Dieting 101

Just so you know..if your diet looks like the following, you are not following a diet plan. Or a healthy plan. Or any other plan than "whatever the fuck I want."

*Eggs with Ham and Gravy
*Indian buffet food, including salad with Ranch dressing
*Coffee with Cream
*Chicken Piccata

I don't have to use my eyeballs to tell you - this is NOT 1200 calories in a day. It's just not.

And if you have dieted for ten years and still don't realize that this isn't diet food, then you should just give it up and make yourself some muffins.

Oh wait, you did.

:)

Happy Halloween - I couldn't resist.

Weigh-In 10/29/2012

Previous:    172.0
Today:        169.2
Loss:             -2.8

Apparently having a bad case of strep all week coupled with overdrinking on Saturday night and subsequent sickness associated with that, I lost another 2.8 pounds. My weigh in for yeterday was actually 168.8, but like I said that was after my night of Halloween debauchery so I was lacking fluids, lol.

Halloween party was fun! It was freezing cold so I went for the warmer costume (A ceiling fan - shout out to my girl Kelliann for calling it!) I still suck at graciously accepting compliments. Meh, I guess it's a learning experience when you've never had to worry about people actively paying attention to you. Most of the time I was happy with being ignored, so attention is all kinds of wrong to me, lol.

Happy week - if I can make it through the hell week at work I'm going with family to Vegas on Saturday!

Weigh-In 10/22/2012

Previous:    175.0
Today:        172.0 
Loss:             -3.0

Yeah, I dunno what that's about, but yay!
Sick today, some sort of funk. Maybe that has something to do with the weird loss.
Happy Monday folks, I'm going to spend this one in bed.

Diet Orb

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Give your body the balance it's looking for all day.

Did you know that your body responds to frequency? Your brain is actively signaling and triggering your body to either store or burn fat and calories. Your body is also influenced by outside factors like sounds and radio waves, something your phone already emits. Turn them all positive.

Combining practical and science into technology.

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DietOrb comes into play by giving you an advantage to jump start your body and give it the trigger it is looking for to make it want to lose weight! Activating DietOrb within the first 3 hours of waking, for 10 minutes, then again within 2 hours of the mid-point of your day – and you have a way to slip in what your body might consider to be 20 – 30 minutes of quality exercise, which boosts your metabolism and lifts your body state.

The DietOrb app is to no way take the place of living a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods, and exercising appropriately – but it is there to make use of those moments when we can gain the advantage by using science and technology in our weight loss goals!

With the low tone and short usage, anyone can find the time to activate DietOrb without interrupting anyone else, and while multi-tasking on other daily tasks. Quick, convenient, and results oriented – turn your iPhone or Android powered smartphone into an affordable tool to lose weight and feel great! Watch the weight shed off and see results in just a few weeks!

Is there any disclaimer or warning with the DietOrb app?
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT USE ANY OF THESE TONES OR THE DIETORB APP WHILE DRIVING OR OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SIDE-EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE USE OF THESE TONES OR THE DIETORB APP. THE TONES ARE INTENDED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY AND YOU ARE ASSUMING THE RISK IF YOU CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO THEM OR USE THE DIETORB APP. THE TONES ON THIS WEBSITE ALTER YOUR BRAINWAVES AND THE SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THESE ABILITIES ARE STILL NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD. THESE TONES SHOULD NOT BE USED IN A SETTING WHERE THEY WILL AFFECT ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD/BY DOWNLOADING AND/OR LISTENING THEM YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. THE END-USER TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY EFFECTS EXPERIENCED FROM THE TONES. NEVER USE LONGER THAN AS DIRECTED OR IMPLIED.

My Kind of Compliment.

A man that says the following knows the way to my heart.

FFL

You know how I know I'll always be a fattie at heart?

I still get depressed after eating dinner that I have to wait until breakfast to eat again.

FFL - Fattie for Life. I will always be on the defensive in regards to food, every day of my life, every minute, every second.

Oh yeah - weigh in today was 175.0, same from the challenge weigh in yesterday.

Quick Huge Thank You.

Thank you guys so much for the kind words yesterday, it was a hard thing to face and post.

If I can inspire anyone to finally lose the weight, it will be a huge amount sugar-free icing on my almond-flour cake.

There are a billion reasons to get it off, but when you are up at 6AM in the morning dancing crazily with your 3 year old to Dora's "Baila baila baila" and not getting winded or knees aren't cracking, it's a good day.

