I am loving this idea, and for those of you who don't read my own personal weight loss blog (dustinandcarrieseals@blogspot.com) I will give you a brief description of my own weight loss struggles and where I am striving to get.
My name is Carrie and I have an overeating addiction. This is no joke people, it is a very serious addiction. I look at it as someone who has a problem with drugs. The difference is that your body can most certainly go on living without drugs, on the other hand, cut out food and eventually.......well, you know what happens. Me and my loving husband have been trying to have a baby for about 4 years, and the Doctors all say the same thing, you need to lose weight and then we will see what needs to happen, but before that nobody will touch me with a 10 ft. pole. To add insult to injury I have a hypo-thyroid, which means my body is slow. My engine is not running on all cylinders, which makes losing weight a very tough venture. I have tried every diet known to man and I narrowed the success rate down to a couple of things:
1. There is no such thing as a miracle drug that makes you lose weight.
2. The only thing that works for weight loss is eat less ,move more.
There you go, tell all your friends that I have found the secret! Now the billion dollar weight loss industry can write a book about eating less and moving more and then we can all enjoy affordable healthcare costs.
My personal goal is to lose 100 lbs., or get pregnant, whichever one happens first. My current lifestyle of eating is optifast. I joined the Optifast program when I was 276 lbs. I now weigh 250 lbs. and plan on losing a lot more. For those of you who are not familiar with the program it is basically an 18 week liquid diet program. It is supported by a team of Doctors, nutritionists, and therapists designed to cure whatever is causing you to eat. I have cheated since week 3 and I have made my peace with the fact that I could have lost a lot more weight, but onward and upward, whats done is done. I am now in the transition portion of the program where I start to incorporate food back into my diet. My lifestyle of eating from here on out is what you would call the "Eating Clean" diet. It is the simplest plan of eating fruits, veggies, lean meats, protein, and whole grains. If you have not read the book on this diet I suggest you pick it up at your closest borders. It is very simple to follow. My current exercise goal is 5 times a week. Mountain Biking on Saturday mornings if I have the opportunity. I would like to be able to ride the whole river trail by the end of the summer. I am committing to updating twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Phew! That's a lot to get out, I can't wait to get started and I am happy to have such great friends who have the same healthy goals!
Also on a side note, if you like tracking your calories, and physical activities, go to livestrong.com and sign up for free registration to keep track of your daily meals and exercise. It is free and has some great functions that help you to keep a focus on the big picture!
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