OMG milestone - don't keep me waiting!

The no carb thing is going well.  I'm not hungry any more.  No - you don't understand.  I used to be hungry ALL THE TIME.  Like I could eat a big meal at a buffet and 30 minutes later be starving.  It's really hard to lose weight when every cell in your body is screaming FEED ME!  But that is a thing of the past.  I get hungry around mealtimes (appropriately hungry not ravenous) and I eat an appropriate amout of food and stop when I want to.  Yippee!  I am finally free of the hunger monster.  If you are struggling - don't give up!  Something will work for you too! 

Next phase - add in more exercise!

So carbs are the enemy...

I have discovered that the key to weight loss is no carbs.  My body just does not like them.  I can eat carbs and be ravenously hungry all of the time until my willpower finally snaps OR I can eat no carbs, not crave them at all and lose weight.  Really? I have to cut out a whole macromolecule?  No bread, potatoes, rice, cereal, fruit, dessert, etc.  This was the first halloween of my life that I had ZERO candy - and I was just fine.  I eat meat, fatty foods, some cheeses and vegetables and voila! 13 days, 13 pounds gone.  Who knew?

Wow - I mean OW!

So I just discovered that sitting on an oversized exercise ball for 4 hours while working on a craft project is not, in fact, as comfortable as it feels while you are sitting there.  Turns out that you are in fact doing the equivalent of a wide-legged squat (with support of course) for 4 hours and the muscles along the sides of your legs and your rear will be quite sore from the prolonged balancing. OW!

Ode to my fat

Adipose why won't you leave - I'm not so nice for you to stay with.  I feed you then starve you, rest you than work you out and you seem to only stay and invite your closet friends & relatives to move in.  I'm not that nice so GO AWAY already.

Sadness

I am frustrated by my apparent lack of willpower and general lameness about how I have (not) taken care of my body.  Bellydancing is a good workout but jeepers I don't think I should be ready to fall over. I managed to eat O.K. today but I still need to scale back (you know so the scale can roll back).

On the plus side, today's bellydancing was better than yesterday's - I think that I felt better during the workout and looked less like a beached hippo doing the routine.

Bottom line - got to keep going!

Belly Dancing is NOT a Workout!

NOT!  I whined & cried to just please go back on the treadmill or elliptical.  I hurt in places that I forgot existed.  If someone other than my sister in crime had seen me they probably would have thought I was having some sort of seizure.  And I am going to do it all again tomorrow... yeah (heavily laced with sarcasm). 

I have not met my water intake goal nor have I had the *healthiest* of snacks this week BUT I did manage to take my vitamins every day so woohoo!

Another week and another set of goals:

1. Work out after work 3x this wek.
2. Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day.
3. NOT go to a fast food restaurant this entire week (Starbucks & Sweet Tomatoes don't count)

I will also be starting on the dreaded diet this weekend so I will need to shop and prepare for that.  If you value your life, you may want to avoid me between Saturday and Tuesday morning - just saying.

Day 3 - Really!

So we go to work out today (feeling a little bit beat up) and we did some light cardio followed by free weights and stretching.  We were informed mid-stretch that we can no longer use the room nor equipment because we have not been "trained" nor have we signed the waiver.  Really? Are you kidding me?  I'm not jogging and/or sprinting - hell I'm barely plodding along.  It's pretty much impossible to injure myself nor would I sue if I injured myself out of stupidity.  I just want to make my fat rear less fat. 

My sista-friend and I will persevere. Back up plan (aka. Operation - NOT GIVING UP) is in the works in the form of some personal free weights and workout DVDs until we are again allowed to use the gym. 

The scale showed some progress today (yeah!) but I am hesitant to celebrate too much lest tomorrow bring disappointment.