Weight Loss Fads/Diets

Ok, so is anyone else always tempted by the latest and "greatest" way to lose weight?

I KNOW that it's all about calories in vs. calories out, but desperation can make you try out anything and everything that your friends, family, co-workers, etc. are raving about.

The past couple of weeks I've heard numerous times about shakes from Body by Vi and yep, I definitely looked them up. I know one co-worker using them and another co-worker has ordered them and should be starting any day and then I have another friend doing them too and she's been posting about her success on facebook. The friend that should be starting soon said she'd let me try one. I don't know that I'll order them, but I will definitely try one. Its main concept is to replace two meals a day with the "great-tasting" shakes and then have one healthy meal. It reminds me of Slimfast, but I guess it tastes better. I really enjoy the sensation of chewing/eating and I think that I'd miss that. I've heard over and over that people should eat their calories, not drink them. The times I've tried to just have a protein shake for a meal turned into me having the shake AND then deciding I was hungry and wanted food too, so I had more calories than I normal would have had. I'm curious how filling people are finding these shakes. I think there was another shake craze out there called Shakeology, but I haven't heard anyone recently talk about it.

Have you tried anything due to others boasting about it? I knew people doing HCG too and I did a lot of research on that one and was really against it, but others seem to love it.

On the plus side, the warm weather has sparked something within me and I've been getting in some great exercise and making healthy choices the past few days - now to keep it up!

The Scale

Well today's weigh-in was not good. I gained 1.4 pounds. And THIS is now my highest weight ever. Ok... starting over again. I will not let this ruin my day/week/self-worth.

Sunday's weigh-in and races

Ok, so I'm a bit late. Sunday I was down .2 pounds. I'm going to be happy with any loss.

Tomorrow I'll weigh again. I don't really know what to expect. I was pretty active, at least 30 minutes a day of exercise, but I dealt all week with a leg injury and that held me back some. However, I didn't track my calories and I did have some binges on Ritz crackers and PB. I bought the crackers for a recipe, but went a little crazy with them.

My Feb. 5K was a race up and down and up and down and up and down a parking garage. I'll post some pics from that.

I was running with Joyce, we met in person that day, but had corresponded previously online.

This is me finishing, even though from this angle you see the word "start".

My March 5K was today. My husband joined in too and won first place for his age. I had a REALLY REALLY slow time, my worst ever. I knew I would b/c I walked a lot and I was dealing with all kinds of leg issues/injuries and didn't want to push myself too much.

This is me pre-race

Spinning Out of Control

I stepped on the scale today for my weekly weigh-in and I've gained 1.6 pounds. HOLY COW! I was more active this week than last. I could have done more, but I did walk some on my lunch breaks and I did go on a hike. My real problem is my eating, I had some trouble with binge eating this week. I'm going to have to start tracking my calories again so that I keep myself in check. I'm so disappointed, sad, disgusted, etc. I have NEVER weighed this much or felt this badly about myself.

I painted that plate a few years ago. I do want to be beautiful both inside and out - they both need work right now. I also put a couple of jars out and filled one with marbles. Each marble represents each half pound I need to lose in order to be at a healthy BMI, instead of an obese one. There is another jar, currently empty, to place the marbles into as I lose weight. I'm so impatient. I wish weight loss was as easy as dumping marbles from one jar to another or as easy as putting on all of this weight was!

Welcome Readers

Wow, a blog about my weight journey. S-C-A-R-Y!

I still need to learn more about how to use blogger because it came to my attention that when I comment on someone's blog they are able to find my blogs. I'm ok with strangers knowing about my journey and some of my friends/acquaintances reading these posts, but definitely would rather family and most friends/acquaintances just not even have a clue that this exists.

While the main purpose of this blog will be to journal my weight journey, I may throw in some other and completely off topic random posts from time to time.

Where do you fall on the BMI chart? Currently, I'm in the obese category. UGH! I need to lose about 45 pounds to be healthy. That sounds like soooooo much to me! I'm at a record high with my weight and wearing the biggest size of clothes that I've ever worn (and not liking how I look in them!).

I have gained and lost the same 30 lbs. several times. I know how to lose weight - exercise and healthy eating, no big secrets. I have GOT to figure out how to stop yo-yo-ing between a healthy and unhealthy lifestyle. I also need to figure out how to be OK again with counting calories. In the past I've felt like it can consume me and make me a bit neurotic.

A couple years ago I was also a bit neurotic with exercise as I trained to do a triathlon. That is one of my proudest accomplishments, but again I need to figure out how to have a healthy balance with exercise and other areas of my life. I did 11 races in 2010 and ZERO in 2011 and gained LOTS of weight. So... I'm back to promising myself to do one race a month. I did one a few weeks ago and while my time wasn't the best, I was glad I did it. I'll be doing another one in a couple of weeks. Races are good for me b/c they make me do some training before the race and show me where I'm at physically.

I also need to figure out how often I'll post on this blog. I think once a week would be a good commitment.

See you later, lighter and lovelier.