Low Carb Diva

April 21, 2010

It's been two years since I started low carb and I am embarassed to admit that I still have not reached my goal weight. It just seems that I let life's inevitable stresses make me revert back to my old eating patterns. A one time cheat becomes weeks or months. Seriously it is harder to get back on track than to just sit with those feelings of wanting to scarf down all the carbs on a buffet table. This is what I want for the next 8 months left in 2010.

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Saturday marked the end of Week Two of the Summer Weight Loss Bootcamp Challenge. This week I lost another pound. Thats one more pound of fat gone.

Sometimes when the weight loss doesn't go as fast as you want it to, you may be tempted to give up or give in to tempation. This is why I posted that I lost another pound of fat, rather than I only lost 1 pound.

Every pound of fat you lose will bring you closer to your goal. Sometimes it may not be as quickly as we want it, but over time those 1 pound losses will add up to some pretty big numbers.

Just keep on going no matter what the scale says. My clothes are baggier this week than last week. I can see more of my cheekbones and I have less back fat. I can actually feel my hip bones when I am standing up. These are great changes to focus on, instead of letting a number on the scale influence how you feel today.

Have a great Memorial Day tomorrow and make it low carb!

I loathe exercise and all the sweating and heavy breathing that goes along with it, but I do love the results.

You don't have to workout for 5-6 hours a day like they do on The Biggest Loser to see results. Just 7-30 minutes a day is plenty.

3 Days a week of cardio, 3 days of resistance/weight training and 1 day of rest.

Here's a tip that works when you find yourself making excuses about exercise: Just start out with the 7 minute minimum and every minute you go past that up until 30 will be an added bonus. Trust me it worls because you know you can stop anytime after the 7 minutes are up.

You'll feel better and your heart and muscles will thank you. Plus you will increase your stamina and endurance.

April 24, 2009

Before I started eating low carb I would look forward to the weekends. I would go to the grocery store and buy ice cream, pretzels and dip, cookies, cake or whatever else I was craving and eat all weekend.

I would justify eating this way by promising myself that I would start eating right on Monday morning. Of course it is so much easier to tell yourself this lie as you are eating pizza and cupcakes and are feeling sick from eating so much sugar and carbs.

Once that sick, bloated and full feeling went away so did my resolve and motivation to stop eating those things on Monday. I bargained more than 15 years of my life by doing things like this.

If you are planning a carb fest this weekend with the promise to get back on track Monday, STOP. Don't do it because those weeks will turn into months, those months into years. Start right now this minute, this second. A year from now you can either still be lying to yourself about starting to lose weight or you could be much thinner than you are now.

It's your choice. I choose to live and get healthy everyday.

Link: http://www.lowcarbdiva.com/blogs/index.php/2009/04/09/the-health-costs-outweigh-that-cupcake

When I was in my teens and twenties it never occurred to me that being overweight or obese would ever impact my health. I felt pretty good physically in spite of the extra 30 - 100 pounds of fat that I was carrying. I would often repeat the mantra that I wanted to get thin for my health, but the truth was I wanted to be thin so I could look hot!

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