Wow! Two years already! Definitely the longest I've stuck with any change of eating habits. PLUS I reached my original goal of 150. Actually I surpassed it. This morning I was 147.5. I don't expect to stay there. I know it will bounce up and down about 1lb for the next few days. But it's there today. Woohoo!
Original Measurements before starting LC on 09/29/99:
Bust -- 46 inches
Waist -- 36 inches
Hips -- 44 inches
Thigh -- 26 inches
Weight 191lbs
Today's Measurements:
Bust -- 39 inches
Waist -- 30 inches
Hips -- 38 inches
Thigh -- 23 inches
Weight 147.5lbs
Not bad. Thighs are still too big for me to be happy. I'd like to see them get to 19 or 20 inches, tops. At 191 I thought for sure that 150 was gonna be skinny. Now I'm thinking closer to 130. My goal is to wear a bikini. It doesn't have to be a string bikini (although that would be cool) but a nice looking bikini. I'll stop when I get there. I'd like to get my body fat measured one of these days. I have a Tanita which tells me I've lost some fat but I know it isn't accurate. When I started it said 43%. Now it says 33%. Most online sites (the ones that use 5 measurements plus height, weight, and sex) say 23%, which is considered acceptable. Yeah, acceptable to whom? I think I'd like to see 19 or 20% but I'm not in a hurry. DH met me near my beginning weight, and likes roundness, he says. But whatever makes me happy he says. :-)
One thing I have noticed is that I'm much more shy with my body than I use to be. I think it's because I had an accurate picture of how others perceived me at 191, whereas now, I still see the fat girl but no one else does. I have some before pics
here and
here . On each page the last photo is sort of the latest picture. I think I wasn't sure which I liked best when I set it up. My most recent picture is
here . Sorry about the size of the picture. It was for my mom on my first day at Wal-Mart (no more Mickey D's for me! Yay!) The pants in this picture are a 10, but a normal 10, not a
relaxed fit or stretchy fabric fake 10. I want to do another twenty pounds or so, or whatever it takes to lose 3-4 inches off the thighs and 2-3 inches off the waist.
I've learned a lot along the way, gotten lots advice from some of the great people in this group and still managed to slip up a few times. (OK, a lot more than a few times.) Each time though, I learned that the cheat wasn't worth it, and it takes less "cheat" to make me remember it. Alcohol is a trigger food/drink for me, ad are restaurant chicken wings, and pizza toppings. Cheats all involve sugar for me, bread and starches are not in the
least bit appetising. Diet pop hides my hunger signals so I end up eating constantly.
I also try to read the newsgroup alt.support.diet.low-carb for extra help and insight, and try to join in their chats at
www.talkcity.com whenever I can. (I'm MichelleP in case anyone goes there.) I try to use
www.fitday.com regularly to make sure I'm not lying to myself about carb counts and calories. It does
help to keep me in line.
Breakfast is usually 2-3 scrambled eggs cooked in butter with a slice of cheese and some bacon pieces thrown in, or a protein shake if I'm short on time.
I usually have a shake around noon also.
Lunch is usually around 2:30pm (hence the shake at lunch) and is usually a salad if I bring it from home, with lots of different lettuces and celery and 5-9oz of meat (like shrimp or pork or chicken) and some ranch or creamy cucumber dressing. If I go home for lunch it's one or two cans of tuna with lots of mayo. If I don't make lunch it's usually a Big Xtra burger with no bun or ketchup, but with cheese and bacon or a chicken mcgrill with no bun and with bacon. McD's in Alberta doesn't do salads.
Supper will be some kind of meat with a salad or veggie (usually green beans or cauliflower) or spaghetti squash (once in a while) or fish fried in butter with crushed almonds thrown in and some Johnny's seafood seasoning (kind of a dill/lemon fish thing. Works great in coleslaw too!) My grandma
used to make this with flour, and the almonds come pretty close to breading.
I love
dessert so I will usually have a SF Jell-O or whipped cream (sometimes with berries) or store bought SF chocolates (Ross bars or Russell Stover) or something I've made from the various cookbooks available. Sometimes it's just some cream cheese and AS. After Christmas, I'm going to try to cut back on the AS to see if it helps to kill the sweet tooth. I
imagine if I have sweet tasting food less often, it will taste better, or I'll be better able to avoid them regularly in the long run.
I try to work out regularly, with weights and cardio, but am not always successful. I probably average once or maybe twice a week. But that's 100% better than before I started this WOL.
Well, I guess I'm through rambling for this year. On to year three and those last twenty pounds!
Thanks for reading!
Michelle
191/147.5/130
Atkins since 11/11/99
Original goal 150lbs reached 11/11/01
Two Year LC Anniversary
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