I'M SHRINKING! ~ 65 pounds & 44 1/2 inches lost so far!

I lost one more pound this week!  IT'S SLOW BUT STEADY.  : )

I also caught the "Cold of the Century".  I had to come home from work yesterday because I was so friggin sick.  I flopped down on the bed and slept from 1pm to 7pm, got up ate a hot bowl of soup and then went back to bed and slept another 9 hours.  I am feeling better today, but may need to lay low this weekend.

I'm sure my immune system is low due to stress.  My new job is great, but very busy.  My living situation changed.  The landlord sold the house he has just rented to me and 5 other people.  He also keeps changing his story. We have not been asked to leave, and he said he is not sure what the new owners will want to do, but we will find out in a month or so.  

He has been acting extra weird lately.  He keeps creeping around the house, coming in whenever he wants uninvited and unannounced.  I think he has a crush on one of the women upstairs.  He is getting creepy and I don't feel safe here anymore.  I sat him down and read him the law and we discussed our lease and how it explains he needs to give us 24 hours notice if he is coming to the house.  EVEN THE LEASE HE GAVE US SAYS 24 HRS NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN.  He finally agreed.  Most all of us are looking for new places to live asap.  STRESSFUL STUFF.   The good news is I lost another pound this week!  I keep focused on what IS working in my life. : )

40 weeks VSG Post Op

65 pounds & 44 1/2  inches lost so far!

It really feels like it too.  I put on the new suit this morning that I bought for my interview a month ago.  IT LOOKS HUGE ON ME NOW.  It's way too big.  I am starting to see the real change coming in my shape.  I think the Leangains 16/8 intermittent fasting and doing my workout at at the end of my fast at 11:30am daily and eating an almost Keto lifestyle, is burning more fat off me than ever before.  I am getting leaner.  The scale is not moving that fast, but the inches are!  It's REALLY making a difference in blowing through weight loss stalls.

I saw some friends last weekend that I hadn't seen in almost two years.  They were blown away at my change.  It felt extra great, because one of them said some mean shit about me regarding my size and my weight back then.  I'm on my way to feeling better on many levels, but right now, I GOT TO GO BLOW MY NOSE.  I am on track to getting to my goal of 145 pounds this year.

I need one of these.

 

Feeling & looking good but still in STALL HELL.

Week 4 of the dreaded weightloss stall and the scale says I'm still stuck at 226 lbs. I'm walking 3 days a week, eating less than 1000 a day or less and my body weight is still stuck at the same place now for a month. THIS IS CRAZY TOWN.  I do however feel smaller all over.  I lost another inch on my hips and tummy and my arms. My face is becoming more slender and refined.  I feel more energy and less pain.  The Bio-identical Hormones have helped my girly problems so far and the doctor is watching me closely.

A size 18 woman's is becoming loose on me.  I'm almost into a size 16.  That means MORE MORE LANE GIANT!  No more big girl stores. When I get frustrated, I stop and acknowledge where I was compared to 23 weeks ago.  I was wearing a size 28, and a 3X.  That is a huge difference my friends.  I am still thick, but curvy and proportionate.  I'm even forming an actual "Waistline" again. Yay!

Shopping online for fun inexpensive things to wear has replaced my comfort and reward eating.  I am starting to wear COLOR!  Black was my signature color always, but I am adding color these days.  I have started a crazy wild shoe fetish.  So much so, I may have to design some shoes of my own. : )

Taking walks on the San Francisco Bay on my lunch hour has replaced my stress eating.  I am back on the Carb Cycling: The Turbo Cycle to help break this stall. Chris Powell has testing this on hundreds of his clients and it has proven to work.  Heidi (his wife) has some helpful tips here. What I am doing looks like this:

Carb Cycling: The Turbo Cycle
If you want to shed those extra pounds extra fast, the Turbo Cycle is for you. Of the four carb cycles, this cycle takes off weight the fastest. Unlike the Easy and Classic cycles, which alternate low and high-carb days, the Turbo Cycle pits two low-carb days against every high-carb day. That means you’ll burn fat two days in a row before your body’s furnace (metabolism) is re-stoked on your high-carb day, and you’ll lose weight really, really fast!

Even though the Turbo Cycle has an extra low-carb day as compared to the Easy and Classic cycles, it is not a severely calorie-restricted cycle that will crash your metabolism. As with the other cycles, women should not consume fewer than 1,200 calories a day, and men should not consume fewer than 1,500 calories a day. And since you’ll have two low-carb days in a row, you may feel less energetic on the second low-carb day. But this is okay. These low-carb days are powerful weight-loss accelerators!

Here’s what a Turbo Cycle week looks like:
    Monday: Low carb day
    Tuesday: Low carb day
    Wednesday: High carb day
    Thursday: Low carb day
    Friday: Low carb day
    Saturday: High carb day
    Sunday: Reward day

As with the other cycles, you can stay with the Turbo Cycle as long as you want, or you can change cycles. This program is tailor-made to you and you alone!

For more information on the Turbo Cycle or any other cycle, check out our book, Choose More, Lose More for Life.

My low carb days I keep my carbs under 20 carbs a day.  High carb days I eat up to 60 carbs per day.  It's actually easy to do this eating lifestyle because you eat high protein and veggies most of the time and you don't feel deprived because you eat carbs on the high carb days and get Sunday to eat a Reward food you may be craving.  Hope this works.

My biggest problem is drinking enough water.  I don't.  I need too.  It's like a chore and it doesn't feel good in my tiny tummy.  Drinking lots of water is uncomfortable because you can only do small gulps.  You have to take it slow and when you are working and super busy, remembering to drink water is not on your mind.  I am setting up timer reminders to take sips every 30 mins. throughout the day.  I will try ANYTHING to break this stall. I am patient.  The holidays are almost here and I am going to be the Bad Girl BBQ Chef this season.  I do a lot of cooking, but not much eating. :  )

I'll be Deep Frying the Turkey at my place this year!

My birthday is on December 13th, 

I hope I am  at least 219 lbs. by then.