Obviously I haven't been updating this blog. Mainly because I haven't been doing anything worth updating. Just sitting of my ever increasing butt and getting fatter. Well, no more. I have decided to try another weight loss program and document my trials and results, hoping that blogging/journaling will help me stay on track. Yeah, I bet you're all waiting with baited breath for that.
Well, this time it's the Food Lover's Fat Loss program. In the interest of full disclosure I must mention that I purchased this a long time ago. Probably over a year or two ago and never even took it out of the package. Obviously a good investment right? Well, I saw a few infomercials (shocking, I know, me, the queen of infomercial purchasing) last week and decided that I'm tired of being fat. I'm tired of my clothes not fitting anymore. I'm tired of being tired. As such, I busted out the program, blew off the dust (and there was a bit covering the stuff), and decided I will make an actual effort with this. If you don't know what this is, it's based on eating the right combination of protein and carbs (fast and slow) so you're not giving up foods you like. Too good to be true? I say, yeah, maybe, but at least this seems to make more sense than trying a no-carb diet for 8 weeks to reset my metabolism when I didn't want to do no-carbs for 2 weeks on the South Beach Diet. This program also starts with a 21-day metabolism makeover. The best part that I've seen? Only one small change a day to how you're eating. I'm all about the baby steps. Don't make me dump all my junk food and then expect me to like it and stick with that for the rest of my life. I think I may be able to keep up with this plan. No points to count, no worrying about screwing up by eating carbs, just small steps.
So Day 1 and the change today is to snack between meals. That's right, eat more than you're probably eating now. The explanation for why this works does seem to make sense. The less you eat, the more your body thinks you're starving and then stores what it does get as fat. This program says by eating more often you're telling your body that food is plentiful and there's no danger of starvation, thus no reason to store it as fat. Plus, they don't say what you can snack on today, just eat a snack or meal every two to three hours, up to an hour before you go to bed. We'll see how it goes. I had a breakfast of Earnest Easts Hot & Fit Cereal - Mayan blend (bought it at SuperTarget). I know what you're thinking, twigs and berries, but it was actually pretty good. Kinda like oatmeal with some extra stuff. The mayan blend is cocoa flavored with pumpkin seeds and cashews, and it has quinoa and amaranth (whatever that is). You cook it like oatmeal with water, or milk, and toss it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. I thought it was tasty with the addition of some Splenda and (not a good thing) coffee creamer. I know, but it's baby steps right? Lunch will be PB&J on whole wheat bread with a bag of chips. My snacks are carrot sticks, cherries, yogurt, cheese stick and an apple. I know it seems like a lot, but there's not a lot in each serving and they did say to snack on what you want.
Tomorrow is the start of building a fat loss plate. That means you have equal servings of a protein, a fast carb and a slow carb. That's right folks, carbs! I don't know about you, but that's my weakness. I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't do drugs. My vice is sugar and white flour. So any program that says it's okay to eat carbs is a good one in my book.
Well, this is the start. I hope to continue it. Any comments, questions, drop me a note at tonia76@msn.com. Thanks for listening.
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