Lowcarb Diva-2

You can do this!

lowcarb diva — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:20:33 +0000

Make a one year plan that you can live with forever.
Break that one year plan down into 2 month plans
Break those 2 month plans down into 2 week plans.

So your plan should look something like this

l. The one year Plan
a.The 2 month plan
b. The 2week plan
c. The 4 days on 2 days off plan
d. The 4 days on 3 days off plan

The year will run from aug 1-2010 to aug 1-2011
The first 2 months
aug1- 2010 to sept 1-2010=1month
From sept 2-2010 to oct 2-2010=2month

zero carb day 8

lowcarb diva — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:17:16 +0000

went off the wagon over the weekend, however I think it is going to take a minute to suddenly go from 50 years of eating one way to another. So i won’t beat myself up over this, as everyday is a challenge and if i fall off, i will just get back up and dust myself off and get right back on the wagon. I decided on a year plan, and it will be broke down into a 6 month plan which will also be broke down into a 3 month plan.

The One year plan is to release 70lbs or more by august 1-2011. The 6 month plan is to release 35lbs or more, and the 3 month plan is to release 17lbs or more. The first 3 months I will eat 650 calories or less and 7 carbs or less. The next 3 months I will eat 520 calories and 3 carbs. The next 3 months I will go back to 650 calories and 7 carbs. I will alternate like this for one year. Then i will come up with a maintenance plan to live by.

day 5 zero carbs

lowcarb diva — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:03:20 +0000

I never realized just how addicted to sugar i really am. It is really hard in the evening time those few hours right before i go to bed. i need to see what i can do to combat the thoughts of sugar that constantly fill my head at that time. i was going to give up the trident gum, but i need something to help me through the rough patches. anyway i am back to 198.6 today.
I will be so glad when i can finally get down to another level like 158.6 or 148.6, now that would be awesome. i know…patience.

day 3 zero carbs

lowcarb diva — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:57:15 +0000

Today I feel really good. I am hitting myself a bit for having to first of all re-loose the 25lbs I lost in December 09 and gained back over the past 7 months. But enough of that. I know i have to make this a way of life. I know i can do it and I know i will be where i want to be in time.

I wish i could fast forward and just be thin(138lbs)- but i must go through the process. I went shopping today and bought a lot of meat. i am not hungry yet so i won’t eat until i am. I need to get over the habit of just shoveling food into my mouth just because. I need to continually remind myself that food is just fuel and nothing more. Over all i feel good.

Day 2 zero carbs

lowcarb diva — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:45:55 +0000

I ended up having a night cap last night. lol. But there is no more wine in the house and I don’t plan to buy any more until i get the weight off. I decided to also use the eat stop eat fasting plan. So this morning no breakfast, and i didn’t miss it. i do find that i am not hungry but i miss putting shoving food into my mouth, that’s strange, but true. Over all doing good. i refuse to get on the scale right now. I don’t want to complicate this process with that right now.

Day one zero carbs

lowcarb diva — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:03:00 +0000

I seem to do really good until around 6pm and then I started to drink champagne.

I know that is probably going to be the hardest part for me, giving up the nightcaps.

But I am determined to do this. The good thing is that I am not hungry at all.

I love feeling full and empty at the same time. It’s wonderful.

zero carbs lifestyle

lowcarb diva — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:54:52 +0000

Lately I have not been releasing any weight I am a bit disappointed with myself but i am still determined. lately i have been feeling like i should be doing a zero carb lifestyle for a while and see how that works for me. So today I am going to begin just meat,fat and water. And try not to drink any zero cokes. I need to give up the coffee also but over all this is still trial and error for me. so zero carbs it is!

Breakfast= coffee with 3 splendor and heavy cream

Lunch= 3oz hamburger with 2 slices of bacon=337 cals–29fat-18protein-0carbs

Dinner=

Get the water in!

lowcarb diva — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:03:19 +0000

Grab a water bottle and go to it!

Water is the first action that directly influences your shape and your health.
To become properly hydrated the average person needs to drink more than 60 ounces of water a day. You are probably thinking that if you drank that much water you would go to the bathroom 35 times a day and would never get anything done. There is some truth to the humor. The first week or so of drinking that much water you will go to the bathroom much more frequently, but your body is also processing a lot more toxins and waste out of the body that it couldn’t before. After about a week of living in the bathroom, your gradients will balance out and you will be back to your normal bathroom routine while still drinking the increased amount of water.

For those of you reading that loose your water while exercising not only do you need to increase your water intake to match your sweat output, but you also have to increase your sodium and potassium intake as well. Whenever you sweat you will loose sodium in the sweat (thats why it tastes salty,) and due to the lose of sodium your body will excrete more potassium in your urine. So therefore it is important whenever you are doing a lot of sweating that you not only increase your water intake, but also your sodium and potassium.

Remember, your body is a giant sack of water. What happens when the sack gets a hole in it? It leaks of course!

thought of the day

lowcarb diva — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:48:23 +0000

Create a calorie deficit with a good diet and physical activity

Increase your meal frequency and eat smaller meals

Start strength training – gaining lean muscle mass helps burn more fat in the long run

Drink more water – studies have found that increasing water consumption increases weight loss

Increase protein intake

Cut down on alcohol

Reduce your level of stress – there are numerous studies that link chronic stress to obesity

eat the fat but avoid eating transfatty foods

Understand that you cannot spot reduce – hence you cannot specifically target to lose belly fat, but must achieve that goal through losing overall body fat

Train using shorter, high intensity cardio workouts.

Reasoning with myself

lowcarb diva — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:09:12 +0000

Hubby and I went out and looked at some new appliances today. On the way back we stopped at the quick trip to get some gas and I could hear the donuts calling me inside. I almost went in, then I caught myself and decided to stay in the car.

I reminded myself, I reasoned with myself.. If I could just make it home soon and get to my salad I would be fine. Then I remembered the zero coke I had in the car, quickly I drank two swallows from the can, and that took care of me until i got home. I fixed myself a nice chicken and romaine salad with mayo and cream cheese dressing. So glad I stayed in the car.