Fruits and Fiber, Oh My!

So I've done something today that I'm rather proud of. I've started eating better by limiting myself to fruit juices, skim milk, fresh fruit and fiber products (Cheerios and popcorn on are the menu for today.)

Rather than make an infinite list of things I shouldn't be eating, I'll just eat a limited number of things until I get the hang of it again. I used to be pretty good at this and it kept the waistline much slimmer than it now.

So my plan is simple, I'll do what amounts to a old-fashioned colon cleansing and "fast" by sticking with as many raw foods and whole grains or fiber as I can fathom in a day. I'm allowed to eat as much or whenever I want so long as I just eat my basics. It's only been one day, but I haven't had a huge energy reduction and I actually feel a bit better than I normally do on my nasty diet.

I'd like to think that the new healthy diet will also be pushing out all of the grossness that's accumulated in my system by eating so much crap over the last few years. Oh, and certain things are still allowed, but for the next couple of weeks, I'm going to skip the ice cream and such and stick to the cleansing plan.

I'm interested to see what happens.

Granted, the exercise is a bit harder to work into the plan, but from what I've learned, it's the diet that makes the biggest difference - especially as I'm rather active already with teaching on my feet and chasing two kiddos around. I'll start with my cleansing diet to purge the gross and then add back in a few things that I actually enjoy like the occasional ice cream treat, but I think I can leave the rest of it behind, and I'm sure my blood pressure, future diabetes and all of the other stuff that will eventually be wrong with me will thank me for the efforts.

Today's Weight: 246.4 - There's the sodium and rodeo junk...

Notes; The ONLY junk I've had today is a few scrapes of fudge to finish off the crap from the rodeo last night. This is the first food plan I've tried that feels real and that is might work. I'm excited to see the difference in how I look and feel. I've felt so over sodium-ated and bloated for so long...

F'nking Fat Ass!

Hi. I'm Rebecca. I'm a fat ass. Literally. Once upon a time I was slender, healthy, active and all of those other glorious things, but now I'm trapped in a gerbil wheel of my own creation with no will power and almost 80 pounds of fat to show for it.

Yes. It sucks.

I know how it happened - I watched it happen. I have two boys, two jobs, a masters and no time left for me. I'm a teacher which is a rather grueling job that I love, and I'm also a writer - hence this blog. Every night, when I used to exercise mind you, I write. I make a nice income doing - as much as that whole teacher salary, and I got to stay home for a year after my second was born, but my weight issue has been years in the making.

I've been battling weight forever, just like everyone else. I battled ten pounds or so back then and was up when I had my first son. I was metiliculous on calorie counting and such, but gained 50. A lot of that was water, and I was back down within five pounds after his birth. Unfortunately, from that time on, I had a poor sleeper and I struggled to find time or energy for diet or exercise.

Then, I started my Masters, started writing online for paying clients and started another pregnancy all within a year. Any hope of exercise and calorie counting was gone.

With two small children who sleep badly and a business to run every night, I haven't gone near the treadmill but for the rare occassion like tonight.

But I'm hoping and am strengthing my resolve that tonight will not be the exception anymore.

For three years I've been battlting baby weight. And with two huge babies (10.5 and 12.5), I'm also dealing with some serious ab problems. My muscles are non existent - stretched beyond belief, and my skin flap done flap all the way over.

So here I am. On the first day of my path to salvation.

Salvation, you ask?

Yes, I respond. I'm going to save my boys' Mommy.

I want to reduce my stress, help us all learn to eat a heathier diet and reclaim the active, healthy person I used to be. I was never skinny, never very gifted as an athelete, but I was strong and I felt good in my skin.

Now I have too much skin, and it sucks.

So I'll lose as much as I can and then I'll have a skilled surgeon cut the rest off (namely that damn hanging skin on the tum-tum.)

Today's stats: 245.2 pounds, size 20-22 (ugh, gross!)