and stopped writing in May, only a few pounds less than where I had started...
What's changed since then? Not much in terms of my weight, I'm still at about 230lbs and unhappy with my weight.
But I have a new plan....
It started with a training session at work, with a trainer sent by the company. She and I hit it off, and were chatting between sessions. We got to talking about dieting, she said she was dieting- and had lost 35lbs in six weeks. Whooa- what?? She told me about the Hcg diet, with injections and a 500 calorie a day diet. I was, of course, skeptical. Anyone can lose 35lbs in six weeks on only 500 calories a day. I’ve done it! She told me yes, but the difference was that she wasn’t hungry. Now you diet veterans know that at 500 calories a day, you’d eat wallpaper if it was grilled and had a little salt. She also told me that you don’t end up with the saggy skin- something that always grossed me out with the Biggest Loser contestants- they look like empty balloons. She urged me to do some internet research, and so I did. And it wasn’t so much what I read as what I saw that made me sit up and pay attention. The before/after pictures were stunning. Like wow.
I was excited, but the idea of buying drugs from overseas was unsettling. And it takes so long! So I decided to give the homeopathic Hcg drops a try. I’ve used homeopathic remedies in the past, and they defy medical explanation- but then again, so does Hcg! I bought the drops, a giant box of grissini imported from Italy, a food scale, and today I begin.
I’m taking weekly pictures (or trying to at least) and chronicling how things go. When I was looking at the concept of Hcg dieting, the personal journeys of people like me were the most comforting, and seeing their progress was encouraging. I hope that this blog can maybe do the same for someone else who is searching, as well as a continued source of accountability for me...
And off we go!
What's changed since then? Not much in terms of my weight, I'm still at about 230lbs and unhappy with my weight.
But I have a new plan....
It started with a training session at work, with a trainer sent by the company. She and I hit it off, and were chatting between sessions. We got to talking about dieting, she said she was dieting- and had lost 35lbs in six weeks. Whooa- what?? She told me about the Hcg diet, with injections and a 500 calorie a day diet. I was, of course, skeptical. Anyone can lose 35lbs in six weeks on only 500 calories a day. I’ve done it! She told me yes, but the difference was that she wasn’t hungry. Now you diet veterans know that at 500 calories a day, you’d eat wallpaper if it was grilled and had a little salt. She also told me that you don’t end up with the saggy skin- something that always grossed me out with the Biggest Loser contestants- they look like empty balloons. She urged me to do some internet research, and so I did. And it wasn’t so much what I read as what I saw that made me sit up and pay attention. The before/after pictures were stunning. Like wow.
I was excited, but the idea of buying drugs from overseas was unsettling. And it takes so long! So I decided to give the homeopathic Hcg drops a try. I’ve used homeopathic remedies in the past, and they defy medical explanation- but then again, so does Hcg! I bought the drops, a giant box of grissini imported from Italy, a food scale, and today I begin.
I’m taking weekly pictures (or trying to at least) and chronicling how things go. When I was looking at the concept of Hcg dieting, the personal journeys of people like me were the most comforting, and seeing their progress was encouraging. I hope that this blog can maybe do the same for someone else who is searching, as well as a continued source of accountability for me...
And off we go!
Back in Action!
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Yesterday I turned a corner, and I am so much better after the mutant cold/flu episode! I got pink eye on top of that, but that's rapidly improving, and I am one happy girl. :-)
So back to work! I feel like I've lost alot of ground this past week and a half, so I'm excited to get back to the gym. I'm going back on Monday after work for my strength routine, and hitting the treadmill again starting tomorrow. I feel like I was kind of slipping in how hard I was pushing myself on the treadmill after I started the strength routine, so I'm going to do my usual 30 minutes this weekend and then ramp it up bigtime next week.
