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Today is the first day of my umpteenth diet. I havent dieted for a long time and it is beginning to show.
I recently moved from a hot country where water and fresh fruits were the only things one wanted to consume. The healthy food plus my constant sweating probably helped maintain my weight and the proof lay in the fact that I could fit into my same jeans for five years straight.
That changed when I moved to the USA into a state that encountered its worst winter in almost 40 years. Feet upon feet of snow meant becoming housebound and I developed cabin fever.
Food was my only comfort as the new but extremely confined environment took its toll on my moods, turning a once cheerful sunny person into a miserable cloudy one.
An emotional 'slap in the face' woke me up to my current situation and made me realise that I needed to seriously think about what I was doing to myself. This came about when I went shopping for clothes for a party I was going to attend. Up to that point, I had been wearing traditional tailor made clothing so I was clueless as to my size.
When I went to the department store, I picked up one size bigger than my last known size because I did feel a little bigger. Well, I discovered that size 12 didnt fit. Then I picked up size 14 hesitantly and praying that I was just a tad bigger than 12 but definitely not a size 14. Well none of the trousers that I liked fitted and exasperated, I decided to leave the store. My husband spotted a little section and suggested I try there before I gave up.
I tried one or two designs and nearly began to cry when I discovered that I was now a size 2X !! But my nightmare wouldnt end there. The reason that I probably didnt realise how much I had exploded was because I am extremely pear shaped. The upper part of my body can easily fit into a size 10/12 but my hips are more than 44" so any top that hangs over or touches my hip wouldnt fit.
Needless to say, I didnt buy any clothes that day. I just ended up going to the party in one of my Asian outfits because that was all that I had.
That happened over a month ago and it has taken this long for me to pucker up the courage to face the reality that I really have to be serious about dieting if I want to lose the fat.
But I am going to do it. I have commited to it and I am using this website and the journal to support myself through the journey I am about to take.
Diet Calendar Entries for 24 March 2008:
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1291 kcal
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Fat: 48.15g | Prot: 153.07g | Carb: 61.48g.
Breakfast: colby jack cheese, egg. Lunch: green tea, breast bone and skine removed, olive oil, mayonnaise, baby spinach, romaine lettuce, green pepper, cucumber, tomato. Dinner: green tea, baby spinach, mushroom, broccoli, Chicken breast. Snacks/Other: chicken breast, green pepper, tomato, cucumber. more...
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2069 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Housework - 1 hour, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 1 hour, Resting - 14 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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