Wednesday, March 12, 2008

I don't want to be fat. I want to be PHAT.

So, I'm on a diet. Yes, I said the "d" word. I have decided that I am finally going to do something about this extra weight I've been carrying around for years. And, if I ever have another child, I do not want that weight packed on top of this flubber I have now. It all started about a week ago when I had a doctor's appointment and they made me step on the #$%@!&* scale. I could not believe what I saw.

I've begun counting calories. And I'm borderline obsessed with it. I started Monday (all diets start on Monday, right?) and did pretty good until after dinner. It was BJ's birthday and there was cake. So scratch Monday. Then yesterday I was feeling down so I grabbed some chocolate. Scratch Tuesday. But today I have done well. I had 1,310 calories today.

I'm having a hard time finding nutritious, low-calorie foods that will keep me feeling full. Here's what I had today:
Breakfast - English muffin, 1 tbsn peanut butter, yogurt, coffee
Lunch - Lean Cuisine meal
Dinner - 2 cups of Homemade mac & cheese, small piece of French bread, 1/4 cup orange sherbert

I did some online searches for healthy breakfast ideas, but most of them consisted of flaxseed and tofu. I'm sorry but I'm not that desperate to be thinner.

I didn't have any pop today, which helped me cut out 200 extra calories. I didn't plan our meals this week to be inline with my diet, so it will be a little tricky to not overdo it. I'm trying to stick to 1,000 calories a day. I was pretty hungry from about 2 p.m. until dinnertime today. I'm still hungry now, but I'm guzzling water to help me not think about it.

Tomorrow I am meeting two friends for lunch at a local bar. Not sure how I am going to eat low cal, but I may have to skimp on breakast and dinner. I've already decided that for dinner tomorrow night (chicken patties and fries) that I'm not going to eat a bun or mayo.

My goal is to lose 30-40 pounds. Hopefully by the time summer hits (or better yet I get pregnant) I'll have lost some weight.

3 comments:

The Edwards said...

Hay, Girl I feel it!

Keep working HARD and say forcused!

I would have to say: You should try the fat patch! I have lost now 11 pounds on it Mo has lost 18 pounds, his mom has lost 9 pounds and it has only been month/half and we have not changed a thing...
Check it out on my blog, I can get more information to you...Everyone is different!

It's how bad you want IT!!!!!

Stayllo said...

I have tons of advice on this subject!!! I'll have to email with some helpful tips.

Lori_N said...

Hey, it's Monday and I've started a diet too with Eric. I want to lose about 40 lbs also. You don't look like you need to lose 30 to 40 pounds. You must hide it well :)

Maybe we could help each other...

You might want to delete the message before mine. I clicked the "Here" and it looks like it might be a virus. My computer stopped it...thank God.