ALL this month (other than one Thursday that I was on strike and didn't step on the scale) 4 weeks, here are the numbers....... April 1st 255.9 April 8th Strike April 15th 255.6 today April 22nd 255.9
I have quit. I have quit searching, and searching all the diets. I am getting whiplash from changing constantly. Not even long enough to see if it works. I found a blog with a link from Mary Shomon on Facebook. The blog is : http://mollysthyroidjourney.blogspot.com/
This is just what I needed to read. I know that my problem is my Thyroid.... it only make sense to do the Thyroid Diet written by Mary Shomon.
I printed out all the foods I should have and all those I should avoid. I took them and had them laminated. The good on the front and bad on the back. Stuck a few motivational illustrations in the lamination and stuck it to the fridge. I also printed up the chart to keep track of my foods and use as a journal. Not so much a food journal with all the calories..... so much for my Calorie Cash (I don't think my intake of Calories is the problem. I am thinking it is the high-glycemic foods I ate and the blah blah blah). A place to track the foods I have problems with and a place to write my thoughts and all. Anyway, I was reading about it in the book and I dreamed about it all night. Thyroid stuff and some one trying to kill me.... that was my dream.... that tells me something right there.
I am feeling good about this one and I have stuck to it longer than the others I have attempted lately..... 5 days and it is looking good. I think my weigh in days here will be on Thursdays. The day of one of my weight loss classes.
I have also signed up for a personal trainer! WOO HOO!
I am hopeful and that is a necessity for weight loss!!!
~Made and designed by me. Printed at home and laminated at Staples~
I have a new thing I am trying and yesterday was my first day doing it. I am continuing today and I really, really like it.
So it is kinda like Envelope Budgeting. I have my calories budgeted out to each meal and snack. Then I have my "Calorie Cash" placed within the designated slot.
As I eat, I remove the amount of Calorie Cash I will be spending on my meal. I really like it! I find that as I am purchasing my food, with my Calorie Cash, I am putting a value on it. Just as you would while standing in line to buy something.
I did this yesterday....I went to Cato. They have cuter plus size clothes and there was a black and white polka-dot dress.... silky with yellow trims and super cute. On sale for $19.99. Nice, right? Well, I tried it on and it looked ok....but not perfect. Of course. But I thought "I can wear a cute sweater with it and it would be ...better". Well, I stood in line and the lady ahead of me took a while. But that was good.....it gave me some time. I stood there and decided that I didn't want to pay $19.99 for a super cute dress that only looked OK on me. Even with it being $19.99.... it was cute but not $19.99 cute on me. I put it back and I felt SO GOOD. Wanting something and NOT buying it is a big thing for me... need to do it more often. The NOT buying "feel good" feeling was way better than the "buyer's remorse" that I would have had, had I bought it. :) So to tie this whole thing into eating and all..... having my Calorie Cash and using it to buy my food for what it is worth, calorie wise, is really helping me see in a different light. I hope that makes sense. haha
Confession time.......I ate some Sonic today. Pa~tooie (that is me spitting). UUUHH why do I do this to myself. I ordered it, duh! Then came home and ate it then checked the calories. You ready. 1,250 Calories. uuhuhh I really had to pay for it in my Calorie Cash. I totally blew my budget.....all my morning snack cash, all my lunch cash, all my afternoon snack cash and most of my dinner cash!!!! DUH! It wasn't even good and I felt ill after eating it. I absolutely have buyers remorse! That nasty burger was NOT worth my snacks, lunch and most of my dinner. NOT worth it. ~This is the Calorie Cash spent on that darn Burger~
So there you go.
And maybe with my buying my food and having 1,900 worth of Calorie Cash everyday, I can feel like I am on a food shopping spree every day! hahaha
