So like I mentioned, I will be discussing a few of my dieting "ventures" with you guys!
Diets are such a taboo word! There are millions of them and all give some promise of weight loss or metabolism boost, but the truth is it's all a bunch of shit! It's companies sucking the money out of desperate people, who really do what to change their lives, but go about it all the wrong way!
I think of it as one of those get-rich-quick schemes! You do a diet like Slim-Fast, for example, where you buy the powders, shakes, snacks, and whatever else they "require" you to, then you in fact do lose some weight! But the minute you stop and reintroduce real food... or sometimes, go back to your unhealthy eating habits, you gain it all back! And what have you learned from it all?? That get-skinny-quick schemes are just a bust! Then you find yourself depressed and disappointed all over again. And this time, even with a few more pounds then you had before!
Dr. Berstein's Diet was something I had read about and seen commercials and advertisements for everywhere. I've been lucky in life to not have surrounded myself with people who have made fun of me, put me down, or made me feel less of a person just because I was over-weight. That is until I worked at my first office job ever! My manager was a skinny, mean old bitch who would throw comments out that stabbed me like a knife! Never in my life had I heard someone refer to my ass as it's own serving tray! I was appalled, I was mad, but most of all, I became insecure and sad! How could someone be so mean? But maybe I needed someone to be mean! Maybe people have been too nice to me? Is there such a thing! No one ever told me I was model material! No one told me I was beautiful growing up. My own mom would make me feel small sometimes, but she says that, as my mother, if she wasn't honest with me, who would be! So I got desperate.... I was 22 years old weighing 202 pounds, avoiding cameras, parties, and events where I would have to go out and face the fact that I was now wearing size 16 clothes! So off to my first consult I went at the Dr. Berstein's Diet clinic in Yorkdale mall...........
Enough of that story for today.... I'll continue it tomorrow! Leaves you in suspense eh?! :p
Here's today's (April 6/10) progress report:
Breakfast - instead of my usual 300 calorie latte, I had office coffee with lactose milk and one spoon of sugar! I know this is NOT a breakfast, but last night I ate late (I knoooow, another no-no!) and wasn't hungry this morning! bad bad me! :S
Exercise - went to Spin class today during my lunch break... what a killer! The cords from the stereo had been stolen and there was no music for the class... so for the first 15 mins, we just sat there peddling and waiting! After they found replacement cords, the class started BUT because it was behind, the instructor went full force! Oh man, I've never sweat so fast in so little time! Overall, it was a good, strong class! I worked up an appetite!
Lunch - went to Subway and got myself a 6 inch whole wheat (instead of my usual Italian herb and cheese) turkey breast sub with lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, mustard and light mayo! I guess I could cut the olives and mayo but since breakfast was, well, nothing, I allowed it this time! One thing about the whole wheat bread they use is that it has seeds, and one of them was so hard it nearly broke my tooth! That tooth is still hurting!
Snack - uuuummmm..... nothing yet! I ate at like 2pm and it's holding me up pretty well! I'm sure I'll be munching on something before dinner though!
I said I'd be brutally honest and so I intend to! Come on people! Give me feedback! I don't care if you're mean! I need to hear it!
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