And anothe 4.8 lbs bites the dust!

Yep! You read that right! 2 weeks in and a TOTAL fat loss= 9.2 lbs! WHOOHOO!!! It is working!

I was able to add this week in some veggies and a fruit. I will have to admit that this thing is not as hard as what I thought it would be. Once my cravings for sugar went away it was pretty easy. I have started seeing changes in my waistline. That is very encouraging to me. I am so glad that I am able to put on clothes that I thought were my "fat" clothes.

I have been keeping up with exercising as well as I can. Life has been very busy right now, but I did manage to get in 12 miles on the bike down at the lake and a good hour on the elliptical machine with some weights and abs yesterday. Hoping to hit the gym again tomorrow. I am just hoping when school starts and and life settles down a bit, I can get back to my routine. It has become a part of me that I miss doing everyday.

On a side note...I am SO very proud of my mama! She has just finished her 1st week with Medi and she saw a 7lb weight loss! Half of it was fat pounds! She had a hard time with that first week, but I know that she can do it! I will be right here with her when she needs me! We can do this together!

Done with week 1

So 500 calories/day was not that bad. Well, ok maybe it was...I got REALLY sick of eating just meat. I broke down and ate cottage cheese just for a different texture. I DO NOT like cottage cheese period! LOL!!

So here is my success for week one. Drum roll please...I lost 7 lbs! 4 of those pounds were fat! WHOOOHOOOO!!!! Not to shabby!

I am SO excited to see some kind of results. After all this time, after all of my struggles, I have something I should be proud of.

So the next part will be fairly easy. I will move my Calorie intake into the range of 700-800 cal/day. Keeping my carbs UNDER 30g/day. I get to add some healthy welcomed veggies, some dairy, and good heart healthy fats. The point is to KEEP my body in Ketosis. I will continue to burn fat and keep working out and taking all of my vitamins daily. Nothing really changes, except the fact that I can have a little more added! Still VERY high protein. I really feel so much better with eating this way anyways, so it should not be that hard.

I should keep loosing weight, but more at a pace of 2-3lbs/week. Who knows, maybe I will still continue to loose 5 lbs for the first couple of weeks. We will see! I just know if I continue to feel the way that I do, I will reach my goal faster than I ever thought possible!

You know what is funny?? We went out 2x last week to eat. I did AWESOME!!! I cut part of Jory's steak off for me to eat, and I went to Cheesecake Factory today and had 3oz of Salmon and about 2 oz of shrimp. It was yummy! There was even bread on the table and C had ice cream. Temptations, temptations and I resisted!

So anyways, I know that I can do this and I will be so proud (already am) of my self when I reach my goal!

Ya'll will be asking where D is! LOL!!!

Day #5

I thought that I would do a quick update!

I am on day 5. To tell you the truth I am getting really sick of just eating meat! LOL!!! I know I can make it to Weds! I broke down and had cottage cheese the other night for just for the mere different texture! I DO NOT like Cottage Cheese.

I am in Ketosis now...That is a great thing! I have lost weight, I can tell in my clothes already.

I got in a 5.5 mile bike ride on Saturday morning. It felt great.

Here's to the last few days of just meat eating!

Cheers!

Medi!

Yes I am at a desperate point in my life that I am now doing a program called Medi Weight loss! It is natural and what its main focus is, to kick my body in to ketosis, to start burning the fat I already have. Now some of you might think that I am putting my body into "starvation mode" but I am not. My body will react in a way that will start burning the fat vs the lean muscle that I have.

For the first week I eat only 500-650 cal/day. Yes PURE protein. I am about to start my day 4. I will check tomorrow morning to see if I am in Ketosis. Surprisingly I am not hungry by the end of the day. Protein really has a way of holding me over.

After the 1st week, I will go up to around 800 cal/day. I will be able to add a veggie or fruit into my daily eating. But I will have to be careful not to get my body out of Ketosis. That is when my body will be burning the fat. I will remain on the 800 cal/day for the remainder of my weight loss.

After I reach my goal, they will evaluate me and then adjust the calories that I should take in per amount of exercise that I am doing to maintain my weight. It will be a complete lifestyle change. I will be able to eat stuff that I like again, but in moderation. I might not even want to go there...

This is very similar to Atkins, or South Beach diet. It is not hard, except for the amount of calories that I am taking in this week compared to the week before. It is just training myself to eat "proper" portions, compared to the standard portions Americans think is correct.

I am continuing my exercising, up-ing my biking, and running. Cardio also is a good way to bun the fat.

Tomorrow I am planning on riding the Longview Loop. I am really looking forward to it. Also tomorrow will be hard, because it is Mackenzie's 2nd birthday party. There will be so much temptation around. I think that I have just had enough of me being 44lbs overweight that I know I have enough will power to make it through the party without caving. We are also planning on dining out tomorrow night. I told Jory that there is no sense in me ordering my own dinner, when he can just order a "big" steak and cut me a small part of it around 3 oz. So that's the plan!

I will keep you all posted with how I am doing. I will post pictures probably bi-weekly, to see the weight loss progress!

Oh and I AM going to post my weight...YES I am a brave woman. I do not care if you know. I am very open about it.

My first weigh in on Tues 8/9/2011 was 184.4 My goal is to be 140. That is 44lbs! I know I can do this and I want you to be involved with me on this journey. Without support from my husband, family and friends, I cannot do this! So there it is! It is all out in the open!

I will post after my "weigh-in" on Tues!