Whole30

So I decided to try the Whole30 approach to food for the next 30 days.  I was reading this book and I realized I needed to do something kind of drastic from my normal.  My normal is to start each day with a glass of water, because of medication, and then move on to 2-3 Diet cokes.  Sometimes I eat breakfast, a bagel with peanut butter or a Kit Kat, sometimes I don't.  What I have come to realize is I then spend a lot of my day fighting my cravings for more sugar and more carbs because of the way I start my day. 

 

I think following the Whole30 food plan is going to be very difficult for me but so worth it.  I need to get to know my body again.  I need to know how food affects my body and clean out my system of the crap I eat and drink. 

 

I am not a good planner and I am not an organized person so this will be a huge challenge for me but again it causes me to think about the food I put into my mouth and I need to do that. 

 

You can not weigh yourself for the whole 30 days which is going to be another challenge to this food plan.

So my beginning weight is 314.2, and above is a few before pictures.  I don't expect any big changes hopefully I will lose some weight and my clothes will be a little less tight.  My ultimate goal is to make lasting changes to my eating habits. 

 

Goodbye Cabernet Sauvignon and Diet Coke, I will miss you. 

Weigh In & Outfit of the Day

I really wanted to below 300 by today, it is so frustrating.  I hope to hell this weight stays off because it is coming off so SLOWLY.   I know I could be eating better and I definitely could be exercising more, but I feel like what I am doing is realistic.  I don't feel hungry or deprived, I actually feel really good. 

 

Sorry these pictures are horrible.  I don't know if it is my phone, the kid taking them or the lighting but I do know the are not good.  However, it is all I have right now. 

I love these jeans.  The are comfortable, they have stretch but they don't get all stretched out.  I think they are flattering dark, kind of slim cut and not too wide leg.  They are Lee jeans from Kohl's, size 24.  I can't find them on their website but they have back pockets with flaps. 

Photo bomb, this chaos is my life!

Weigh in Friday

So yesterday.....let's talk about it.  I ate way too much, I believe there was a chocolate- chocolate chip muffin and a chocolate bar both involved in the debauchery that took place yesterday.   I weighed myself in the morning after TWO whole days of eating within my calories and I hadn't lost any weight.  I was so mad, I ate.  It was not one of my better moments.

However, something great happened.  I decided to go to the gym and take an aerobics class, beginners aerobic jazz.  It was so much fun, everyone in the class was nice and supportive but most importantly I could do it.  I was worried I would not be able to keep up or even finish, I was able to do both, yeah me!  I forgot how much I enjoy working out.   I forgot how good your body and mind feel after.  I think I am the kind of girl who likes to exercise in a class, which is strange because I am shy and not very social.  For my weight, My Fitness Pal says if I do 60 minute of low impact aerobics I burn 750 calories, doesn't that seem high?

I decided to weigh in every Friday and try really, really hard not to go near the scale on any other day.  I figure Fridays are good in case I indulge in a little wine over the weekend.  I am trying to be realistic and make realistic lifestyle changes which means I can not give up a couple of glasses of wine on the weekends. 


March 29, 2013                     331.0 lbs      Ugh, my highest weigh since I was pregnant.


Why is posting your real, actual weight such an frightening act?  I hope nobody I know see this.
I guess like Oprah says, "I need to live in my truth".