4 full days completed!!

I am happy to announce I have lost 5.4 pounds in less than a week. I am pretty shocked at the amount of weight loss, especially considering I went out to dinner with my roommate one night for his birthday and had sushi, which as you know had rice which is NOT ALLOWED on Atkins. I have also been putting beans in my salad and my dressing contains some yogurt in it as well. I still managed to lose 5.4 pounds! AND I had a few bites of chocolate cake last night. I know I shouldn't have ANY of those things but if I had self control when it came to food, I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in now, so it's great that I have made the progress I have made!

Normally for breakfast I have black coffee with sugar free hazelnut flavoring. I premade "egg muffins" as what I call them. I line cupcake tin with bacon, pour some scrambled egg mixture, maybe a sprinkle of green onions and bake it. I will have 1 or 2 for breakfast and it fills me up and keeps me very satisfied until lunch! That is when I normally have a small salad with either deli turkey or chicken breast. Dinner usually tends to be the same or maybe some other type of chicken I make with a salad. I munch on cheese or peanuts throughout most of the day. So far this is working. I normally get very sick of diets FAST especially when I eat the same thing day after day but I am ultimately enjoying it at this moment, especially seeing the scale change!

I always tell myself to avoid the scale and weigh myself only once a week, but I find this hard to do. I want to know all the work I am putting in, is working. My scale is also not the greatest piece of equipment and I have to stand on it a few times to get an accurate reading, which makes me feel obsessive, hoping that every time I step on that scale that it will change.

I have very high expectations which I know are unrealistic. I was hoping to lose 15 pounds by Oct 1, and I only have 9.6 more to go and a little over a month to do it. I know the first week is when you tend to lose the most weight but I still have 3 more days before my week is up and I'm already down 5.4!!!! If I can lose 5 per week, I will be down about 25 by Oct 1 which I will be astonished!!!!! I don't want to get my hopes up but we'll see how it goes for a couple more days, I may need to increase my goal!!


SW: 285.6
CW: 280.4
LOST: -5.4

The time has come..

It's been too long. I need to do something about my weight ASAP! I have been saying this for about 15 years, and have done every diet imaginable two or three times over, I always lose a little weight, say 20 pounds or so, then I go back to my old ways and gain it all back, plus more. Tired of it. No more!!

I have decided to start the Atkins diet. I know it's probably not the most healthy or conscious choice but it works, and it works fast. I have a lot of events coming up over the next few months that I am not looking forward to attending because of my weight. If I can use Atkins as a jump start and lose 30 pounds on it, then I will transition into a more healthy and permanent lifestyle.

I'm not sure if I want to set any goals yet. But I am going to use "milestones." I have a party to attend on September 6th. I would love to be at least 7 pounds lighter by ten. That gives me 2 weeks. On Atkins, I believe it is doable.

I need to do this. I have become depressed and very anti social lately because of this. I don't want to go out with my friends or family, I don't want to be seen. I don't want people to see me and think, "Wow, shes gained weight" (which I have). I want people to see me and be like, "Wow, she looks great!!" Not that I am doing this for other people, I am 100% doing this for myself, but after hearing negative things about your weight for most of your life, it would be nice to hear something positive for a change!

I don't know where theis blog will end up or what direction it will go in, but I figure I need an outlet, somewhere I can come to and release my thoughts and goals. Somewhere I can stay motivated. Somewhere for support.

I already had my morning coffee and an egg today, but I weighed myself anyway and I am 285.6. My highest was 289, so I'm definitely not at my heaviest, but very close. I am hoping I can get down to 279 by Sept 6th. First milestone!