Car0line's Journal, 13 January 2011

Unbelievable. I'm dropping weight so fast. Part of me wants to develop a new touchdown dance when I get off the scales, the other part is concerned. Last month when I weighed around 167 pounds, I exercised some, was a little more careful what I ate and dropped a few pounds, but I haven't been under 155 in many months. I spent ridiculous amounts of time reading what a healthy BMI is for my height, doing calculations, and basically trying to read the fat away. The plan I decided to do was only supposed to drop around two pounds per week. I know one pound per week is safer, but who is patient anymore? I'm not quite ready to edit what I'm doing, but unfortunately it may have to be done. I want to lose weight, not go to the hospital.
Let's document how I'm feeling. Burning 500 calories at the gym is proving to be a definite task. It's taking a complete hour and 5 minutes to get that dumb little machine to register a little over 500 calories and 5 miles. Five whole miles... it takes five miles to get rid of a Krispy Kreme donut. (Beat this into your brain!)This site is showing that it's burning 619 calories, so I'm not really logging my activity correctly. Once I get to a smaller size, I'll incorporate some weights in. I'm thinking maybe at the 140 mark. That way if I build muscle, I won't freak on the scales. The good news is my heart rate is steadily dropping and after 10 minutes (legs are sore), it feels like I could go for two hours!
Hunger: I'm not hungry and it seems like I'm eating constantly. Granted, the portions are extremely small (normal serving sizes)and I get hungry every couple of hours, but as long as I eat I'm good. I guess the snacks every couple of hours to keep metabolism up really work. The downside is that now I'm eating from measuring cups constantly.
Energy: A huge plus. I was a little worked up last night and couldn't sleep well. It felt like I drank coffee before bed. No stress, no anxiety, just a where's the party at feeling. Drinking so much more water than normal (I was drinking around 30 oz per day) has me peeing pretty often, and night time is no different. On a whole though, not getting any dizziness or racing heart. I'm getting up motivated for the day and don't even desire a nap around 2 in the afternoon. I was crashing hard around this hour and even had to go to chemistry tutoring because of glazing over in class. (Still, made an A in chemistry, but it could have saved me tons of study time.)
On a personal note, I was invited to an Herbalife party by a good friend. She lost 20 pounds in only four weeks! I'm proud for her, but geez I don't want to revolve my life around shakes and pills. They freak me out a little. (I have never picked capsules growing in the wild. I also haven't ever picked tiramisu, but for some reason that doesn't bother me.) I think the biggest thing people have to ask themselves when starting a diet like this is if they are committed to the monetary investment the rest of their life and if they truly can see themselves living off two shakes and a meal from now until they die... or quit. Save the shakes ladies, I'm buying a pair of heels! ;)

154.5 lb Lost so far: 5.5 lb.    Still to go: 29.5 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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954 kcal

Fat: 23.01g | Prot: 48.50g | Carb: 144.09g.   Breakfast: Crystal Light, Vitacraves, Activia Yogurt, water. Lunch: fitness drink great value, water, Kraft mayo, Chicken of the Sea tuna, Vlasic dill relish, iceburg lettuce, tomato. Dinner: cooking spray, Heinz reduced sugar catsup, Kraft American Cheese, sara lee whole grain white bread. Snacks/Other: mango, lemon, water, pummelo, banana. more...

2258 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Exercise machine (moderate) - 1 hour and 5 minutes, Resting - 13 hours and 55 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours. more...