I didn't weigh today!

Hi!

I didn't weigh today because I didn't want to discourage myself or you guys, but I will do a photo tomorrow since it's so late at night.

I hope I'm still 179, but when you go from losing 190 to 179 in 6 days you have to assume a good bit is water weight, and then when you restart carbohydrate intake your cells then store the water reserves again and you gain that weight back. That's why the hiatus on the scale.

I'm following my diet I posted yesterday to the tee, no problems at all and I walked 2 miles today, 1 mile after breakfast, 1 mile after lunch.

I feel super today, no alcohol, and good tasty foods that didn't total much calories, it was great!

Have a great night all!!

Lisa

New Meal Plan

Welp, I've thought long and hard about this, and here is what I have come up with so far:

Breakfast

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1 cup of tea 0

1/3c egg beaters 30

1/2 slice cheese 30

1 slice whole wheat 50

1 slice tomato/onion 20

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Subtotal: 130

Note: Makes an open face egg sandwich essentially. I may add a banana to this over time, not sure.

Lunch

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whole wheat wrap 110

lots of veggies 50

low fat sour cream 40

2tbsp salsa 20

apple 60

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Subtotal: 280

Note: Essentially, a Mexican wrap, and oh man, I can't wait to eat it.

Dinner

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CHOICE 1:

veggie steamer pack 100

2 cups of broccoli 50

1 tsb butter 20

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Subtotal: 170

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CHOICE 2:

large salad 80

(lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber)

2 oz grd turkey 60

2 tbsp sour cream 40

2tbsp salsa 20

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Subtotal: 200

Note: This will be like a mexican salad, and I'll be sauteing that ground turkey with fajita and mexican chili seasonings.

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CHOICE 3:

1/2c classico sauce 80

1/2 sauteed pepper 15

1/2 sauteed onion 20

1/2c brown rice 100

2 oz grd turkey 60

1tsp olive oil 40

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Subtotal: 315

Note: This'll be super yumsky. Will cook up a batch of rice ahead and pop it into a container for easy grabbage and then, will just saute the ground turkey, saute the green peppers and onions, then mix all that into 1/2 classico sauce, simmer a bit ~ then place it atop the brown rice. Essentially a big ol open bowl stuffed green pepper (just freeform and not stuffed)

So, my daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner totals would be either:

a. 580 (with dinner choice 1)

b. 610 (with dinner choice 2)

c. 725 (with dinner choice 3)

Now, I know I don't include snacking up above, but I'm going to try to figure in 2 snacks, that both are less than 100 cals each, and no eating after my last meal. No matter what, I'll be under 1000 easy and eating very well/balanced.

Whatcha think!?

@ Day 6 - 179 lbs - Photo

Day 6

UPDATE @ 6:13pm ~ I quit the fat fast. I was laying on the bed drained, couldn't get up, and nauseous as can be, stomach acid rising (tmi, I know) and that is when I decided I will stop this madness. I went and made one of those green giant veggie steamer packs (100 cals), and 2 cups of broccoli (50 cals) - and within 20 minutes, I felt fabulous and went and walked a mile, no problem! So yes, I will still diet, just not with that.

Hi! Still dropping, but don't know how much longer I can do this specific eating pattern. I'll try for as long as my bod can handle it, it isn't my mind at all, I don't crave or have a want for food, so it isn't me trying to cop out.

I'll post a bit later!

Hi again, I had a funny time at my ma's ~ she is a nurse, and she broke out the bp machine, her stethoscope, and her blood sugar machine and we played doctor with my vitals. 

I'm okay except my heart is taxed by being in ketosis. Also, I haven't been drinking enough liquids and that may play a role  with the rapid pounding heartrate too. So today, I'm drinking a lot of water on top of the coffee/cream and also forgoing any alcohol, and I'm going to see how I feel in the morning.

Some people do GREAT in ketosis, feel super energetic and all that, I'd like to be one of those for certain. I may be wrong, but I believe that all creatures that hibernate, eat a lot to build up fat, and then hibernate and let their bodies live off the fat during that time. BUT, I'm not hibernating, I have to be alive and kicking and can't go crawl in a hole for a month :)

So we'll see!!

