It is almost 8 am on day three of my journey. So far I have made lunch for Jeremy, put Colby back to sleep, eaten a handful of snow peas, had my Cambridge, have drank several glasses of water and did a 10 min dance video and a 20min palates video. I feel great! It was fairly easy to get up again this morning and food has not been a temptation thus far. Interesting side note, when I eat baby carrots it is easy to stop at just one or two but whenever I eat peas, I find it is much harder to stop. I'm not really worried about overeating on the peas or anything because one bag has 2 servings and totals 70 calories, so its no big deal if I eat the whole bag. I just thought it was interesting.
I am happy to report that last night I finally did make it to the grocery store. With the exception of adding in a few somewhat unplanned/ somewhat pre contemplated (does that make sense?) fruits and veggies, I stuck to my initial list of things to get. Not one treat in my basket, not even for the house! We have been getting WAY too many treats, and I am fully aware of this. Its just that until now it has been hard not to cave in.
While I am talking about food and dieting, I wanted to give a big hug and round of applause to everyone that diets and tries to lose weight while still being around food ALL day! Whether it be making breakfast, lunch and dinner for your kids, doing the grocery shopping or having lunch meetings. It really does take a lot of discipline to eat only what your body needs and can digest at once.
This morning I leave you with a thought that I saw on the Nutri-grain bar box, "One good decision can lead to another"
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
In the beginning, did I starve?
Today ends the second full day of sole sourcing on the Cambridge Diet. Surprisingly I did really well! I didn't 100% sole source but it was close. I would have thought that I would have felt more hungry and craved food. It was actually the opposite. I found out that I really didn't crave anything in particular and when I would think about food I would grab a handful of nuts or one baby carrot and a glass of water....that was it, I felt satisfied! The times that I actually did add in extra food, I made a very conscious decision to do so and I was able to stop myself after the "allotted" amount was gone. It felt sooooo good!
By the end of the first day I discovered that I tend to eat things not because I am actually hungry but because they are there and sound good. In reality it probably isn't what my body is craving anyway and so I end up eating more and can't stop because it just tastes so good. And then I feel disgusting for eating so much and having so little self control! Not such a great feeling. I could have consumed tons of calories that first day, and most of them would have been entering my body in "automatic mode." But I didn't, I did great!
Near the end of the first day I realized that I needed to go to the grocery store and I was pretty excited about it. First off, I love going to the grocery store so I can have some alone time, and second, I could taste a sweet treat in my mouth already.....It hit me like a ton of bricks, my mind has become conditioned to think "treat" as soon as I think "go to the store." Suddenly I didn't feel quite so excited. The more I thought about this phenomenon I knew that it was true! I almost ALWAYS buy a treat when I go to the store. Usually I buy one to scarf down on the way home from the store so that nobody else knows and sometimes I end up buying something else to have at the house. Every time I do it I feel guilty, yet I rarely seem to be able to stop myself. Amazingly, being on this diet for just the short period of time I have been, I was able to realize why I was so excited and prepare myself for it and I really didn't feel tempted by that treat any longer.
Another thing I noticed that first day, was that shortly after I ate a couple bites of the dinner I made my family, I seemed to get a migraine. I was thinking that it had something to do with the Dairy in the dinner, but I have had a migraine again the second day also. I am wondering if it actually has something to do with the Potato soup and something that it has in it because I got the migraine after lunch today, which is when I ate my Potato soup and after dinner last night, which is when I ate my Potato soup. Something to watch for anyway. I don't think it is related to the lack of food in any way.
Waking up the morning of my second day I felt so energized, which is really strange for me. I usually feel so "in a fog" or something and it takes me forever to get my day going. But this morning I felt good and awake. I think not eating all that unhealthy stuff yesterday really helped me feel better today.
This morning I added a banana to my Chocolate shake and it was so yummy! For lunch I did the Potato soup as I mentioned earlier and then I did Chocolate again for dinner. The more I think about the Potato soup, it actually makes me feel nauseous, so I think I will try not using it tomorrow.
While I was creating my blog this morning Joel decided he wanted to get ice cream today. Normally the very thought would have me salivating. Today, I told him after we ate lunch we could walk there and him and Colby could get ice cream. I didn't even feel tempted by the thought of having the ice cream. Awesome! I did have one tongue lick of Colby's cone as I tried to keep it from melting all over him and my stroller, and I still had no desire for more!
I can't wait to actually see some of this weight come off. That is always encouraging! My mom thought I would be wise to not add in a bunch of exercise until after the third day when my body had adjusted to the fewer calories, but I have to tell you that I felt like doing an exercise DVD today. Didn't actually happen today due to time, but I did walk! Maybe that DVD will make its way to the DVD player tomorrow.
By the end of the first day I discovered that I tend to eat things not because I am actually hungry but because they are there and sound good. In reality it probably isn't what my body is craving anyway and so I end up eating more and can't stop because it just tastes so good. And then I feel disgusting for eating so much and having so little self control! Not such a great feeling. I could have consumed tons of calories that first day, and most of them would have been entering my body in "automatic mode." But I didn't, I did great!
