MLWF Take 2 Day 4

This is the fourth day in my life without food, this time.

WOW, my fat class teacher was right. It is much harder to go back on the fast once you've tasted the flavors of Mexico, Italy, Memphis and the CA Wine Country (among others).  I am truly taking this one day at a time but damn I'm hungry!

I am very fortunate however, I have the support of my husband, friends and family which is good so everyone will understand my mood swings and over all crankiness!  Sudden bursts of give me a pork chop DAMN IT are understood and we just laugh about them, I mean what else you are going to do.

It would be so helpful if I were one of those people who didn't even think about food. But NO, I think about food all the time, especially when I can't have it.  Sometimes it is a little depressing to have the same thoughts about food at 52 as I did when I was 18, but I was raised on good food and when I say good food I don't mean healthy.

I've never been good at self control (just ask my husband) and apparently it's not something you can learn in life, at least not for me.  I know what and what not to eat but that doesn't stop me.  It's a struggle, but that's just life, if we knew everything we wouldn't be able to say "you learn something new everyday" and I am still learning.

Stay tuned for more food drama!

MLWF Take 2 Day 2

This is day 2 in MLWF Take 2.

So far so good.  They saying once you go off of the fast getting back on it is hard. It is. I made it through day one and in just a little under my 800 calories for the day. I feel pretty good about that. It will take my body a few days to "adjust" to my new nutritional levels, it hasn't figured out that I am starving it yet.

I am only doing this for 6 to 8 weeks, I can do anything for that short period of time.  That's what I am telling myself anyway.

It is amazing that when I am not eating how much I think about food. It's pretty natural I think, you can't do something well if you don't focus on it.  Not cooking or eating does free up a lot of time in my day, now I just need to focus on moving my body and not toward the kitchen.

MLWF Take 2 Day 1

Here I go again.  As I explained last week it's time to do something different. I went on maintenance back in October and while I have maintained mostly, I have lost the additional 30-40 pounds I need to lose.  It's time.

I'm starting my day with a chocolate protein shake, yum yum.  I will be "eating" about 800-1000 calories a day, something I could usually do in one meal under the old out of control plan.  This time I am only signing on for 6-8 weeks unlike the 5 months I did last year.  Let's see what happens.

Losing weight at 52 sucks, I used to be able to drop 10 pounds like that "snapping my fingers" but now it takes work, I'm up for it and you can come along for the ride it you want to. 

This is the same program I did last year so it's medically supervised and I will still be attending "fat class" every week.  I will have help but the work is up to me.  I can do this!

MLWF Again!

I made a decision last week, it's time to go back on the fast.  It works for me.

I started on maintenance back in October and while I have relatively maintained the almost 70 pounds I lost last year you may remember that I had a goal to lose another 30 pounds and that is simply not happening.

This time will be different in that I will only fast for 6 to 8 weeks to jump start the process.  Today I have to go for a "screening" which means blood, pee, EKG and BP check.  Works for me, it's dramatic so I have to be careful.

I am determined to ditch the one piece swimsuit this summer for something a little racier.  Not really, I don't want to scare any of our Palm Springs friends.

Wish me luck and let's hope this goes very quickly.

Thanks for your ongoing support.  I'll keep you updated.