@ Day 5 - 180.5 lbs - Photo

Day 5

Starting: 190 ~ Today: 180.5

I should be jumping for joy but I can't even jump. Getting out of bed is a chore too, my heart is always pounding so hard.

Today, I officially don't care about food, or drinking the cream for that matter. I barely have the energy to get up in the morning. I don't want any alcohol either. I'm always freezing as well. So I guess in those negative comments I made there are some real positives also ~ I'm not hungry, I am losing weight, and I don't want alcohol.

I haven't exercised in a few days due to no tolerance for strenuous activity, but maybe today I'll take a walk. It's a pretty day outside, but cold here in Florida. Us folks used to so much heat don't do well when it's 50 degrees out :)

I'll write more later!

Night time update: I posted the picture, and I didn't stop the diet yet, but I may soon, just not sure. I would like to hit the 170's first, or even 169. I have my plan down though for the new diet. Essentially egg and 1 piece whole wheat bread @ breakfast, whole wheat sandwich with lots of veggies and a little ham for lunch, and maybe a big salad with olive oil and vinegar for dinner (maybe with chicken on it). For snacks, hot tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, pickle, or whatever else I can come up with that I love and is low calorie.

I've been 190 for over a year so maintaining isn't too hard for me, losing is where I have the issues :)

@ Day 4 - 181.5 lbs - Photo

Day 4

Start Weight 190 - Today's Weight 181.5

Wow, this I didn't expect especially with my recent tantrum-like behaviour yesterday. I'll try to stay more positive today. I believe like copper said yesterday that you can't get positive things with negative thought.

So! Off to go have a really rich cup of vanilla decaf coffee with lots o' yummy cream. Oh, I had to switch to decaf because since the coffee is all I drink all day now, it was starting to get me jittery and nauseous, decaf will prolly do the trick!

The decaf don't make me jittery but I feel very worn down.

Okay well, the positivity didn't last, and I always tend to be really foul as I add the pictures. *sigh* This is day 4 with no solid food, and I can tell you, its hard. I'm not hungry in the true sense of the word, just feel like an addict who needs a taste fix. Its a bummer. Even frozen peas smell delicious. ughhhh.

The NEGATIVE (sorry!)

Okay, I'm sorry but, this is going to be my negative dumping thread. I'll apologize in advance because I really think negativity is not the way to go, and overall am a positive gal. So, I'll allow this one, big, running post to be my dumping and unloading spot for the negs.

January 14th, 2008

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Okay, I'm very angry, and I know its dumb, unproductive, not using my intellect, and plain old silly. That being said:

/begin idiotic rant

I hate dieting, I hate exercise, and I hate not eating anything and everything I want to. I should be able to do what the hell I please in this short little life without having to bust my ass for anything. I should be able to eat frozen pizza without it depositing on my hips SO QUICKLY, and should not have to walk so long that I've thought of every possible thing I can think of and not much is left to think about aside from the pavement and passing out.

I should be able to bust my ass for three days (as I have) and SEEEEEEE the results in the photo, but nope, must be ALL water. So much for starvation and heavy whipping cream, yeah the numbers are there but... what about my FAT.

Another thing, I should appreciate what I have, my family, without letting this crap overshadow it all. I have got to figure out something, instead of being this way.

I said I'd be honest, and unfortunately, I feel very moody and angry tonight.

/end idiotic rant

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@ Day 3 - 184.5 lbs - Photo

Day 3

Woo Hoo! Down to 184.5 ~ water weight I bet still, but thats okay by me. Now any weight after a week goes by, has gotta be fat by then.

I'll put more of an update in a bit, but as for today going well, still no food that isn't heavy whipping cream. Essentially, rich coffees for me throughout the day. Some people mix the cream with orange or raspberry soda, I've tried it, it's actually yummy. You can even mix it with diet jello and make a really tasty munchie with barely any carbs.

Due to my last night sickness, I thought I would give my body a break today, but I think I'll skip the dancing (aka jumping around like a maniac) today, and just walk for a while. At least a mile. If I don't poop out I'll try for longer.

