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!
drastic times call for drastic measures... sometimes....just make sure you're being healthy. I hope this works for you - I understand the frustration of just wanting to be healthy and feel like you are the you - you know you can be and really are. You can do it. !!
ReplyDeleteHaving done a pretty strict diet before, I can tell you that those times like Kenzie's birthday are going to be the hardest! I had to skip out on a lot of really delicious meals (and even my mom's apple pie) and it was miserable. I cried a lot. But it did get easier. After the first couple of months of feeling sorry for myself, I started to feel really great. I really hope this works out for you - you'll feel so great when you finish!
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