The purpose of this blog is to let everyone have a little insight to someone’s weight loss journey. I understand that my approach, my diet, or my writing style may not tickle your fancy and that’s fine. I hope you find something/someone you can relate to.

I’m 42 years old. In my first post I mentioned I’ve been dieting since I was 7. My first diet came from my pediatrician and was a generous 800 calories per day. 800 calories, are you kidding me?? I lasted three days. Even my mother agreed that it was too restrictive. Looking back, I should have know something was up when the doctor had a tear-pad book of this diet in his exam room. Oh hell, I was 7, what did I know? So began my journey with TOPS, Weight Watchers, fat camp, low carb diets, low fat diets, grapefruit diet, liquid diets, SlimFast, soup diets, and finally gastric bypass. (I’m sure I’ve missed other diets along the way)

In my adult life I’ve ranged from 184 pounds to 360+ pounds (tight size 32). I was 294 when I had the surgery. Do I regret it? No, not at all. It’s given me an appreciation for what still can be. Now, before you criticize or cajole me for gaining the weight back, understand that it happens. I just didn’t think it would happen to me. That’s actually how I came to select the program that I’m on now.
The author refers to people with Metabolism B. These are people that cannot lose weight on conventional diets. That would be me, I think. Most recently I’ve tried WW again, stayed on track (to the tee) and gained 4 pounds. C’mon, how can that be? So I took a two week break and tried again. I stayed within my points, ate healthy, measured my food, walked nearly every day and stayed the same. What the….???!?! In the past year I’ve done WW three times, some diets I found in Woman’s World magazine, and calorie counting.

One day, I’m on AOL and I read some information about the Metabolism Miracle. I read about Metabolism B and it was nearly 100% me. I felt I gave a fair assessment since my last attempt at WW was just two weeks before. I went out that evening and purchased the book. I started reading it immediately. Did I say reading? Perhaps that is an overstatement. I read enough to get started. Wrong approach, I know, but I’m a bit impatient. I’ve been reading as I go along.

For someone with Metabolism B it’s important to understand that your liver and pancreas are taxed. One result is blood sugar out of control. It’s also important to understand that by initially restricting carbs it’s allowing your pancreas and liver to rest a little. Try to think of it as a reset button. I have my reset button pressed and working for the best!

Speaking of blood sugar, my indulgences are York Peppermint Patties (cool on WW since they’re lowfat and only 140 calories) and Cheetos. I used to purchase the individual serving bags of Cheetos to help with portion control and yes I only ate one. I really thought I would miss them. And at day four, surprisingly I don’t. You don’t understand how happy that makes me!!
It’s still to early to recognize other changes that are taking place, but I’m watching carefully!

 Okay, so the bad is out of the way-now for the good.  My hunger has been contained today.  To say I’m amazed is an understatement.  I started my day with garden omlet (2 eggs, green peppers, onion, mushrooms and a smidge of cheese) and three slices of turkey bacon.  I had a slice of reduced Lorraine Swiss cheese for a snack, 3 oz baked chicken and 1 c. of broccoli for lunch.  I’m trying to eat a taco salad for dinner (lettuce, ground beef, green peppers, onions) but I feel full.   It’s been about 5 hours since I ate lunch, so I don’t understand where the fullness is coming from.   I’ve set the salad aside, I’ll try again later.   I have a tough time with digesting chicken, so I’m not sure if that’s the problem.  

I managed to get in a 45 minute walk.  It felt to get out and move.  I grabbed my mp3 player, laced up my running shoes and hit the road.  I live along a well traveled road and I wonder what people think when they see my chunky booty motoring along.  I would hope the thought is something along the lines of “Great, she’s getting some exercise.  Good job”  But I fear it’s something to the effect of “Oh my, I didn’t realize they made spandex capris in her size!”  I shouldn’t care, but I do.     I’ll switch back to my early morning walks in the coming weeks. 

All in all, I feel pretty good.  I’ve not experienced any of the brain fog or cravings that come with weaning yourself off of processed foods.  I need to get 2-3 more glasses of water in before the day ends.
Here’s a link to the author. I’m not able to answer any questions about the diet since I am still new at it.