Two weeks already? What have I got to show for it? Well...
I have been blessed with having the body type of someone who can really "hide" their weight. Whenever I would tell someone how much I weighed they would mostly react with shock. Though I have never been "thin" I have only occasionally been "fat". I've mostly been "solid". My height, I suspect, helped a lot with this. But even though no one else may have known - I knew. I knew what I looked like before I jumped in the shower or when I couldn't fit into a pair of pants. The life of a yo-yo. There was one point where I had FIVE wardrobes of different sizes of clothing. Do you know how much space that took up? Someone once told me that Jackie Gleason did the same thing. Now as much as I adore the Great One (Baby you're the greatest!), I would rather not be in his company in that area. Thankfully - I haven't been THAT much of a yo-yo in years. The last few it's been 20 - 30 lbs and NOT 50 - 80 lbs.
Being overweight is demoralizing. It doesn't effect just your clothing or your appearance. It effects every aspect of your life: how you treat others, how you treat yourself, your interests, your activities... It can change your social gatherings - do you really want to go to that swim party, high school reunion... and many other subtle areas. The thing that I'm finding so interesting is that so much of our lives is beyond our control: illness, accidents, the reactions of others... yet, this is the one area we all have COMPLETE control over, but so many of us struggle to embrace it. No one else is opening my mouth and putting anything in it. I've done it for myself since I was two. I'm in charge. I am empowered.
So who's putting what into YOUR mouth?
Day 14 has been good to me...
How does 15.8 lbs less of me sound?
I have been blessed with having the body type of someone who can really "hide" their weight. Whenever I would tell someone how much I weighed they would mostly react with shock. Though I have never been "thin" I have only occasionally been "fat". I've mostly been "solid". My height, I suspect, helped a lot with this. But even though no one else may have known - I knew. I knew what I looked like before I jumped in the shower or when I couldn't fit into a pair of pants. The life of a yo-yo. There was one point where I had FIVE wardrobes of different sizes of clothing. Do you know how much space that took up? Someone once told me that Jackie Gleason did the same thing. Now as much as I adore the Great One (Baby you're the greatest!), I would rather not be in his company in that area. Thankfully - I haven't been THAT much of a yo-yo in years. The last few it's been 20 - 30 lbs and NOT 50 - 80 lbs.
Being overweight is demoralizing. It doesn't effect just your clothing or your appearance. It effects every aspect of your life: how you treat others, how you treat yourself, your interests, your activities... It can change your social gatherings - do you really want to go to that swim party, high school reunion... and many other subtle areas. The thing that I'm finding so interesting is that so much of our lives is beyond our control: illness, accidents, the reactions of others... yet, this is the one area we all have COMPLETE control over, but so many of us struggle to embrace it. No one else is opening my mouth and putting anything in it. I've done it for myself since I was two. I'm in charge. I am empowered.
So who's putting what into YOUR mouth?
Day 14 has been good to me...
Statistics
Height - 5' 7-1/2"
Weight - For the record, I'm weighing in nude or next to nude on the same scale, around the same time every morning before eating or drinking anything.
DAY 01 - 173.4 lbs
DAY 02 - 167.3 lbs
DAY 03 - 165.0 lbs
DAY 04 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 05 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 06 - 162.8 lbs
DAY 03 - 165.0 lbs
DAY 04 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 05 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 06 - 162.8 lbs
DAY 07 - 161.6 lbs
DAY 08 - 160.2 lbs
DAY 09 - 160.4 lbs
DAY 10 - 159.2 lbs
Day 11 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
Day 12 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
Day 13 - 159.4 lbs
Day 14 - 157.6 lbs
Day 14 - 157.6 lbs
Food
Breakfast
2 cups of coffee
1 banana
handful of walnuts
handful of walnuts
1 cup of decaf green tea
Snack
1 apple
1 cup of jasmine green tea
Lunch
- Blueberry "soup"
- Salad: greens with tomatoes, red pepper, scallions, alfalfa sprouts, sprouted mung beans, sprouted chick peas, green peppers with a dressing of sesame oil, basil olive oil, rice vinegar
1 plum
1 cup of jasmine green tea
Snack
Cucumbers, blueberries, onions in vinegar
1 cup of jasmine green tea
6 prunes
6 prunes
Supper
- Zucchini Linguini
- Salad
- Cauliflower Tabuli
- Salad
- Cauliflower Tabuli
Exercise
- 15 minute ab workout (Tamilee Webb "I want that body") in the morning
- 15 minute ab workout (Tamilee Webb "I want that body") in the morning
For the record.. ideal BW rough calc for men is 106lbs for the first 5 feet and 6lbs for every inch afterwards. FYI Crystal is not following a typical low calorie diet but rather a nutrient dense diet. There is a HUGE difference. She is getting MORE than the recommended amounts of all vitamins and minerals while eating only healthy uncooked high omega fats veggies and fruit. Anyone considering losing weight should visit with their health care practitioner to discuss their individual needs Go Crystal Go you are almost to your short term goal of 20 in 30!!! ~KC
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