Last night though, was a very very VERY bad night. I was extremely sick, shaking, and nauseous - it was either that damn alcohol I had, an Advil I took for pain, or just going into ketosis. All the same, I feel super today. I better chill on that alcohol. You really have to watch what you make your body process while in ketosis because I think things work a little differently when you're burning fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates like you're supposed to.

Thank you for following or reading, I'll post my picture for day three as soon as my husband gets home!

Well the photo is posted and I must say, I'm being a complete baby about it. I just want to cry and eat a pizza. If I do I'll be back to square one like always so I won't. It's funny how you can know you're doing yourself good, but then have constant thoughts of failure at the same time. A woman wrote in a blog today about me, said I was an inspiration, thats about all I need to keep trying. That was a really nice thing of her to say.

Chronological Day to Day Photos...

Exercise is kicking my ass!

Okay I have officially pushed myself, but I'm so sore after just two days that I think I better take a day off from the exercise portion tomorrow. Maybe I'll just do the work bench stuff, and skip the walking and dancing.

I could barely walk this morning, and exercised anyhow, and could only tolerate half of yesterdays regimen so maybe I just need a day for the muscles to recoop. I'm not wimpin out, I don't think, I'm honestly in a lot of pain. I walk around here like a feeble 80 year old woman!

@ Day 2 - 186 lbs - Photo

Day 2

By the way, that is my daughter, she ran in and did the leg hug right as my husband was taking the picture hehe. Her name is Lily, she's 3 and is a tiny lil thing, only weighs 24 pounds (fully clothed)!

Wow, 4 pounds down, this is probably a combination of water weight, my period fluxing, the 2 solid hours of vigorous exercising yesterday, and my fat fast diet plan.

I am VERY curious to see what the scale says tomorrow morning. I drive up to Publix each morning to use the same scale so it's accurate. 

The first day going into ketosis it is common to let go of water weight, but man, 4 pounds, wow. I wonder if the picture will look different.. we'll see, probably not yet! I'll take one tonight when my husband gets home, same clothes, same pose, same doorway.

:)

I just did 30 mins of dancing, my legs are really just going on E lately after yesterday so I couldn't do the hour, well I COULD have but I didn't, but now I'm off to go walk a solid hour with my daughter in a stroller.

Just got back, could only do 20 minutes without feeling just completely drained. I just got in the door and am lightheaded. Its hard to walk fast and push a stroller, it was far easier yesterday when it was just me.

I'll still do some reps on the workbench, try for 50, 50, and 100 this time, it only takes like 3 to 5 mins total so its easy and noncommittal.

Blah nauseous today. Eating only fat and coffee has that effect.

The Diet

Controversially, I am on what is called "The Fat Fast" originally developed by Dr. Keckwick, and modified by Dr. Atkins, its supposedly for "only the most metabolically resistant folks on Earth" yeah yeah yeah, I don't care, I am trying it, and I'm trying it longer than everyone says you're supposed to.

In the nutshell, you eat 5x 200 cal meals a day, the meals consisting of primarily fat and no carbs. Since I hate eating cream cheese, gobs of mayo, or macadamias - I'm just drinking coffee with heavy whipping cream in it and saying forget it to solid foods. I'm not following the normal diet to the tee, because I just have a coffee and cream when I want to, and even a bit of alcohol (0 carb) when it strikes my fancy. But, I'm trying to resist that part from now on.

Truth is, I'm just impatient and a brat, and I'm not suffering on this diet any longer than I have to, but if I HAVE to suffer at all, I'll go all out full-scale sufferage just to get it over with quicker.

If you're shaking your head and thinkin' 'poor girl, so dumb, gonna lose it and gain it back cause she don't know how to eat, has to use a fad diet instead of her brains and just eat right and exercise' - well don't worry, I do enjoy healthy foods, just don't want to wait 6 months to knock off these 50 pounds.

About me...

Hi!

My name is Lisa, I'm 36 years old, 190 pounds, and am happily married with four children. My kids range from 3 to 15 years old. I love making crafty items, and working from home.

My Hitting 140 blog is about me and my dieting plan and is here to give encouragement and also to make myself more accountable for my actions and hopefully, more apt to succeed.

