Dieting is never easy. Then you throw in life and it gets real interesting. Being a Gemini, born in the year of the monkey, I don't have a chance of being consistent. I am always all over the map. Well, this is no exception. Being a single mother of two, money is always and issue and this issue raised it's ugly head this week. I did some extra things last month that have come back to bite me this month. You might ask how does money affect your diet? Well, let me explain, first of all to eat healthy it costs more. The amount of calories I have to eat to maintain weight loss is 1400 calories. The biggest myth in dieting is the less you eat the more you lose. That is completely untrue for me. This weekend I completely reverted to diet so all day and a salad at lunch. Well, I didn't lose any weight. Then yesterday, I had pizza and soda...well, next day you pay. I am bloated from the soda and very irritable. I gained back 1.5lbs and I feel awful.
During the last two weeks of losing and drinking my water, using OL, I felt amazingly better. But now I feel fat and grumpy. I will prevail and move forward, but the stress of not having enough money to take care of my responsibilities is also taking me to the limit and stress is proven to be a factor in weight loss. So while I recoup and get back on track please send me positive thoughts and I will meet you on the other side of this set back.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Didn't think it was working...
So it goes to show me...just when I think I am not making progress or that I am not doing things correctly, surprise! I was following the diet, somewhat. Started to lose interest in writing things down and quite frankly sometimes it's easier not to eat anything than to eat healthy. But somehow I did it. I have now lost 6.1 lbs. It's amazing how motivating it is to see the scale actually move. I haven't been in the 180's in over a year and to think I only have a couple of pounds to go before I am there is pretty exciting. It cuts down on the desire to cheat or to mess up. I don't really crave bad for me food but the problem that I have always had is being lazy. It really does take planning and effor to eat healthy and sometimes it is just easier to hit the drive through or pick up that pre-packaged item. But now that I have seen the difference I want to exercise. Last week I hit the WII fit for 15 minutes twice but other than that, nothing. But now, I want to get out my Slim in 6 that I haven't touched and see what that is all about. Success is definitely motivation for sure!
Thanks for keeping up with me!
Thanks for keeping up with me!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Day6 Blah week.
Day 7 is tomorrow. I haven't lost anymore weight, still staying steady at 193.1. I am encourage though, because I am usually up and down, up and down about 4-5 lbs. I haven't done a lot of working out this week and about Wednesday, I started feeling very blah. I have advised that this is just due to the detox process. Next week, I plan to start moving the bod more and really kicking it into high gear. Stay tuned!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Day 4
Today is my 4th day on Kirstie Alley's Organic Liaison. I think I finally go past the soda withdrawal. The only problem now is the same problem I have had in the past. I love fast food and creamy rich food. I especially love cheese. I am not a fan of cold veggies and hate salad. So, I didn't eat until 3pm today, which doesn't help the weight loss. I go into starvation mode because I would rather not eat than eat a salad. So looking for alternatives, I am sure I will find one. I have to work out some more but I am confident that the weight will start falling off.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Organic Debate
I have had some people question the choice of Organics. Some people, even the little stocker guy at Publix told me that Organics aren't any better they just cost more.
Well, I am not an expert but let me share a couple of personal stories about food additives that hit home with me and make me want to try at least to limit the various chemicals that I have been putting into my children's and my body.
When I was in my twenties I lived in Germany attached to the 11th ACR with my now X-husband. He was in the army. I worked with a girl who's husband had become very violent. He was physically abusive in a terribly scary way. But if you met him he was a doll. He was very sweet and helpful. No one could understand that out of the blue he would have these mega-violent outbursts which caused him enormous trouble in life obviously. While in Germany he went to a doctor who began testing him for allergies because he was having other troubles with sinuses. While testing for allergies regarding sinuses they tested him for other allergies and found that he was allergic to MSG. MSG, from what I understand, is a food additive added to many, many things we eat all the time. Chinese food is the one thing that comes to my mind when I think of MSG. But there are many other things too.
This was told to avoid MSG at all costs. When he asked why it was so important the Doctor told him that it would effect his mental state. It could cause him to act out violently, be delusional, etc. He and his wife were amazed. I don't even remember his name, but I do remember the outcome of the story. He started avoiding MSG and his violent behavior completely stopped. We knew it was the MSG because one night we ordered Chinese in and that night when they got home Lisa called me crying saying they got into a fight on the way home and he had put his foot through the front door when he couldn't get it open fast enough. I called the restaurant and asked if their food had MSG and they said yes it did. So there you have it. Chemicals can do all kinds of random things to us we can't even begin to understand.
