Girl On A Diet

Finally, Another Update

I have no idea what I weigh right now. To be honest, I do not want to know.

I’ve been traveling a LOT this summer - in fact, I’ve been home maybe 3 weeks out of the entire summer. Currently, I am in the Midwest and planning to stay here until the end of September (upon which time I will be turning 30).

My eating habits lately have been a lot healthier than they were before. I make it a point to eat plenty of veggies and fruit. I eat several small meals per day, although sometimes with my schedule, it is hard. I have not gone back to low carbing, unfortunately, because I just cannot do it while traveling. It’s impossible.

Am I losing weight, you ask? Well, I’m not sure, because I do not have access to a scale, and do not want access to a scale. If I had to guess my weight right now - based on the way my clothes fit and comments from friends and family - I’d say I weigh 160 or so. Family members say that it looks like I have lost a few pounds in the last month. So perhaps I have lost a very slight few pounds.

I just found out that I got approved to move into an apartment here in the Midwest USA. I have decided to simultaneously live in two states - the Northeast (New Hampshire) and Midwest (Oklahoma). I love the Northeast but have a lot of family here in the Midwest, and am growing to love it here. The place I will be living (for part of the year) has a HUGE indoor pool, a state-of-the-art weight training and workout room, and is in a 32-story tower. The workout and pool rooms are open from like 6am to midnight. I am super-excited because I love swimming and I have absolutely no excuse not to get into shape with access to these facilities. I have ALWAYS wanted access to an indoor pool - I swim like a fish.

I am a little low on patience these days when it comes to weight loss. I mean, I’ve been eating SO much healthier and getting more exercise, yet, I have not seen major results. Yet, it took only 2 months to gain like 20 pounds. WTF? I want SO badly to be super-healthy and super-energetic. The weight doesn’t even matter anymore - I just want to feel and look good and fit into my old clothes.

Is that SERIOUSLY too much to ask? Seriously?

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Ugh

The past several days, I have felt really crappy. I seem to be sick with something but I’m not sure what. The symptoms are: weakness, bloating, major hunger yet I can’t seem to eat much, tired, tired, tired, aching all over, upset stomach.

As a result I’ve been eating a lot less, but it doesn’t seem to be doing me good. My stomach remains extremely bloated. I cannot tell you how upsetting that is for someone like me who is trying to lose weight…

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I Haven’t Weighed Myself…

I’m PMS’ing this week and I know I’m super-bloated, so there is no way I’m getting on a scale.

As for my low carb diet, I have pretty much blew it. For some reason, this time around it has been very difficult and I have been feeling like crap for the past week or so.

I have, however, figured out why I haven’t been losing much weight despite no longer over-eating. See, I got to the weight I am now by over-drinking and over-eating. I’ll admit it. I was lazy, partying constantly and not caring much.

However, I honestly haven’t pigged out or eaten too much in about 2 months now. I’ve probably stayed anywhere between 800-1800 calories per day. I would have thought the weight would come off as fast as it went on.

Ha.

So, I have been trying to figure out why the weight hasn’t really come off. And I think I have figured it out… I eat about 80% of my calories within an hour or two of going to bed. That is a major no-no. For some reason, I rarely eat throughout the day and then at night, I eat most of my day’s food.

So… I’m going to try yet another eating plan, which I have already started today: I am going to eat my day’s food before 6pm, and not a drop will pass my lips after that. Since I go to bed around 2am most nights, that will give my body 8 hours to digest everything and use up all the calories. Plus, I am mostly sticking to low carb food, which will hopefully speed things up.

My sister lost 15 pounds doing that. She didn’t cut out any foods or anything, just stopped eating several hours before she went to bed.

We will see if it works. I am just so tired of dieting and feeling like crap, although I feel like crap if I diet or don’t diet these days!

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Day One and Two: Successful

OK, I’m speaking a little in advance here for day two, but so far, my Kimkins/low carb quest has been successful.

Now, I’m hoping the appetite suppression will be kicking in soon. And I know it will, but probably not for another day or two. I don’t need it to eat less, but I need it for carb cravings, which I tend to get quite often when I’m not in ketosis.

I will weigh myself again on Tuesday of this coming week!

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Day One… Again

I am starting my low carb WOE again today.

So far, so good. It’s 5:30PM and I’ve done OK so far! I’ll post here tomorrow and let you all know if I succeeded…

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Kimkins Controversy

Apparently, there is some controversy going on with the Kimkins diet right now. I am going to address this right now because people keep trying to post their links in my comments section.

OK, people, let’s have some common sense. If you feel like crap, get off the diet! Go see your doctor! I mean, what is so difficult about that? Like me, for example: I got off the diet when I found it didn’t suit my particular circumstances (my road trip). While I am on the diet, I monitor myself and the way I feel very carefully.

What is the matter with people that they can’t use their own common sense? All diets aren’t meant for everyone… some people should NOT do a low carb diet.

I don’t mean to rant and rave here, but I am tired of seeing people refusing to take responsibility for themselves and their actions and try and blame everyone else for everything. If you go to a site you don’t like - close your browser or navigate away from the page! If you try a diet and feel like absolute crap - get off the diet and try something else! If you feel like you are going to black out - go to the ER! Call an ambulance!

OK, rant over.

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