I started back on the diet bandwagon on Monday, August 22nd. First day of school for the kids, and first day of new habits for me. As of today, August 27th, I have already lost 7 pounds! I know it will slow down and that's fine. Nothing like getting off to a good start though!
I've said before that I'm a total sugar/carb addict. Well I've just got to stop that. It finally dawned on me in one of those DUH moments that, good grief, it's like I'm sitting around here WAITING for my body to change. But that was never going to happen unless I MADE IT HAPPEN. Why it took so long to realize that I don't know. I've realized that before and lost 60 pounds because of it, but that was about 10 years ago. I guess I forgot, huh?
My hormones are changing (good old menopause that shows up way early in my family...I'm only 36) and that has made things difficult, and helped me put on flab in places where I haven't had trouble before. But that's no excuse.
I am getting my carbs exclusively from fruit. No sugar, no starch. In about 2 more weeks I'll slowly start adding some whole grains back in and kind of go back and forth from day to day, to try and avoid a carb-addition cycle again. I am actually following the 17 Day Diet by Dr. Mike Moreno. I've read the whole book and it makes a lot of sense.
As you can see from previous posts I've tried a lot of different methods. Problem is, I've never stayed with anything very long before I've become frustrated and given up. This plan goes in 17-day cycles where things change a little, which will hopefully keep things varied enough that I don't get bored & frustrated. There are 4 different cycles on the 17 Day Diet, each lasting - you guessed it - 17 days. The first 3 cycles are for weight loss, the 4th for maintenance. I promised myself I would at least give it one round of those first 3 cycles, and if I've had good success (and I really think I will), I'll probably do at least one more round before I hit my goal.
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