Ok, so I went back and read my last post and I had commented on what a horrible blogger I was and that I was going to try to blog more regularly. So much for that... that was May 1. Oops. ;-)
Yesterday I posted on Facebook that I was going to try something new to help me lose some weight. I have tried for the good part of a year to watch what I eat, count calories, etc. My husband has been on the same journey, both of us kind of doing our own thing. In his words "I just don't eat as much." It has totally worked for him. He's lost somewhere between 30-40 lbs! He looks AMAZING! :-) If I'm honest, though, I have to say that I am jealous. He keeps telling me that #1 - He's a guy and #2 - He hasn't had three kids. I get that, but its still frustrating. I am so incredibly proud of him, but I want to experience the same success.
In May I started going to Boot Camp Madness for 3 reasons. #1 - to help with weight loss; #2 - to get healthy and toned; and #3 - I just LOVE anything active! I have loved going to BCM. In fact, since May 1, I have gotten up every morning at 4:40 to go work out. Anyone who knows me knows that I am NOT a morning person. But I really have not had a problem getting out of bed. I feel so good when I'm done working out, that I don't want to miss it. I've missed only 3 times. Once for sickness and twice because I overslept. (It happens to the best of us) Reasons #2 and #3 have been fulfilled... I am definitely healthier and more toned than I was 10 weeks ago and I love it! Now on to my #1 reason for starting BCM... weight loss. Zilch, nada, nothing, big 'ol freakin' goose egg... Ok, I'll be honest, maybe 3-5 lbs, but it fluctuates so much that I can't keep track of it. Lately I have been so frustrated and depressed at the lack of movement on the scale, that I really didn't know what else to do.
I had shared my feelings with my workout partner, Jeana, at BCM one morning and the very next day she came back so excited about a book that she had read the night before. The Belly Fat Cure. The author of this book explains how much of the reason people plateau or can't lose weight to begin with is because they aren't attacking the really problems: Sugars and Carbs. These are the culprits when it comes to fat storage, especially around the belly... MY problem area. So, yesterday I began. Basically, you don't worry about counting calories, you just watch your sugars and carbs. I can have 15g of sugars a day and 6 servings of carbs. Anything less than 5 carbs you don't count, 5-20 = 1 serving, 21-40 = 2 servings, 41+ = 3 servings. Anything more than that and you really shouldn't be eating it! You would not believe some of the "healthy" foods that are packed with sugars and carbs. For example: A Lean Cuisine meal has 47 CARBS and 14g of sugar!!!! That is almost your entire daily allotment in one little meal! Wow.
Another reason that was in the back of my mind for starting this new way of eating, (hesitate to call it a diet, because a diet implies that you will only do it until you've reached your goal. This is a life-style change) is that diabetes runs very prevalent in my family (especially my dad's side). I have got to get things under control now, for the sake of my children.
Who knows if or how much weight I'll lose by making this changes. (I had Dan hide the scale so that I quit tormenting myself) I have my physical on the 17th, so I'll be weighed then. Time will tell. Bottom line, I know I'll be healthier than when I started.
