Losing It

Normally I don't write about my personal life, but in this case it is relevant to the greater good (yours and mine). Like many may weight is not where I'd like it and I've tried a few things and lost some weight but never all of it and then fell back into bad habits. It's an old tale. Which is why I'm going public. This method did not work for Oprah, but I have faith that publicly airing my business will motivate more, the shame factor is something that is not utilized enough in changing bad behavior.

What I'm doing now. So I decided to sign up for Jillian Michael's website. Yes, the she-Devil of "The Biggest Loser". Why would I do this? Well, for a number of reasons. I was not happy with my other workout regimen, I was following P90X for a while. Don't get my wrong I believe that it could work but I felt that it was too strenuous for me and I didn't feel good afterward. Additionally, with this plan, I get daily meal plans and exercise and it is somewhat tailored to me. Better than Weight Watchers in my opinion because it offers the exercise component. I log my food and exercise and I have a "magic" number. Yes, there is a bit of privation in this plan. Cake, cookies, pies, pudding, and french fries have yet to show up on any of my meals. But let's be real there is no way that I could realistically lose weight and eat that way. And sure alcohol is not recommended, but it was noted that if you do drink go with a clear spirit. Fine by me, I'm a Grey Goose gal! I once cut alcohol for a month and lost 10 pounds! So no argument from me on cutting back.

I've been on the plan for almost two weeks and while I don't think that I've lost any weight just yet I know some things have changed. For one, I always thought of myself as a lactose-intolerant person. But, I've been eating a lot of cottage cheese and haven't had any adverse effects and well, not to be gross, but I am more regular than ever. I'm getting better at basic cardio exercises, I've always been better with weights and resistance training than cardio. And I'm sleeping really well. None of this is radical change but it's a beginning and I'm feel more positive about this than I have in a while. That's huge.

It was encouraging to see that my diet was not completely out of whack, a lot of what I am eating would be things that I eat normally. Yes, I've cut calories, but everything I've ever read about weight loss says that you must in order to lose, I'll worry about maintenance when I get there. That's not to say that I won't have a burger, but maybe not the fries. Plus, without health insurance I've got to keep it tight!