End of Eggsperiment! Yay!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

So, it's done. I ate only eggs for 3 whole days. Each day I also drank an average of 120 ounces of water.

In the end, I lost 3.8 pounds. I definitely think I might be doing an egg fast every month.

And if anyone is looking for a new way to eat eggs, make egg salad with melted butter. It's so yummy.

  

Making Progress??

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Really? Me? Making progress?
Holy moly, I think the sky has fallen!

In all seriousness, I honestly thought my days were over for seeing anything but the scale going up. But no, it's going down!! I always hoped I'd get "it" back and I would start seeing some positive changes, but I never really thought it would happen. It has though. I am feeling good about myself and my choices and the scale is cooperating. Now if I could just get my exercise cap on...

Anyway, the egg fast is going... eh. Eggs don't taste so great after the 2nd or so meal of just eggs. It's only 3 days though, I can do this! I've only got one meal left today and then tomorrow to go. If it causes the type of result I'm seeing, hell - I'm going to do a 3-day egg fast every month!! I know it's not only the eggs, I'm drinking double the water too. At the beginning of BLC18, I would only drink the 64oz to get the hp, but now I'm drinking about 120oz. And my bathroom is the most frequented room in the house too!

I even have my menu all planned out for the week after my fast!! Yay. There's some new recipes I can't wait to try and some old LC recipes that I really love and miss. I just need to get those recipes into SP, put them in my tracker and print out my grocery list and I'm good to go. It's amazing how easy SP makes that kind of thing.

Ok, done rambling now. Have a wonderful day!

  

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K__IERRA123 6/24/2011 3:46PM

Way to go! Results are inspiring. Report Inappropriate Comment

FUNISSA 6/24/2011 3:40PM

I'm so glad you're getting inspired again Tina. I want more than anything for you to stick around and take this journey with us no matter how long it takes. Please don't take this as a negative or downer because it's not meant to be, but please keep in mind that times will come when the scale doesn't cooperate (I'm going through that this week). That is the point when I usually get really discouraged and lose focus. I have a feeling you are the same way. We get too high when things are going great and then crash and burn when something goes wrong. Stand beside me in learning to take the good with the bad and keep pushing through those road blocks. But for now let your success inspire you to keep going!! We can do this girl!! Report Inappropriate Comment

BEAUTIFLDZSTR 6/23/2011 8:24PM

Just think all that toilet flushing helps keep the toilet clean too lol. GREAT JOB ON THE PROGRESS see Report Inappropriate Comment

My Eggsperiment!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

To get my body going and get rid of all the carbs in my system, I've decided to do a 3 day egg fast before I get back into Atkins.

I started the egg fast today since I didn't have enough eggs to do it yesterday and I had a green pepper I didn't want to go to waste in the fridge.

The only carb food I had yesterday was that green pepper for dinner. I drank over 100 oz of water as well. I only had one diet pepsi that I opened and left in the fridge. Throughout the day, I sipped from that one soda. One soda - all day! Go me!!

When I weighed in this morning for my starting point of the egg fast, I was already down a little over 3 pounds from Monday!!

My starting weight for the egg fast is 256.8. I will weight on Saturday morning for an end point.

Here's my plan for the fast:

General guidelines for the egg fast:
~Must eat eggs as the primary source of fat and protein.
~1 tablespoon of butter used per egg consumed.
~I must eat an egg no later than 30 minutes after waking.
~The egg meals ideally should be eaten every 3 hours, but not more than every 5 hours.
~I will follow this schedule even if I'm not hungry, however I'll only have 1 egg when that happens.
~Cheese will be permitted up to one ounce per egg.
~A minimum of a half-dozen eggs must be consumed daily.
~Egg consumption will cease three hours before bedtime
~Diet soda will be allowed up to 3 cans daily with a goal of 1 or less.

I am allowing myself to use 2 tbs of mayo daily, as well. I'm sure I'll be sick of eggs in the end....lol

So, why I am going back to Atkins? Quite simply...because it worked for me before. I feel better without tons of carbs in my system. It's about my well-being as much as my weight.

Thanks for reading my boring blog. I mainly wanted to get my starting weight out there to be accountable.

  

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SUSAND925 6/23/2011 8:25PM

Lol not boring at all! I was curious how you were doing it. I hope it works for you! Report Inappropriate Comment

K__IERRA123 6/22/2011 2:12PM

Wow to go! Your blog was not boring, I found it insiteful! Report Inappropriate Comment

Rambling on...

