OK. So...
I have been on a diet now for about three weeks. The Corndog is doing it with me, so that helps a lot. We signed up at one of those Quick Weight Loss center places, so we are on a regimented diet with proportions of proteins, carbs, sugars, fats, etc., with a lot of supplements and vitamins.
I didn't want to say anything on here, in case I did not stick with it - OH, the mockery. But now I think I can share...
FACT: I am voluptous and curvey and Rubenesque and trust me, I LOVE my curves. I was a size 6 when I finished Auburn, and my hip bones and ribs were showing and I looked anorexic and unhealthy. I am a natural size 10-12 and proud of it.
But the last time any of you saw me was probably at the FAU game last year - and I was not looking my best. That was the heaviest I had been since I was preggers with Spencer and I felt as bad as I looked.
But then we moved into the new house, and the stress of moving and kids changing schools and the holidays all rolled up on me, and kicked my ass. So I lost ten pounds on my own.
But I couldn't get it to go any further, so I started the diet - and now I am down ten more pounds in four weeks, and that four weeks includes a week of vacation that involved a wine dinner at Commanders Palace in NOLA, beignets at Cafe Du Monde, lots of alcohol and more than one meal of fried seafood on the Gulf Coast.
So 20 pounds down total since December.
The best I think I have looked in recent memory was in 2009 right after my boob job. (Several of you will recall the infamous moment at the tailgate...) OBVIOUSLY I felt very good about myself at that point. And I say that to say this: if I lose 8 more pounds from where I am today, I will weigh exactly what I did at that 2009 point, post surgery.
My goal right now is to lose 20 more, just for a cushion against the inevitable regaining, but ANYTHING beyond the next 8 is total lagniappe - just bonus. My schedule is to be at my goal by the TAMU game, but I hope it will be noticeable at the Corndog game in a few weeks.
It is very difficult - I am SO over the boring ass shit I am having to eat, and am hating having to take all the fucking supplements all the damn time. I had to give up my SONIC Diet Dr. Pepper, which is why their stock has tanked in the past few weeks. I drink so much water and Crystal Light that I am in the potty every half hour.
But it is working - it is very nice to step on the scale and see yet another number drop off almost daily. The gratification of watching the numbers get smaller is enough to make me keep on keeping on. For now at least.
So, add me to the list of folks needing support to stick with it.
**SIGH**
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