And I have found my inspiration dress. I've been kind of looking for 'the dress' that I want to get in the size I want to be, which I know is silly but I really want to do it. The dress I've imagined is black, something that shows some skin, a dress that I wouldn't have ever considered wearing at my current weight- or even some past weights! But I really think I found it! I was walking through the subway and saw a shop with a seriously cute black sleeveless sheath style dress, with some white swoopy colorblocks on it. I was kind of daydreaming (or in a Theraflu haze) but it caught my attention and stopped me in my tracks. I should have just gone into the store yesterday, but I'm calling the store today to see what brand and how much. I'm hoping to find it online, and post a picture of it! And maybe, just maybe, get it if its not exorbitant.
And really, there may be a purpose. I just have this feeling about the girl that my cousin Dave is dating right now, I really think there may be a wedding, like maybe spring 2010. I would be at my goal weight by then, and I have to have something to wear, right?! :-)
Incidentally, during all this dress browsing, I think I found the dress that Heba wore on the Finale of BL Season 6, from Nordstroms. http://tinyurl.com/cthlfe It was a cute dress, but she really needed a better bra! :-O
I hope you all have had a great week, and here's to an awesome weekend!
So back to work! I feel like I've lost alot of ground this past week and a half, so I'm excited to get back to the gym. I'm going back on Monday after work for my strength routine, and hitting the treadmill again starting tomorrow. I feel like I was kind of slipping in how hard I was pushing myself on the treadmill after I started the strength routine, so I'm going to do my usual 30 minutes this weekend and then ramp it up bigtime next week.
And I have found my inspiration dress. I've been kind of looking for 'the dress' that I want to get in the size I want to be, which I know is silly but I really want to do it. The dress I've imagined is black, something that shows some skin, a dress that I wouldn't have ever considered wearing at my current weight- or even some past weights! But I really think I found it! I was walking through the subway and saw a shop with a seriously cute black sleeveless sheath style dress, with some white swoopy colorblocks on it. I was kind of daydreaming (or in a Theraflu haze) but it caught my attention and stopped me in my tracks. I should have just gone into the store yesterday, but I'm calling the store today to see what brand and how much. I'm hoping to find it online, and post a picture of it! And maybe, just maybe, get it if its not exorbitant.
And really, there may be a purpose. I just have this feeling about the girl that my cousin Dave is dating right now, I really think there may be a wedding, like maybe spring 2010. I would be at my goal weight by then, and I have to have something to wear, right?! :-)
Incidentally, during all this dress browsing, I think I found the dress that Heba wore on the Finale of BL Season 6, from Nordstroms. http://tinyurl.com/cthlfe It was a cute dress, but she really needed a better bra! :-O
I hope you all have had a great week, and here's to an awesome weekend!
High-Fructose Corn Syrup
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Anyone else see the high-fructose corn syrup ads, and just laugh? It cracks me up because the anti-HFCS people are made out to be morons that don't know why you should avoid it, and yet the sugar word never comes up once! Do they really think their ads are going to change people's mind, that suddenly we'll all look at the ingredients on something and be totally ok with the fact that the first ingredient is sugar?? It just makes me laugh.... :-)
I'm feeling sort of better after a nap, but still exhausted. I'm going to let myself off the treadmill routine (although I am bummed, because my new shoes came in today and I'm so excited! More on that later.) and plan on hitting it tomorrow.
Ok, the shoes. In my running days, I regularly bought new shoes as I wore them out running- the last pair of running shoes I bought was in 2004. I started using the treadmill with my old shoes, and the ache in my legs had nothing to do with muscle fatigue. I went shoe shopping and my beautiful new Asics Gel Kayano-14 shoes arrived in the mail today. Aren't they gorgeous??
I didn't even think about this until I got them, but they're huge! I ordered a size 10, which is the size shoe I wear- but my old Nike's were a size 9! You never think about what grows when you gain 75lbs, but your feet are not immune. I have a closet full of seriously cute size 9 shoes, I might have to pull them out as inspiration.
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