Like many of you ladies had suggested earlier, it would be no time before the compliments started pouring in. Well, the past two days or so I have had numerous compliments. However, rather than the dieter’s dream of “you look thinner/thin/skinny”, I am getting “you look good” :).
Okay, so I look good. I have been drinking more water, so that has helped my skin just glow. My daily vitamins have done wonders for my hair. Thinner? Do I look thinner? Next time I should just ask them what they specifically mean when they say “you look good”. Lack of asking has been driving me mad. I want to know if I look thinner damnit!
A while back, I remember one person telling me I looked good and I said “I have been losing weight” (this was 3 yrs ago btw). Her response was very polite, in saying that that is what she had meant but would feel rude just openly telling me. That was very sweet and innocent of her, i thought. But don’t people take weight loss as a compliment in today’s society? Hmmm…
Ever since I discovered my towns independently owned food market, I have been going on a weekly basis. The specials that are offered are insane in a GREAT way. Some examples? About 1.20 for a big carton of fresh strawberries, 1.00 for 10 ears of corn, the list goes on. The best part of it all? The fruits and veggies are picked and shipped on a daily basis from local valley farmers. Amazing right? I have no excuse to eat wrong or without flavor EVER.
To share the beauty of it all, I have decided to post these photos!
I shared some of these with a friend and he asked if the strawberry had strawberry flavor injection (he never tasted on so full of flavor).
The melon was so crisp and juicy with almost no green area near the skin…
Salted and oiled tomato, tomatillo, onion, & jalapeno for fresh salsa.
The whole bunch.
Tasty, huh?
-BB Betty (with a head full of lettuce)
So, I still feel fat. I don’t notice a big change in my clothing. WHY?!? The scale says I lost almost 19 lbs now. Isn’t 20 lbs a lot to lose? Could it be Psychological? I am getting so frustrated. Have any of you lost 20lbs but still felt the same? Please help…
Okay, enough bitching…inhale/exhale…better.
On the flip side, I did discover a super food that allows me to eat hefty serving of it. It is called TVP. TVP is short for Textured Vegetable Protein. Half a cup is120 150 cals, 0 fat, 7 fiber!! It can be used in the place of meat and takes on the flavor of whatever spice you add. For instance, last night I wanted mexican…and with just spices and veggies I got it in 5 mins. Low fat and all.
From bitchy to happy in 5 seconds. Man, this dieting has me all over the place.
It seems as if I have been on a steady weight loss of .2 lbs a day or 1 1/2 lbs per week. I’ll take what I can get! Yesterday, I went to the local Fruit/Veggie Shop and spent 20.00 on a box full of organic goodies! Look forward to the pictures…they are so pretty.
Sometimes when I look in the mirror I say “Wow, I am getting thinner”, but today I questioned my weight loss. I have only lost about 13 lbs now and I do not expect a drastic change in appearance. But, for some reason, I looked the exact same. If not more fat.
Now I know this is probably all in my head, because the scale I am using is being pretty consistent. Perhaps I should start affirmations. That kind of freaks me out though. What do I say? I need help in this department.
Another thing that has been getting to me recently is the FOOD NETWORK. Typically I love watching the shows for food ideas. Along with that, I would eat whatever I saw (that is alot of food to try to imitate). As I write this, the channel is playing in the background. It is the Halloween special with candy and chocolates-all the sweet sugary junk I wish I could have but shouldn’t. I know you are probably thinking, that I should simply change the channel. But I just don’t want to. I need to know all this food is around. What am I the freaking food police?!?
I will not cave, I will not cave…
Know that not only is the TAZO Green Tea really delicious but it is healthy and low on the WW Points scale (especially for Starbucks flavorful coffee drinks).
STATS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Tazo Iced Green Tea: Tall (60 cal/0 g fat/0 g fiber/16 g carbs) 1 WW Points
Tazo Iced Green Tea: Grande (80 cal/0 g fat/0 g fiber/21 g carbs) 1.5 WW Points
Tazo Iced Green Tea: Venti (120 cal/0 g fat/0 g fiber/31 g carbs) 2.5 WW Points
So when my friend chugs down a Grande Hot Chocolate and complains of being too full after (and might I add FULL OF GAS), I have room for my healthy meal after a light refreshing drink. Gotta love that<3
Share your tickers here!
-BB Betty
I did pretty well at my job last night. I took a Diet Coke Plus and sipped on it, so I wouldn’t snack the whole time. This is okay for me, I babysit and store some extra foods there. The shift was only 3-4 hours so I ate my low-cal meal right before. To my delight, I remained food free for that period of time.
So this got me thinking, I love snacking…I love eating! My entire day is based around what I am going to eat next and how many calories/fat/fiber it will add up to. With being on the prowl (for food), I end up eating a pretty good and tasty amount a day that remains under my 24 WWP. It sometimes feels wrong to eat right because I get to eat so much!
My weigh in for the day shows that I am 193. How good it will be to break into the 80’s! I have never seen my weight in the 80’s forever. Today is a good day,
I may bring out my skinny jeans : )
-BB Betty
Okay, I have a small list of things that kind of get to me when I am trying to slim down:
1) Foods that claim to be LOW(ER) FAT, but are stilll really unhealthy
2) Scales the wont stay consistent. Step up…150, Step up (2 seconds later)…182. WHAT?!?
3) Friends who don’t respect the choice to diet. They just want you to go out and eat junk with them.
What are some of your diet “detours” or pet peeves?
Let’s B*tch together!
-BB Betty
For about a week now I have been cutting back on junk food. It seems to be working however, I have never really followed through with any sort of diet plan/ lifestyle change. The reason being the fact that I am highly addicted to flavor. Food flavor stands at the top of the list. Currently, I weigh 205 lbs. and stand at 5 ft. 6 in. . Most of the weight is in my breasts, stomach, thighs and upper arms. I suppose the part that should bother me most is my stomach (and it does every now and then). However, I have learned how to hide it with clothing, making me look rather lean. What I cannot hide is my upper arms. I feel so broad, because my arm fat makes my upper body look large. I can be standing next to someone larger than myself and if we are in front of a upper-body, half mirror i look BIGGER! This bothers me. It also bothers me that during the summer, I can never bring myself to wear tank tops or summer dresses.
I am learning to deal with these psychological/body image issues slowly. My relationship with food is becoming better by the day. It is a difficult journey to lose weight! But it is something that will pay off in the end.
Join me on my journey and we can support each other!!!
UPDATE: I WROTE THIS BLOG ENTRY THIS MORNING BEFORE MY FIRST WEIGHT LOSS WEIGH-IN (WHICH I JUST DID IN THE PM) & AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT CUTTING OUT MY BINGE EATING /BOOZE GUZZLING BAD HABIT IS ALREADY PAYING OFF!!!
WEIGHT GOAL: 30 LBS LIGHTER BY JAN 1 !!!
