“Never was a mustard girl, thought it was a good solution hanging with Mayo girls....”
I’m not going to talk about what I weigh, what I have weighed in the past, and my current week by week .lbs to .lbs. (Not in an actual numbers sense- that is..) I’m not advocating anyone else join or advising anyone on what to give up. I am however, interested in chronicling my attempt at a “diet” which is supposedly not a “diet”. Quite simply, I wanted to try to be a healthier person, and my job is going to reimburse me if get on board and give it a try. So why not?
In high school, some P.E. adviser came in and said to have a healthy lifestyle you have to EITHER diet OR exercise. I decided I would run. I would run forever, if it meant I could eat whatever I wanted. The first time I ran, I ran breathless to the end of the yard, walked back into the house and devoured half a Red Baron Pizza. Now that I was a runner that pizza was mine..right?..right????!
Wrong...... Every food has a price, and many of the prices exists well out of running range. Unless you are an nfl athlete.
I have only ever been what I would consider “fighting weight” during the last three years of college. I had lost some significant poundage post the "freshman 15" at ODU. When asked how - I just said..”I don’t know, I was just happy I guess.” It was true. I was happy (and very very busy).
I’m still very very busy and fairly happy (not joyous, but content all the same). I’ve gained 22 lbs since I transitioned from college student to working girl. You just can’t run constantly when restricted to a square sunless space 8 hours a day. When I get stressed, I’d become accustomed (addicted) to grabbing a high everything Mt. Dew. Since that was my drug of choice, it had to be the thing to battle out first.
After a week of water, diet drinks, 3 days of what I would call semi-starvation and the consumption of foods that tasted like paper; this weekend marked the end of the detox phase where I felt like chasing wild animals and eating them or consuming entire 2-liters of soda. My caffeine headache has subsided to a small throb.
Pictured above are some remnants of this weeks soda detox which included: Lots of Propel (the only form of water I can stomach), some disgusting Crystal Light pomegranate (fruit punch is waay better), and splenda tea in a milk jug (which bothered me immensely that a caffeine product was living in a house that dairy built.)
I was successful in week one of W.W. weight loss, only hungry 3 of 7 days, only “cranky” 2 of the 7, and physically tired all 7 days. Today I'm going to Arby's as a "reward" for yesterdays accomplishment.
Here's hoping I can stay strong the next 11 weeks.
5 comments:
Go girl! I wish my work compesated me for joinin a diet plan or a gym plan. That would be cool! But alas, it doesn't, so i've resorted to smaller meals, and more gym-time. We'll see if it helps. Summer bikini's here we come!
To be honest, I wouldn't have joined without the added incentive. Now that I'm in though, I'm starting to like it. You can still eat your old fav's, but you have be mindful of how much of the favs and make decisions on whether or not a big lunch is worth missing dinner. My gym-time had been cut back substantially with my added work flow..so I HAD to find something else.
Hells yeah on beach season!
Have you invested in the little mini cans of Mt. Dew? Only 100 calories. I limit myself to one of those a day (cause of the caffeine) and I found when I tried to rejoin the 20 oz. Pepsi club after forgetting my tiny soda on Monday, it was almost...too much!
Of course, I make up for the little can of soda with a big IBC root beer every night. Naturally caffeine-free, but probably full of sugar. Hmmm.
Its been 9 days...since my last regular Mt. Dew. I made tea and sweetened it with splenda, then moved to Pespi Max (caffeine, but still diet). I decided I should just try to just let it ago, since a little is never really enough for me.
It was awful Tuesday - Friday, but I found my rhythm Saturday & Sunday. I like diet dr. pepper & root beer. :)
Success! Root beer is delicious. Even the diet version is good. IBC is the best, and pretty cheap at Target.
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