Ready, Set, Alli!

So, this week has been proving to be more difficult than I originally thought! The motivation factor has been dwindling minute by minute, but I am going to attribute it all to my husband who is deploying in 5 days and has taken to making me dinner every night (last night steak, mashed potatoes and sauteed turnips), and feeding me wine and dessert, practically forcing the food down my throat! Well not the last part but I am sure your getting the picture! So yesterday while procrastinating at work, kinda like I am doing now I decided that I might need a little intervention to get the ball rolling, shall we say... so after a couple of hours of Internet research I decided to try Alli, which had the best reviews and success stories that I could find, beating out the Acai berry detox diet, Quick Trim, and some other more medical sounding ones.

So, here I am with my Alli box reading all the little books that come in the starter pack, and I'm impressed, a little food journal, eating out guide, calorie calculator for common foods and some general tips. If you don't know about Alli, the basic idea behind this diet is that you track you fat intake all day not to exceed the predetermined amount based on your height and weight and you take a pill with every meal which is going to block the absorption of those fats and "help" you loose weight. So, I am ready to start Alli..... On Monday!

I am going to be tracking my progress on Alli, recording my every meal down to the last crumb. I am going to follow this diet like my life depended on it, and I am going to see where it takes me, how fast I can loose weight, how much I loose, if I experience any of the "treatment" effects, and anything else. I will be taking my bathing suite shot this weekend and Ill post, Ill keep posting weekly and tracking my progress, if I don't see the results that I like, I am thinking I might go back to Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers ? !

Stay Tuned....

And so it begins...

Hello Monday its nice to see you again, has it been a week already? Well today is different than any other Monday, because I am weaning myself off all my bad habits this week, eating like a normal person, and then next week full diet starvation mode starts. Also, my husband leaves the 26th on Deployment and from now until he leaves he's been giving in to all temptations and cravings that he has, like his 11pm pepperoni pizza craving last night (of which I only took two bites instead of my usual 2-3 slices), so needless to say it has been a huge test to just not be bad. But I feel better today that I didn't give in to that pizza, but everyday is a challenge in my world.

Today I skipped breakfast which is not recommended but I was running late this morning and HAD to, and the only option at my office this morning was left over Birthday Cake from a birthday on Friday, so I chose coffee only! Now for lunch I brought a bag of steamable veggies some white rice and leftover curry, yummy =-) Dinner is still up in the air, but if I can get home before my husband I might be able to make a healthy chicken dinner before he even knows whats going on...

I have committed to at least walking my dog tonight, workouts start next week and I need to get all my muscles moving this week so I don't go to the gym an injure myself that's the last thing I need is to be on crutches!

Good Luck on your Monday!

Getting Started

So I STEPPED ON THE SCALE!! And OMFG I am fatter than I thought, but as I suspected it has made me become motivated on a whole new level since I can officially without a doubt say that I have never been this heavy EVER. So the starting magic number here ... drumroll please... 240lbs. That is a heck of a lot of weight to loose but I am ready.

First order of business is joining a gym, which I have done and I am very very happy with my gym selection, location and classes they offer (which is very important for the motivational factor of this whole thing). Next order of business will take place tomorrow in which I go grocery shopping for a whole week of healthy meals, no candy, minimal bread, lots of fruits and veggies and a good amount of variety so as to not get bored.

Sunday will be my very first day of the diet week, even though I am not pigging out tomorrow I am officially counting Sunday as the big day, Mondays are always bad, I never start on a Monday, that way by Tuesday its already been three days.

I was also thinking about doing the "Beyonce" cleanse which is the lemon juice, maple syrup, Cayenne pepper "Master Cleanse" just to get a good head start, I will track my progress if I decide to start and see where that takes me.

My husband is deploying in ten days, and besides doing this for myself I am doing this for him. To think that a person can leave their life and family and go fight for their country makes me feel as though I can do more for myself, I want him to be proud of the accomplishments that I had while he was gone. I know that he loves me "just the way I am", but it would be a cool gift to show him what I can do for us.

Just an Ordinary Girl

So, I know that I am not the first to make a blog about loosing weight, or being on a diet that's for sure, but there is something calling me in to being an open and honest person to help me through the process and maybe and hopefully help others. I believe that the process of loosing weight is hard and tricky and sometimes you feel like your never going to be able to do it. I am not saying I am going to be perfect because nobody is, I am just saying I am going to be honest and try anything to help me through the process in a natural realistic way.

I am 27 years old right now and I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life, I was a normal person one day and then the next I woke up and I was a FAT. The one piece bathing suite, towel until you get to the pool, belly fat, thick thighs, hungry after dinner FAT. I want to fix it more than I have ever wanted anything else (well almost anything else, I'd really like a new car), but I am committed to making this work, ups and downs and whatever it takes. Hopefully someone will be along for the ride with me.

My past attempts included:

Weight Watchers, which I might turn too again in this project of mine, not right away but I do believe it works, I just hate counting points, and bargaining them like poker chips during every meal.

Jenny Craig: Love her, and I believe the program works, the only problem being that it is VERY EXPENSIVE and you feel a little robbed at the end of the week when you pay $5-$6 for a microwave meal that's the size of the dollar ones at the store, and $3 for a portion of cereal you when you could have gotten 10-12 servings out of a box for WAY less.

Of course, I have basically tried all the diet pills, and Acai cleanses that there are out there, but at the end of the day I always fall a little short. I think mostly because when on a diet you fail to be completely honest with yourself, and so I feel like at least in the forum I am going to be completely honest no matter what, even if nobody is ready this.

I am going to keep myself anonymous until maybe the end of the project, I would love for everyone that I know to be able to support me through the process but sometimes it does more harm than good, I want to do this on my own, without feeling like people are looking at me funny or something. Please join me in my last day as a normal person and I step in to the realm of DIET MODE.

The scale comes tomorrow, prepare to be scared!! I'll post some post pics, and track my progress along the way.

Good luck to us all!