Day 1 - May 29, 2012

I have finally decided to go on a diet... well, not so much a diet, more of an alteration to my current habits in an effort to improve my overall health and wellbeing.

yeah. something like that.

Here is how i got to this point....

i have been feeling really depressed recently... lazy, uncomfortable in my body, moody, sad, angry at my bad habits and downright unappealing...

i have a friend who had been posting on facebook about this program he is part of that has helped him lose weight and gain energy... and he has recommended it to so many other people who it has also worked for, including his mother... so i figured, why not?

I called him up, he explained the program to me.. and i ordered the 24 Day Challenge... then just had to wait for it to come in the mail....

in the mean time, i volunteered to work a post along the route of a 5k race... i was at station 8, about 2/3 of the way through the course.... i spent 30 minutes watching people run past me, and attempted to cheer them on while feeling horrible about myself for being so fat and out of shape that i couldn't do what they were doing...

when the last runners were passing, i decided to join in and walk/jog the rest of the course... about 1 1/4 mile..... i did it.. but was EXHAUSTED for the rest of the day...... that was it... i needed to change something.

I had received my 24 Day Challenge the day before and decided Tuesday (the day AFTER memorial day) would be the perfect time to start....

and that brings us to day 1..........

The first thing to do is weigh and measure yourself...

how depressing... not only did i find out i am fatter than i thought i was... but my thigh is bigger than Scarlett O'Hara's waist. talk about depressing.

The night before Day 1: (wasn't going to have time in the morning to do it, so decided to get the numbers right before bed)

I weigh 226 pounds

My Measurements are as follows:

Shoulders: 49 IN

Chest: 48 1/2 IN

Waist: 46 1/2 IN

Hips: 53 1/2 IN

Right Arm: 14 IN

Left Arm: 14 IN

Right Thigh: 28 IN

Left Thigh: 28 IN

Right Calf: 16 1/2 IN

Left Calf: 16 1/2 IN

basically i am fat fat fat fat.

and to make myself feel even worse.... i decided to take pictures to have "before and after" shots.....

  


See? fat.. and disgusting... and embarrassing (of course i didn't pick the most flattering clothing on purpose....)



Now onto the 24 day challenge...



The Challenge itself is separated into 2 parts... the 10 Day Cleanse.. and the 14 day Metabolic Nutrition System



Day 1:

wake up at 6:30 - Drink a "Fiber Drink".... my Coach told me this would be like Metamucil and to chug it... yeah right.... it was like trying to force down extremely thick, weak and EXTREMELY pulpy orange juice... took the entire length of my shower to get it all down... but i did it... and it really wasn't that bad...



On the way to work- take 2 Omegaplex pills.. they are like fish oil and are supposed to help clean out your system... drink a bottle of water and eat a banana...... truth be told.. i was still so full from drinking that God Awful Fiber drink.. eating the banana was actually difficult..... i still felt full.



9am- drink a Spark Energy drink..... when my Coach told me the Spark would give me energy.. wow i had no idea... i was of full of pep even my coworkers noticed... i LOVE it! and it tastes great too... this one was Mandarin Orange Flavor.. tasted a bit like Tang :)



10am- Snack - i decided to eat an apple... since i was busy this morning doing timecards, and apple was the easiest thing to eat while standing at the copy machine scanning all 448 timecards... and interestingly enough, i had been a tiny bit hungry when i started the apple.. but was fully sated when i finished it.....

and drinking more water :) (btw.. drinking so much fluid also meant lots more trips to the bathroom.. i have the court scene from Liar Liar in my head when he says you should pee every 2 hours to be healthy.. i am doing more than that.... lol



Noon- Lunch... i decided on a small salad with some tuna and one of the Meal Replacement Shakes.. chocolate... and YUMMY!!!!!! i almost didn't finish the shake because the combination of it and even a small salad was filling... so i nursed the shake over the next hour....

around 130/2pm i started another bottle of water... did i mention the challenge says to drink water between meals? and i have no problem doing it.... just the peeing every 90 minutes is kinda aggravating to my schedule.. lol



3pm- snack- i decided on nuts today... pistachio’s.. YUM!!!! just a handful was all i needed... i was surprised by that....



4pm- started another bottle of water...

got home from work around 5:15.. and by 6 i was ready to make dinner.. which is rare because i usually don't make dinner until 8...



6:30pm- Dinner - i decided on steak and green beans.. tried to make brown rice too but failed miserably... the steak turned out ok... i am not very good at cooking steak because i do not like it at all red... but these were little eye of round's that were pretty thin, so cooling them was pretty easy....

i was simply amazed that 1/2 cup of green beans and less than 4oz of steak actually filled me up... and don't forget the water and 2 Omegaplex i took with it :)



9pm- My daughter was in bed and i was trying to catch up on getting pictures uploaded to my slowass computer, so i had a snack of grapes... about a cup worth.. boy were they yummy.... but again, it didn't take too many to satisfy me.. in the past i would have eaten a huge bowl of them...

i made the mistake of opening the freezer and saw the ice cream i didn't finish last week.. and guess what? i didn't want it...... my first day of this challenge, and i have already noticed my appetite changing.. i think i like this.



bedtime at 11pm- took 3 of the "Herbal Cleanse" tablets before bed... tasted a lot like the prenatal vitamins i used to take.. these were horse pills tho and a bit tough to get down at first.....



11pm- probably the earliest i have gone to bed in months.... interesting observation.

so that was my day.... i did let curiosity get the better of me and weighed myself before i went to sleep.... and it said 222.... how in the world was i already 4 pounds lighter? maybe my intestines were clearing out already? hmmmmmmm......



i think i am going to like this challenge... except the fiber drink of course... but that is only for days 1-3 and 7-10, thank goodness... lol