What is this, the 8th attempt or something like that? It's crazy, but once again, I need to do something. This has been a very rough year...stressful, lacking in the exercise/running realm, and overeating because I could. The bad thing has been that MS has been having the same problem. He sent me a spreadsheet today with his weekly weigh-ins from the last three years and he has steadily gotten heavier. I know I have too. His fear is turning into his Uncle John (a very heavy man who died of a heart attack last year) and my fear is turning into Grandma Dot (an overweight woman who had a tv-tray full of medications and never exercised...oh and with the flabby arms).
SO....once again, I am going to attempt South Beach. NO, I'm not going to attempt it, I'm going to do it. Sal is going on Ideal Protein diet, which sounds good in theory but it totally cuts out milk until you reach your goal weight. I can't handle that. I need my calcium...this is not a time in my life to not be drinking milk. And I'm not a fan of supplements - I'd rather have as much of the real thing anyway.
Tomorrow I'm going to do the Jay Cleanse. It's a 5-day plan. I did this before my first South Beach round back in 2005 (when I lost 20ish pounds). Day one - water and apple juice. Day two - add in fresh fruit. Day three - add in fresh vegetables, also known as Olive Garden day. Day four - add in oatmeal. Day five - add in lean mean, preferably fish.
By Friday I should be down a few pounds and feeling a little cleaner in my world. Which will make starting South Beach on Saturday all the easier. I'll have to give up the oatmeal and fruit, but at least I'll have most of my body reset. Then I'll do the 14 days of Phase I, then move to Phase II (though I'll probably do K's phase one and a half).
So weight this morning was 168. OMG that hurts to even type. Goal is 140ish. I'm not going to get too caught up on the specific numbers. I've seen my friend Bridget fight just to lose one or two pounds to "make her goal" but the next week go back to her weight about 2 pounds more...but she feels great and looks awesome. The final goal will be to maintain the 140ish realm of weight and not fly back up the scale like I did this year.
With the goal for weight I have two running goals: Fargo Marathon and TCM again. For TCM I want to break 5 hours.
THEN when MS and I have made our goals, our reward will be to go to Hawaii. I'm really excited about that. I loved Hawaii last January and I really want to go back when I can just enjoy it instead of working most of the trip. MS's friend sent us a calendar with pictures of the islands, so we're going to hang that in our gym as motivation. :)
On the exercise side, MS got me kettleballs for Christmas, so I'm going to check those out this week. Then he wants to either start up P90X again and complete the 90-days (last year we got through 4 weeks), or do a modified workout that he has designed. We haven't decided yet. We'll see. But we are going to work out together so we can keep each other motivated. I need that. And I need some structure. We're talking about getting a bike so we can do some spinning too.
So 168-140...that's almost 30 pounds. I can't believe I've gained so much...granted I wasn't 140 last year. I was 150 during TCM in 2009...so 18 pounds in just over a year. Not good.
BUT I know I can do it. I've lost 20 on South Beach before and the only reason I gained it back was because I hit holiday season. We're starting now and I gave most of my baking stuff to YOB for him and his kids. MS and I needed to get it out of the house. I'm eating the last of the popcorn tonight, and we're not buying any more.
So here we go...I'll be back to post so I'm accountable again. You can do it, Moe!!
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