After witnessing my best friend lose 40 pounds from Oct-31 to Dec-31 (yes through the holidays even) I have decided to make an attempt at her diet plan. It is based on the Ideal Protein diet which cleans out your diet completely: meat, eggs, certain vegetables, olive oil & grape seed oil, protein shakes, protein bars and supplements. Period.
There are a lot of NO's on this diet and I have to admit I'm scared about giving up grains, fruit, cheese - even nuts - but I've done a lot of research about this and reading all of the Ideal Protein materials - even a book by the Dr. who created the diet - and knowing that these restrictions are only temporary while losing the weight, not for life. I will be putting myself into a state of Ketosis. (Ketosis causes your body to shift its process of burning energy, with a deficiency of carbohydrates in your diet, your body resorts to fat & proteins to create fuel to burn).
A fear I have for this diet is not being able to say no to temptations. Or being in a situation where there are no allowed foods for me to eat. My friend has been a hermit while doing this diet to prevent cheats, but I don't want to hide. I need to keep my social life, it is good for me. I will just have to be strong and remember that saying 'no' is ok!
I will also continue my workout schedule of 3 days a week (it pretty much sums up my social life), even though the diet says to refrain from exercise, but I just plan to eat an extra protein bar on those days...I love to exercise and feel better about myself when I do it. Besides, I want to be toned when all this weight comes off, not soft.
Knowing that I was about to start this diet, I did not restrict myself from eating all the indulgent foods thru the holidays and topping it off with a full night of drinking for New Year's! Yesterday I weighed 250.8 lbs. (that is up from the 243 I weighed in September after a weight loss challenge). I am currently wearing size 20-22 dress pants, I have two pairs of Vigoss jeans size 24 that I wear and in October I had bought a pair of size 18 skinny jeans from Old Navy that I squeeze into with my tall boots.
We'll see how this goes, I'm actually looking forward to healthy foods. Pretty burnt out on the heavy crap I've been eating lately!
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