Hi guys!
I'd been bouncing around the other lists, things like the summer madness challenge, and the 199er's club (I even had to take a peek in war zone and see what the nay-sayers could possibily have to say badly about this wol!
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and I found myself wondering- where are all the somersizers!? We are so outnumbered!
So I finally went looking for the source and there you are! (well here and on the suzanne's website)
I love this idea of introducing ourselves. I did on the main low-carbers forum for newbies already but I'll happily share again here!
I started May 21 of this year. A day I'll never forget- it was the day my life changed and the day I stumbled onto 'one of my crazy diets' that really actually works!!!
Before this I tried the starvation diet, atkins (and became a raving b!#$% which I've now learned is because I need more carbs to keep from falling into a depression) short flirtations with protein power, fit for life, healthy for life (carb addicts diet), and finally repeated attempts at Body for Life.
I GAINED weight with every single one except BFL, but I worked my tail off sooo hard i wanted serious results and I was getting 1/2 an inch here or there, and lost a few pounds and promptly stopped. I was ready to scream- I had been doing it all so perfectly for a solid month and came up bumpkins! I understand that i might have seen some serious results if I'd managed the full 3 months and I would probably start seeing that wonderful payoff I wanted in the last month. but I gotta tell ya folks I felt cheated! The food sucked (like all low-fat diets! Fat is the flavor carrier!) and my husband just blossomed while I felt like I was going nowhere. I really got the feeling that the whole thing was designed for men and I wanted something where
I would
blossom.
So sat down and really analyzed what had worked in the past and what didn't work for me. Marilu Henner had been my savior before and by a twist of fate when i went digging for her book i found Suzanne's first one instead (they are actually standing in the same pose on the cover- it had been a while so I thought I had found it and sat down and gave it a good read). The food looked so good and i honestly couldn't beleive that you could lose weight like that but my god if it worked..... So I tried it and everything just klicked. I had been wanting to get into the kitchen more since I am a firm believer in the magic of homecooked food prepared with love. And for the FIRST time EVER I found changing my way of eating to be absolutely no work at all! I had to have her other books- ALL OF THEM!! I kept making new recipes and my husband loved ALL of it (you have no idea the kind of picky eater he is!!)! 2 months past and I didn't even notice. I knew i was feeling better, I was happier, my depression had lifted, I was DOING things again!
That was when i figured- I should do another round of BFL just to see if I can complete it- go all 3 months and do it MY WAY- the somersizing way! So i started getting to the gym more but not nearly the everyday punishment I did before. If I did heavy yard work that day i was happy that I had worked out, I tried a workout I really enjoyed in the past by Joyce Vedrell and I've really just approached everything with a lot of self-love and self-respect.
And where has this long winded story got me? shedding pounds like my dogs in the Kansas sun! I'm melting like the wicked witch in the story of OZ! The last 3 weeks has found me 10 pounds lighter then the week before with the tape measure finding lower numbers and the Lean Body Mass making a slow strut up the line.
I'm still in a state of shock. i'm reaching my goals with no effort!! espeically not after what I was used to doing before! And after my workouts- while I feel great i actually wonder if it's done any good since I'm not beat red and feeling faint!
I'm never going back. I'm here for the long haul and Wonderful Marvelous Suzanne can expect some before and afters of me gushing my little Kansasgirl heart out for her next book as soon as I've reached my goal!
thanks for listening guys and now that I've found where you all are hiding I'll be visiting more regularly.