Have a good weekend, lovelies. I love you all - I'm off to see George Clinton in concert tonight!

And - just to throw it in there - here's outfit #2 that I bought yesterday, haha.

Ugh. Ugh! I am mortified. And a NSV :)

Ugh. Mortification. I don't have my costume for this year, but here it is - in all it's glory. Fat me vs. Me now. On the NSV side, I'm a size 10. Enjoy!

Jumping on the Bandwagon.

After reading Norma's post about the fatties up-in-arms about not having a plus-sized sexy Ursula (blech..), I felt the need to jump on the up-in-arms bandwagon too.

Did you know they give surgery patients a food discount card? I find this so many kinds of ridiculous it's not even funny.

I can just picture the commercial now:

Announcer: Hey Jane Doe! You've just had life-saving, last resort gastric bypass surgery because you are so overweight it's caused diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure! What are you going to do now?

Jane: I'm going to GOLDEN CORRAL and get a smaller sized buffet with my certified gastic bypass patient card!

Don't get me wrong - I love the idea of being allowed to eat kid's meals, I think everyone should allow that. But the discount to the buffet.. no so sure about that one.

Prior Self Vs. Current Self

I had one of those lovely days yesterday where I was forced to face my past self. Friends & I are getting ready for our annual Halloween party, and we were supposed to cough up pictures from the years past. Lucky for me, a friend of mine forwarded a picture of me @ Halloween two years ago, and I was completely floored again about the way I looked. (I plan on eventually showing you guys, I want to get my current Halloween picture so I can side by side it..anyway..)

A co-worker overheard my conversation about my prior self, and he asked to see the picture. No big deal, right? Unfortunately, in my head, it was a big deal. This particular co-worker has never known me as fat. And because of that, little bells and alarms were going off in my head. I honestly verbalized the following, "You didn't know me this way. I don't want you to know what I used to be." I eventually caved and showed him the picture, but I was still all kinds of self conscious.

I can't decide if that was a logical reasoning or just my stupid woman head crap. Do you ever get nervous about showing your before pictures? Everyone else thinks I should show it proudly like a badge of honor, but honestly it's someone that I was that I am trying to bury.

Weigh-In 10/08/2012

Previous: 178.1
Today:     175.6
Loss:           -2.5

My weigh-in yesterday for the challenge was actually 177, but I worked my ass off yesterday and this morning it said 175.6, so we are going with that one. It makes me happy. Actually, it makes me kind of sad.

175 was my initial goal weight. Looking in the mirror this morning, I realize I am no where near goal. For the record, new goal weight is 160.. ish. But I don't want to be 160 and flabby. I want to be 160 and a rock.

So, here we go. NEW JOURNEY AHEAD! (I knew you'd love that, Norma.)

FMT ;)

1) I am 32 years old, weigh 178, and aspire to weigh 160 or less.

2) I am following a great plan, and this is what I do....Yeah it's my own plan, basically. I eat 1200 calories or less per day, currently run 3 miles per day, and most recently have added in the following insane workout for after my run which has added a whole new fun dimension to my exercise. I've promised myself 31 days in October of the cardio plus toning, so we will see how that turns out.

 

3) When faced with a decision of whether to eat something in moderation or abstain, I choose to....abstain. I'm a binger by heart, there is no moderation for me.

4) I am employed with an insurance company, doing highly covert operations. Something like that, at least in my head.

5) I have one demon-spawn cat, and she's named Kallie.

6) My favorite snack food is.... and I can eat this many of them....Ha! What a loaded question. My favorite binge food was Chocolate Zingers and Cool-Ranch Doritos back in the day. I could eat as many as 4 Zingers and a bag of CRD in one sitting, with a 20 ounce Pepsi. Currently my favorite snack food is apple slices with peanut butter.

7) I blog because it helps me, no other reason. I have met many people, hopefully inspired and helped some people, but this is accountability for myself. I get really nervous in public situations, and knowing that my results are posted for the world to read is encouragement. I get embarrassed if I fail.

Weigh-In 10/1/2012

Previous: 180.0
Today:     178.1
Loss:          -1.9

Finally, finally, finally in the 170's. It's funny, my initial goal was 175 way back when, haha. I don't know what to think now that I'm 3 pounds away from that. Lucky for me, my revised goal is 160, so I don't have to start panicking about the dreaded maintenance zone right now.