Well so far made it through another day. Had to eat dinner on the run, but gosh I can't complain about 2 slices of swiss cheese, sliced turkey and mayonnais....beats my norm of walking into my Moms house (I pick up my son after school)...looking for any kind of junk she has...she always has brownies, or cake, or chocolate or icecream....but she "hides" it from me. But, I know ALL of the hiding places so I eat it anyway. She said she does it so just in case I am following my diet, she doesn't want it to be out in the open to temp me. But, when I'm not on my diet...(the old me)...I jump thru hoops to find her stuff! My stepdad eats all that stuff otherwise she probably wouldn't have it in the house. My Mom weighs about 105lbs...so lord knows, she doesn't eat any of it. But I didn't inherit her self control genes!
Anyway...posted the pics we took yesterday. I laughed out loud when I saw my pic....My head it too small for my body! I know I can't change the size of my head (actually that was inherited..I do have a small head in general).........but when I weigh 50lbs less...it doesn't look quite so out of proportion. Just so happens I had a good shirt on and it covers my rolls and my back fat!!!
But I know what's under there and ..and really, I'm the only one who really needs to know...but the pics will still work to remind me of where I don't want to be anymore!
Well today is day 4 of Atkins...so far so good, no major cravings, I'm doing okay
Well I recruited my close friend to do it with me again.
Three years ago I lost 56lbs and she lost 54lbs.....but well that was then and this is now
So in order to make the real committment ....we agreed to measure each other and took pictures. OF course we had to swear to secrecy that we would tell NO ONE of this...because we are not sharing it with anybody.
So we did it, we took photos...front and side...I'll post later AND
we did all the measurants listed in this site......Ya know I know I gained weight, I know all that stuff but I could not believe that my waist is the same measurment as my HIPS were 3years ago and probably up until the last 14months!
My waist was the same size as my hips were! I couldn't believe it, quite a reality check though. I needed it.
So...If I wanted to think about cheating (which I have not yet)....all I need to do is take a look at those measurements.
On to day 5.........can't wait to get the scale to see progress.
Well so far so good. Day 3 of Atkins induction. I have been drinking my water! Got on the scale today...it hasn't moved from 190...I know I have to give it a week but I'm impatient!
I am going out of town this weekend with 3 of my girlfriends. We are going to spend the weekend in Gulf Shores for the last our "groups" 40th birthday. We have all turned 40 in the last 18mos.
The third one turned 40 during evacuation from Katrina so we missed her birthday...so we are going to celebrate both of them.
We created a tradition...Lee Michaels offers a set of 4 silver bangle bracelets...so for each of our bdays...we purchase a set as a reminder of 4 friends and 40years! I'm not creative enough to come up with that...but it is kinda fun.
The 4 of us haven' t been out of town together in at least 10 years.
So, I'm looking forward to it...but it will be soooo hard to stay on my induction phase of Atkins. I'm far from an alcholic..but not having drinks in the evening will be the hardest part.
But I soooo need to lose weight and hoping to actually accomplish it that I really need to maintain the self control and I'm going to tell myself this every day and of course tell them so they help me. They will stay on me....but sometimes that doesn't make it any easier!
I went to the grocery and bought 250.00 worth of groceries to start cooking my meals again and bringing lunch to work
I am a 40 year old single parent of 2 boys. I have struggled with weight and/or body image issues since puberty. Although what I thought was fat then....well, to say the least it's nothing compared to what I look like now.
It has taken me 3 years to gain back 40 of the 56 lbs I lost 3years ago on Atkins diet. The biggest kicker was that I quit smoking a little over a year ago and gained 20 of those 40lbs in the first 6mos (or so). Then in April of last year..hysterectomy...not only did I gain weight, but seemed to have lost the tone in my abdomen. So despite weighing 200lbs a few years ago...I always had a flat stomach and now I have the infamous post baby, post surgery pooch and belly rolll that hangs over the top of my jeans!
I knew I was gaining weight based on pant size and what I thought was a small belly roll..but did not realize how much until I recently went on vacation to San Diego and saw pictures of myself...looking like quite the stuffed sausage! And decided something needed to be done.
So here I am, day 2 of Atkins...ready to try again.