Another example I have come across hits more close to home for me. I have a daughter who is now almost 12 years old. When she was just 10 years old she started her period. I was completely shocked. I started at 12, my mother started at 12, my grandmother, my sister Cami, with whom I grew up. Why was my kid starting so early? It worried me, she just wasn't old enough mentally to handle it. Well then I spoke to my mother and my younger sister who is now 23, I think also started at 10 and so did my sister who is 26. Is this an odd coincidence? Well according to my daughter's pediatrician, it isn't. It is widely understood that the meat we eat is treated with antibiotics and human growth hormones. So is milk. So because of the human growth hormones our children can physically mature faster. I don't like that we didn't get to vote about whether or not it was acceptable to add this chemicals to our foods. Our government is approving the safety of these products they know the side effects but they don't share the informaiton on the package and we don't get to choose.
What do you this about this topic?
Well, I am not an expert but let me share a couple of personal stories about food additives that hit home with me and make me want to try at least to limit the various chemicals that I have been putting into my children's and my body.
When I was in my twenties I lived in Germany attached to the 11th ACR with my now X-husband. He was in the army. I worked with a girl who's husband had become very violent. He was physically abusive in a terribly scary way. But if you met him he was a doll. He was very sweet and helpful. No one could understand that out of the blue he would have these mega-violent outbursts which caused him enormous trouble in life obviously. While in Germany he went to a doctor who began testing him for allergies because he was having other troubles with sinuses. While testing for allergies regarding sinuses they tested him for other allergies and found that he was allergic to MSG. MSG, from what I understand, is a food additive added to many, many things we eat all the time. Chinese food is the one thing that comes to my mind when I think of MSG. But there are many other things too.
This was told to avoid MSG at all costs. When he asked why it was so important the Doctor told him that it would effect his mental state. It could cause him to act out violently, be delusional, etc. He and his wife were amazed. I don't even remember his name, but I do remember the outcome of the story. He started avoiding MSG and his violent behavior completely stopped. We knew it was the MSG because one night we ordered Chinese in and that night when they got home Lisa called me crying saying they got into a fight on the way home and he had put his foot through the front door when he couldn't get it open fast enough. I called the restaurant and asked if their food had MSG and they said yes it did. So there you have it. Chemicals can do all kinds of random things to us we can't even begin to understand.
Another example I have come across hits more close to home for me. I have a daughter who is now almost 12 years old. When she was just 10 years old she started her period. I was completely shocked. I started at 12, my mother started at 12, my grandmother, my sister Cami, with whom I grew up. Why was my kid starting so early? It worried me, she just wasn't old enough mentally to handle it. Well then I spoke to my mother and my younger sister who is now 23, I think also started at 10 and so did my sister who is 26. Is this an odd coincidence? Well according to my daughter's pediatrician, it isn't. It is widely understood that the meat we eat is treated with antibiotics and human growth hormones. So is milk. So because of the human growth hormones our children can physically mature faster. I don't like that we didn't get to vote about whether or not it was acceptable to add this chemicals to our foods. Our government is approving the safety of these products they know the side effects but they don't share the informaiton on the package and we don't get to choose.
What do you this about this topic?
First Day!
Hi Everyone,
First day of the rest of my skinny life. I started Organic Liaison for real today. I weighed this morning and I weighed 196.5 lbs. My BMI is 33.47 or something close. My measurements are as follows, Chest is 44" Waist is 42" Hips are 45" at least I am in proportion. :0p Then my neck is 13" and my thigh, get this, is 24" my waist used to be 26" after I had my kids. It was 18" prior to that. Man, this is not fun. My arms are 13" at the top. So day one all logged in.
First impressions. I feel a little out of sorts. I don't have food in the house I can eat except unsweetened Almond milk which I got at Publix on the cereal isle. (Just in case you are looking of it in Lakeland.) Sixteen ounces of Almond milk is only 80 cals. and I love it! I am drinking the Rescue Me and I am having that same feeling in my tummy. Like something is going on but it is not unpleasant. So, now I have to go to the grocery store so I can get some more food to eat.
Kirstie's diet, or Organic Liaison says to eat snacks but the diet for Thyroid says rest 4 hours in between breakfast and lunch and 6 hours between lunch and dinner. I am going to to that for my Thyroid.
