Doing Ok

I'm doing ok. I am trying something new that seems to be working. It's low calorie but not crazy low calorie like Dr. B. I have a knee injury which is keeping me from walking as much as I'd like, I'm doing ok. Although I would love to lose weight as fast as I can gain it (I'm a world champ at that!), I know slow is better. I did well yesterday, I walked by about 10 places serving muffins and cookies and did not succumb. I was not entirely good though as I did manage to cram in some licorice before dinner. I was still down from yesterday so I'll take it!

January 2, 2012

Ah yes, a new year and new resolutions. I had a fairly craptacular year. Without going into details, I had some changes and the result has been depression = eating = weight gain. I gained weight in 2011. Not so much that I erased all my hard work, but enough to make my clothes a bit snug and have me feeling awful. This blog is called Every Day a New Diet and so I'm going to try something new for the next week or so. If it works out, I'll write about it here.

Boxing Day Blues

Urgh. I have eaten everything in sight for about the past 6 weeks. It shows as a gain of 6 pounds on the scale. I am back to drinking diet coke too after kicking that habit a few months ago. I usually have just one or two but I know it's not good. I'll try to get that monkey off my back again in the new year.

I quit the diet clinic again because although I was losing weight, I was not "burning" enough for their liking so not only did they tell me no fruits, but also no breads so my few measly Melba toasts were forbidden too! That put me at below starvation calorie levels and made me cranky. So I rebelled and quit for a while.

The quitting made me lazy, hence the weight gain. I'm going to wait a while before I go back, but still try to eat better on my own. I promise.

Frustration

I have only lost one pound in the past few weeks. It is a source of endless frustration for me. I follow the diet plan about 95% and still not much movement on the scale. I am trying a day of just protein to see if that gets the scale moving. I want to lose at least another 10 pounds before I go to Europe.

Happy New Year...Again

I start 2011 at exactly the same weight as January 2010. I am not unhappy about that as it I am usually heavier than the previous year. I am, however, disappointed at my rate of loss. I have been struggling at the clinic and have only lost a few pounds. I am hoping the new year brings new resolve. I have lost 5 pounds so far this week. That's a lot so I know it is largely glycogen and water depletion. I am also once again trying to kick my diet Coke habit. I am down to one a day. I am going to the U.S. soon and the diet Coke there tastes different, and not in a good way. It will be easy for me to give it up there and hopefully, I will stay away from it back home.

Onward and downward and all the best in 2011.

Back to Clean Eating

As of Monday I was back to the Clinic for round two of my weight loss journey. I had considered waiting until after Christmas but a few pounds had snuck back on and I seemed unable to control my impulse to cram as much chocolate as humanly possible into my mouth! I was nervous as I thought there would be judgements but everyone was nice. But then why wouldn't they be nice when I am paying them a ton of money!

Within a day of being back on strict, I felt better. In two days, any bloating I had was gone. By day three, the hunger and cravings were gone. I am once again eating only that necessary to sustain me. If all goes well, it will take about 3 or 4 months to get me close to goal. And then I think I will go on their maintenance program for at least a year. As accountability seems to be what I need to keep me on track, I may have to go on maintenance for more than a year, maybe for the rest of my life!

The Diet Diary

I am making a new diet diary. I find this a very helpful tool for weight loss. Because I want it with me all the time, I am opting for a small Moleskines notebook with the graph paper pages. I like the squares because I can make charts and easily make sections on each page. I can record my weight and how I'm feeling, foods consumed, track water and vitamin consumption. It is fun to set it up. I glue in pictures of thinner me and I decorate it with stickers and motivating thoughts. I use pretty coloured pens. All of this is to help me stay on course.

Recording these things requires honesty so if I eat, say, some chocolate, I can't ignore it because if the scale hasn't moved, that is likely why. So I resolve to be honest in my new diary. I have attached a sample page of what the pages will look like.