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Almost two years have past and in that time I ate myself up to 200 pounds, yep thats right! 200 lbs. It goes without saying I was miserable, depressed and digusted with myself. My back, knees and shoulders were in constant pain.That is alot of weight for someone of my height to carry. My bra size was 38D,my clothes were either too big ( fat slob) or too tight(fat pig), in either case this was not a pretty sight. Work was torture for me : everyone there it appears is a size 6-10! I finally realized that self-pity was just another excuse to eat all those honey buns, cheesecakes, chic-filet strawberry, peach and extra thick chocolate shakes. Oh and I dare not leave out the three times a week visit to dairy queen, bags of kettle chips, gourmet choc. chip cookies, ghiradelli(sic) chocolate by the bags, forget about limiting myself to a few pieces are ya kidding me! Nope it was the whole bag or nothing for me. The saddest part is that I was not unhappy, sex life was good and my job pays well.My kids were doing well. I had no excuse other than the simple fact is that I loovvvve just loooove all of the above!! I knew exactly what i was doing to myself, truth I did not want to stop. Oh well everything has to end : I could no longer climb the stairs (10) to my apartment door w/o being out of breath and needed to sit down to rest. That was it for me! The next day ( July 10, 09),I began walking to the end of my street and back, threw out all fattening, unhealthy foods from the pantry and refrigerator/freezer ( needless to say both were empty afterwards), restocked with whole wheat bread (1 slice w/meal), fat-free skim milk (1 cup), cheerios (1/2 cup), eggs ( 2 egg whites for breaksfast),cheese slices, skinless boneless chicken,fish, lean cuts of meat,hamburger, center cut pork chops,tons of frozen/canned and fresh veggies(1/2 cup) and fruits 1/2 cup), salad (1 cup),and the most important beverage of all cases of bottled water. Yep I was going to war with the fat monster (myself), all of these items I purchased at Wal-mart(great value brand), and because I have only myself to feed right now, they were relatively inexpensive. I would recommend that if you have a family to feed buy the chkn. with the skin on it ( pull it off for your portion: 4 oz.), trim the fat it goes w/o saying baked is always better!!.Since bread is my biggest weakness, I buy the arnold sandwich rounds ( 100 calories for both pieces), I substitute sometimes my bread with a 1/2 cup of rice or noodles or pasta as long as I eat 1/2 cup, I'm doing good. Snacks are popcorn (fat-free), crackers, the weirdest this is though as long as I eat those three meals a day, I rarely feel the need to snack in between, I drink water all day, forget counting how many bottles and ounces, I just drink it. As of today I walk fifteen miles three times a wk., 100 crunches a day, and twenty five push ups, I have lost thirty one pounds and counting, my goal weight is still 140lbs, but I am not rushing it. I have had days where I needed to eat a choc. chip cookie and I did, the difference now is I eat just that one ( a BIG One!). I eat all of the food on my plate even though I feel full, reason being, it carries me through to my next meal w/o snacking in between. No fruit juice, sodas, unless they are fat-free even then sometimes not. I do like those great value pour-n-sips though at Wallymart. there that is it, i have purged myself :)
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