Ok, so that is that. I will post again around lunchtime to let you know how I feel and what is going on.
Thank you for all the great energy you are sending me and your support!
Love you! Tisha
First day of the rest of my skinny life. I started Organic Liaison for real today. I weighed this morning and I weighed 196.5 lbs. My BMI is 33.47 or something close. My measurements are as follows, Chest is 44" Waist is 42" Hips are 45" at least I am in proportion. :0p Then my neck is 13" and my thigh, get this, is 24" my waist used to be 26" after I had my kids. It was 18" prior to that. Man, this is not fun. My arms are 13" at the top. So day one all logged in.
First impressions. I feel a little out of sorts. I don't have food in the house I can eat except unsweetened Almond milk which I got at Publix on the cereal isle. (Just in case you are looking of it in Lakeland.) Sixteen ounces of Almond milk is only 80 cals. and I love it! I am drinking the Rescue Me and I am having that same feeling in my tummy. Like something is going on but it is not unpleasant. So, now I have to go to the grocery store so I can get some more food to eat.
Kirstie's diet, or Organic Liaison says to eat snacks but the diet for Thyroid says rest 4 hours in between breakfast and lunch and 6 hours between lunch and dinner. I am going to to that for my Thyroid.
Ok, so that is that. I will post again around lunchtime to let you know how I feel and what is going on.
Thank you for all the great energy you are sending me and your support!
Love you! Tisha
Friday, April 9, 2010
Got My Organic Liaison
Well good news! I didn't have to wait long...something like a day, to get my Organic Liaison. It is packaged very prettily which of course is important. I got the introductory kit which is the Rescue Me Elixer it is a pump bottle that has juice extract and lot's of good stuff. Vitamins, Biotin, Zinc, Chromium,Selenium. Then the Release Me which is simple, lemon juice, calcium and magnesium to drink warm for better absorption and of course lemon aids in balancing ph. Then Nightingale which is more Vitamins and L-Tryptophan, which is the same stuff that is in Turkey to make you sleepy.
I have tried the Rescue Me, it tastes like Cranberry Juice and is tangy. I like it. What it does though is kind of make your stomach feel like it is contracting. The only thing I can liken it to is when I drank dieter's tea at one point. It literally makes me feel like I am digesting something therefore, I am not hungry. So far so good. Let me also say that I am very, very, very sensitive to my body and it's reactions to things so you may or may not feel the tummy clenching thing but it definitely feels like something is going on in there. It is a good feeling. I have drank less than half the bottle and I am slowing down drinking. Usually I am thirsty and hungry all day. But really more thirsty. I have to have an iced down soda beside me at all times and I have drank anything but rescue me since 1pm today.
I haven't tried the other two yet, but will blog when I do. I am really anxious to see what next week brings. Just planning this journey has gotten me up and energized. I hope it just keeps getting better and better.
I also want to purchase the two additional products which are economical they are Relieve Me, which is a colon cleanser and Pagoda which is a green tea concentrate you take with lunch. Both with shipping cost $38 almost $39 which is in line with any of those products out in the stores.
So look for the Video Blog Installments 2 and 3 at Facebook and thanks for your support.
Love You!
I have tried the Rescue Me, it tastes like Cranberry Juice and is tangy. I like it. What it does though is kind of make your stomach feel like it is contracting. The only thing I can liken it to is when I drank dieter's tea at one point. It literally makes me feel like I am digesting something therefore, I am not hungry. So far so good. Let me also say that I am very, very, very sensitive to my body and it's reactions to things so you may or may not feel the tummy clenching thing but it definitely feels like something is going on in there. It is a good feeling. I have drank less than half the bottle and I am slowing down drinking. Usually I am thirsty and hungry all day. But really more thirsty. I have to have an iced down soda beside me at all times and I have drank anything but rescue me since 1pm today.
I haven't tried the other two yet, but will blog when I do. I am really anxious to see what next week brings. Just planning this journey has gotten me up and energized. I hope it just keeps getting better and better.
I also want to purchase the two additional products which are economical they are Relieve Me, which is a colon cleanser and Pagoda which is a green tea concentrate you take with lunch. Both with shipping cost $38 almost $39 which is in line with any of those products out in the stores.
So look for the Video Blog Installments 2 and 3 at Facebook and thanks for your support.
Love You!
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