I'm a complete food addict, alcohol addict, anything that makes me happy addict, and hate and refuse exercise. This has led me to 190.

But I'm trying to stop all that stuff, and get it right.

I have to add on to this, that I'm a binge eater. I will eat until sick, and then say Hmmmm.... what can I eat now, just to get that little food high you get where you associate emotion to eat bite. The emotion being extreme joy and happiness (until the food is gone of course).

@ Day 1 - 190 lbs - Photo

Day 1

My stats:

Starting weight: 190 pounds
Weight today: 190 pounds

Goal: 140 pounds

Today is going great, its day 1 of my 28 day starting cycle.

Added note: I look like a weeble wobble :(

To understand my diet, you can view the blog section called "The Diet", or the about me section for boring stuff on me.

Today, for exercise I did 1 solid hour of dancing, where I stayed in constant fast motion. Almost like rave dancing, essentially jumping up and down all over the place, waving my arms around like a lunatic.

I worked out for a few minutes on my sons weight bench, I leg lifted 20 lbs, 100 times - did the normal weight lifting with my arms (30 lbs) 30 times, and did the arm scrunches (booby builders or whatever you call 'em) 30 lbs, 30 times. I wanted 100 across the board but wasn't strong enough to do more than 30 each on the arms.

I walked for 45 minutes today, I am guessing about 2 miles. When I got back, I honestly felt awful. Dizzy, nauseous, and my legs were like rubber. I'm very out of shape and I may be doing too much too soon, maybe tomorrow I'll walk slower pace.

I did great on the food front, just coffee and heavy whipping cream throughout the day. I slipped up and had two shots of alcohol, but I'll try and do better tomorrow on that front. It's almost midnight, and I feel alright. Not hungry at all, though my legs feel messed up.

Eating plan after the fat fast...

Many will undoubtedly tell me I shouldn't diet like this, I'll gain it all back yada yada yada - nah, I won't, I have my "for life" way of eating already planned out, and was actually following that before I started this out of impatience.

If and when I'm hungry at breakfast, I enjoy 1 slice of wholewheat bread (or two if I wanted a full sandwich) toasted, with 1/2 piece of cheese set atop, then the egg set on the cheese to melt it. Then I add a slice of tomato and onion, heavily salt, and munch away.

The calories for the breakfast with 1 bread and 1/2 piece cheese is 50 for the bread, 30 for the cheese, 30 for the egg, and 20 for the onion/tomato for a total of 130 ~ or the full sandwich is 100 for the bread, 60 for a full slice of Velveeta cheese, 30 for the egg, and 20 for the veggies for a total of 210.

For lunch I eat a ham sandwich *or* another egg sandwich and my hot tomato concoction. About 200 cals.

For dinner, we eat a ham sandwich (150 max calories) and me and my husband split a soup (average 100 cals on the soup), a pickle (10 cals), and have a side of grapes (50 cals?). Either way you slice it, it isn't overboard and it's fairly healthy.

I'm a snacker. I have a bad addiction to eating 24/7 so I snack on my tomato concoction, which is just a can of habanero Rotel hot tomatoes, a can of large diced tomatoes, and 1/2 sauteed onion cut up. The whole thing makes a days worth of snacking anytime I want to and is only about 350 cals for the whole thing. I do add 1 tsp of light butter to each bowl before I nuke it, so that adds 20 cals per serving. BUT, better than a frozen pizza, or something else.

So essentially breakfast averages 200, lunch 200, and dinner 300 and then I make the 300 tomato cal snack to munch on though out the day for a total of around 1000 - 1200.

What is possible in a month?

Well, I was just sitting here thinking about my goals, and that its the first day, and wondering how much change can possibly be made in one month.

I'm saying that on a positive note, see, I'm very impatient, it's the primary reason why I do nothing to better my body - I eat pizza, and it's instant heaven, I exercise and it isn't possible to see the result.

So the reason I'm being so over the top and fanatical about my regimen this month is because I'd like to push it to the extreme and see just how much can be done in such a short time. Truth though, is it feels like an eternity every hour - just getting by. *sigh*

I think I'll start taking my picture today for posting.