Near the end of the first day I realized that I needed to go to the grocery store and I was pretty excited about it. First off, I love going to the grocery store so I can have some alone time, and second, I could taste a sweet treat in my mouth already.....It hit me like a ton of bricks, my mind has become conditioned to think "treat" as soon as I think "go to the store." Suddenly I didn't feel quite so excited. The more I thought about this phenomenon I knew that it was true! I almost ALWAYS buy a treat when I go to the store. Usually I buy one to scarf down on the way home from the store so that nobody else knows and sometimes I end up buying something else to have at the house. Every time I do it I feel guilty, yet I rarely seem to be able to stop myself. Amazingly, being on this diet for just the short period of time I have been, I was able to realize why I was so excited and prepare myself for it and I really didn't feel tempted by that treat any longer.
Another thing I noticed that first day, was that shortly after I ate a couple bites of the dinner I made my family, I seemed to get a migraine. I was thinking that it had something to do with the Dairy in the dinner, but I have had a migraine again the second day also. I am wondering if it actually has something to do with the Potato soup and something that it has in it because I got the migraine after lunch today, which is when I ate my Potato soup and after dinner last night, which is when I ate my Potato soup. Something to watch for anyway. I don't think it is related to the lack of food in any way.
Waking up the morning of my second day I felt so energized, which is really strange for me. I usually feel so "in a fog" or something and it takes me forever to get my day going. But this morning I felt good and awake. I think not eating all that unhealthy stuff yesterday really helped me feel better today.
This morning I added a banana to my Chocolate shake and it was so yummy! For lunch I did the Potato soup as I mentioned earlier and then I did Chocolate again for dinner. The more I think about the Potato soup, it actually makes me feel nauseous, so I think I will try not using it tomorrow.
While I was creating my blog this morning Joel decided he wanted to get ice cream today. Normally the very thought would have me salivating. Today, I told him after we ate lunch we could walk there and him and Colby could get ice cream. I didn't even feel tempted by the thought of having the ice cream. Awesome! I did have one tongue lick of Colby's cone as I tried to keep it from melting all over him and my stroller, and I still had no desire for more!
I can't wait to actually see some of this weight come off. That is always encouraging! My mom thought I would be wise to not add in a bunch of exercise until after the third day when my body had adjusted to the fewer calories, but I have to tell you that I felt like doing an exercise DVD today. Didn't actually happen today due to time, but I did walk! Maybe that DVD will make its way to the DVD player tomorrow.
Welcome to my blog: Lets get down and dirty
Welcome!
I realize that this is NOT a flattering picture of myself. This is exactly why I need to lose weight! I am a young Mama and want to be hip and hot, not fat and flabby.
I decided that if I am going to write a weight loss blog, then I have got to be brutally honest with myself. This picture is at least a little bit recent and I don't think I have ballooned up anymore since it was taken. So here you go world!
Currently I weigh 188 lbs! The very thought makes me want to cringe. What happened? I was so active in high school and I even ran cross country. The only time I do any running now is when my 2 year old escapes and I have to run after him, which strangely makes me want to run again.
It's not as if I sit on the couch all day. In fact I would attribute my weight gain to eating poorly, meaning lots of treats and junk food, stress and plain lack of motivation or rather lack of support that leads to lack of motivation.
But this week I said "enough is enough!" The only person who can choose to lose the weight and really do something about it is ME! I don't like feeling this way. I want to get pregnant and have another baby, but I don't want to be this heavy when I get pregnant. Although it is tempting because my last two pregnancies left me so sick that I lost 15 to 20 lbs before gaining any weight, and then weighed less after I had the baby than I did before I got pregnant. Then I realized that this will probably be the pregnancy that I feel great and don't lose any weight and will hate myself for getting pregnant. So I guess I have to lose the weight first. Wait, have to or have the chance to??? Being positive really goes a long way in success of weight loss. Plus who wants to be around a downer all the time?
Monday morning I decided that I was going to do the Cambridge Diet. My parents have done it and have had a lot of success with it. Plus, I like the fact that I know that I am getting 100% of the RDA of vitamins and minerals. I called my Mom and she had some cans in stock that I could buy from her and I was so jazzed that I loaded three kids in the car and drove the hour and ten minutes to her house to pick up the goods! Crazy I know, but I just decided that if I didn't get started when I was excited about it that it would inhibit my success. Plus I hadn't eaten a lot that day anyway and thought it would be a good start to Sole Sourcing.
I bought two cans of Dutch Chocolate and one can of Potato Soup. Each serving of the Dutch Chocolate is 110 Cal and one serving of Potato Soup is 140 Cal. The fastest way to lose weight on the program is to sole source and add in no additional food. Although you can add in up to 800 Cal of additional healthy food if you choose or you can use it as a weight management tool and just replace a meal with it. My goal is to sole source. Read my next posting for day 1 of the Cambridge Diet.
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