Starting week 2!

In my first 7 days on the 500 calorie diet, I have dropped 14.5 pounds!! In one WEEK!! That is insane. I am now only 3 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight and that makes me very excited. I'm finally starting to notice some small things about my weight loss. I've noticed my jeans don't have that giant jelly roll hanging over them and I feel like my neck and face is thinning out a bit.

In addition to losing 14.5 pounds, I've also lost 3 1/2 inches total. I've lost 2 inches off my waist, 3/4 of an inch off my thighs, and 3/4 inch of my arms. How awesome is that?! Keeping up with this is hard, but it's not impossible. I felt horrible those first 2 days, especially the first day. But I've learned to really let my body tell me what it needs. I've learned to spread my meals through out the day, and to keep myself busy in the evenings so I don't snack and eat out of boredom. That is one of my biggest down falls.

My knee isn't really feeling much better, but I'm really trying. I've been doing my PT exercises at home and walking or biking to get some exercise. I'm feeling good overall about it though, just hopeful that it won't need surgery. I also heard a very encouraging statistic: 5 pounds of fat on your body puts up to 50 pounds of PRESSURE on your joints. No wonder my knee hurts so bad!! But 14.5 pounds of fat off of my knee should help it start to recover. At least I'm hoping so!

~Fatty on a Mission~

Scale Confusion

So I normally go to my mom's house and weigh myself on her scale. Anywhere I else I go, my weight is usually within a pound or two of that weight. But we've been house sitting the last few days and I've been using a different scale. I stopped by my mom's today to pick up Jadon and I weighed myself. According to HER scale, I've lost 11 pounds since Saturday! As much as I would like to believe it, I'm not too sure that it is really on track. I think tomorrow I'll weigh myself 1st thing in the morning at work. I think it's pretty accurate.

I am now on day 5 of my 500 calories & I feel so good! I almost feel like I'm on some kind of mind altering drugs! I have a lot more energy and I haven't really had any major cravings for anything. I really love all the fresh vegies I've been eating, too. Everything tastes really good, like I've never had strawberries or spinach before! It's really weird how things are changing so quickly!

I'm secretly hoping my mom's scale isn't wrong, but we'll see!

~Fatty on a Mission~

Day 4: 6 down, 136 to go!

I'm down 6lbs since Saturday!! Watch out, here I come! My ultimate goal is to be at 130! I'm super motivated, feeling well, and also, getting a little anxious! But I'm reminded about my favorite Bible verse that says something along the lines of "Don't worry or be anxious about anything, but pray about everything!!" So I've prayed for strength, prayed for help, prayed for results, too! But I know that I can do this and I am doing it, so what's to worry about?!

~Fatty on a Mission~

Getting the hang of it!

Today is now day 3 of my 500 calories. I am proud to report that I have not cheated, not even a little!! I also found some relief for my poor chapped lips so I'm doing much better.

I had a fabulous conversation with a good friend last night. She has been through this twice already, and she's lost 94 pounds! Katie has really encouraged me letting me know that I CAN do this. She said she was recently able to fit into a size 4! How amazing would it be to go anywhere and be able to buy clothes! I'm over Lane Bryant and all the fat girl stores. It's nice to have clothes that fit, but it's even better to have clothes that aren't in double digits.

I think I now have a new goal. I would like to be under 135 pounds. Katie has totally made me see that it is possible! I also want to be able to not buy clothes in double digits: XL/22, etc. I'm so encouraged that I think I can reach this without fail. I am currently making a goal sheet, with pics of hot Victoria's Secret models and my goal weight, so that I can be encouraged to continue and discouraged from cheating! Also, it's not so bad when I'm already down 4 pounds in just 3 days...

~Fatty on a Mission~

First 500 calorie day!

For the first time probably ever in my life, I ate less than 500 calories today!! It wasn't really hard, but I often found if I was board, my mind would wander to food. That was something very good to learn about myself. Often times, I'm not really even hungry but I eat out of boredom. What a great discovery:)

Something also very exciting is that I weighed myself yesterday and I was at 271.5. I weighed myself this morning on the same scale, and I am currently at 268.5!! I've already lost 3 pounds in 24 hours. It took me a week to lose 3 pounds on Weight Watchers. I'm not bashing other diets or healthy ways of eating. This is obviously pretty extreme and I must be incredibly desperate to even venture into something like this, but it's already working, 7x faster than what I've tried to do before! Everyone has to find what works for them, and this works for me.

Once again, the only negative side effects I've experienced thus far are being a little tired and dry/chapped lips. I also absolutely love not having to put on make up everyday too. The only makeup I can use is mineral powder, and I haven't had time to pick some up. I'm also loving how good I feel because I've been drinking a ton of water!

Another amazing side effect is that I'm trying to keep myself busy so that I don't snack or think about food, and I've accomplished a lot! I've cleaned and packed up some of Jadon's clothes that are too small :( and I've packed for all 3 of us as we're going to start house sitting for a friend tomorrow for a few weeks. I also have been desperately wanting to read my book, the Shack, but haven't had much time...

In the name of my good book, I guess I better put the computer down. Hopefully I won't gnaw my arm off in my sleep when my body realizes I ate less calories than my son today!

~Fatty on a Mission~

Day 2

The first 2 days on this diet, you're supposed to eat anything you want along with taking the HCG drops. Tomorrow I start eating only 500 calories a day. At first, I was so freaked out about only eating 500 calories a day, but when I get busy, I often skip meals and forget to eat. So now I'll be forced to eat at least 3-4 times a day, but only from limitted food choices. I'm really excited to start this phase and watch the fat melt away!

My knee is also really bothering me today after all the twisting, pulling and turning Dr. Scott did to my knee yesterday. It is a constant aching reminder that I have to do this, if for no other reason, to give me knee a little relief!!

I'll let you know how the weekend turns out...the first few days are always the hardest!

~Fatty on a Mission~

only 1 negative so far!

So the only negative I've experienced so far is my lips are super chapped! You can't use certain skin products and chap stick is one of them. I guess I'll just have to power down more water!!

~Fatty on a Mission~

New day, New diet!

I am totally new to this whole blogging thing, but I thought it might help me to keep track of different things while I'm on my new HCG diet. Supposedly you can lose over 30 pounds in just a short 40 days of 500 calories a day while taking HCG drops. I'm totally not convinced however, I'm 270lbs, and 5'2". Really??!! How did this happen?!! I've always been a fatty but I'm not sure how I got to this phase. Laziness? Sure. Lack of control? Sure. But every time I've tried a diet, I lose about 20+ lbs and do pretty well. But then I start to lose interest because I don't lose or gain weight for weeks at a time. Seeing no results is worse than gaining weight!!

So now I'm on a new journey. I want to do this for me and no one else. I recently went to the doctor after I started jogging on a treadmill. I may have a torn meniscus because I'm overloading my joints. I don't want to be 24 with a knee operation. I want to be able to run the 1/2 marathon in Las Vegas in December. But I have to take the running easy for a while and really find out if I tore my meniscus or not. We'll see after a few weeks of rest and good ol IB Profuen!

Wish me luck! I need all the encouragement I can get! I start my 500 calorie days on Saturday, so I'll let you know when I'm starving!! Today and tomorrow I eat whatever I can. I'm not sure I can do that. Everything inside me says, "stop! don't put that in your mouth!!" But I can do this. I can do anything for just 40 days.

Thanks for reading.

~ Fatty on a Mission ~