Monday, June 20, 2011

When I weighed myself today, I had a 1 point something gain. I stood there asking myself "why did I gain when I've been doing so good?" And then, I started thinking and I realized if I am ever going to succeed in ANYthing. I need to stop being such an ignorant @ss. I need to be honest with people and especially myself. Eating all my meals according to plan means nothing if I snack in between. And I do. All.the.time. When I go to grab Hannah a snack, I take just one. Because you know... just one is okay. Right? Hah. No. And then comes lunch, I take a spoon of peanut butter while making her a sandwich, it's just peanut butter so it's all good. No worries. I'll eat better the rest of the day. Until the next snack. Until the next little temptation.

I can't for the life of me, figure out the key to this with me. Why the hell do I feel like I don't deserve to succeed just like anyone else? I could say it's all the crap from my childhood, or my 1st and really bad marriage, or losing my brother... but people go through tough times all the time and come out not weighing almost 300 freaking pounds. So, what's wrong with me? No one has EVER told me I deserve to suffer...except me. In my heart of hearts, I know it's not true. I know I deserve to be happy in my life and in my own skin, so why am I holding myself back all the time? Why can't I just let myself soar? I know I have greatness in me, I can feel it. So why? Why can't I just be me? The me that shines and conquers?

I guess if I look back just a few years, I really have come a long way. Back "then" I hated myself. I thought I sucked at everything including life. I don't know what made me finally see that I am actually a pretty good person who doesn't deserve to be pooped on in life like I have been in the past. Maybe overcoming this is the next step in my soul searching journey.

Anyway, I know I'm rambling. My words are flowing as the thoughts pop in my head, so I'm not even sure if any of this makes sense. I may have contradicted myself a few times as I "converse" with the inner me. But heck, who cares... maybe this will help me figure stuff out.

My plan? I'm going to take it one day at a time. That's really all I can do. I'm not waiting for a magic pill that give me motivation, I'm doing this. Now. Today. I'll take each day as it comes. What choice do I have really?

  

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K__IERRA123 6/21/2011 12:36AM

You are not rambling. You are coming to conclusions as you type! We all do it. We can all stop too!! Report Inappropriate Comment

BEAUTIFLDZSTR 6/20/2011 9:45PM

and I love reading your ramblings so keep them coming. Oddly enough that is why I dont blog as often as I should. In fact I have had 2 things happen to me in the past week that were great that I wanted to blog about, but because I went back and reread before posting and decided it was dumb (in my opinion of course) I didnt. I am glad your taking it one day at a time. We are all here for you and you know that. Report Inappropriate Comment

Day 1 - BLC 18

Monday, June 13, 2011

So, it's the first day of the 18th Biggest Loser Challenge. Right now, I'm feeling pretty good. The motivation is there, my will power is high..I'm feeling really good about this challenge. The thing is, I start out all the challenges this way and hen it dwindles and I lose motivation. I am extremely scared it will happen this time too.

We have to set goals for the challenge. Usually my goals are weight based, but I decided to do something different this time. It is about losing weight, but for me - it's more about sticking with something and seeing it through. To accomplish something. To show myself that I can do something worthwhile for ME.

"My goal is to stay on track this entire challenge and weigh in weekly so that I can prove to myself that I can finish something. If I reach this goal, I will reward myself by getting my nails done."

I still need to print my goal and post it where I see it every day. I have it on a post-it note on my laptop's wallpaper though.

I am worth this. I have to keep telling myself that and believe it.

  

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FUNISSA 6/14/2011 8:06AM

Tina I LOVE your goal!!! You can do this. Stop thinking about past failures. They're over and done with. This is NOW, a new start. Go with the enthusiasm you have now and build on it. When you get negative thoughts, tell yourself outloud (literally) to knock it off because you are so worth this and so capable of accomplishing anything you set your heart to. And, think about Hannah. She's gonna need you to be strong and healthy to help her through life :) Love ya girl...we can do this. Report Inappropriate Comment

PLSOCK 6/13/2011 3:36PM

Tina- you are SO worth it! Report Inappropriate Comment

BEAUTIFLDZSTR 6/13/2011 2:38PM

YAY TINA, I love your goal for this challenge. I am not making mine weight related either, just still trying to figure out what I want it to be. I have narrowed it down to a couple different things. YOU CAN DO IT WOO HOO Report Inappropriate Comment

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