Day Eight

Hi to all my friends and family and anyone else who is reading this!!!

I have not written for a few days but I am back now.

First thing I want to mention is that I will hopefully be speaking to a dietician soon and I am hoping that she can set me on the right track. I have to fill out a paper and "honestly" list everything I eat for the next four days. HMMM when you start listing everything you eat, it gets SCARRRY.

I am amazed at how much calories, fat and sodium goes into my body. It's not worth it anymore, for those few minutes that you feel satisfied, you are losing sooo much.

Today I did pretty well, I had 2 packages of oatmeal for breakfast (one regular and one Maple Brown sugar). I had pasta that was cooked with a little bit of olive oil and soya sauce. I had a bottle and half of water with one package of crystal light singles and a can of diet coke. I also had about 3/4 of a bag of light popcorn.

For supper, I made a steak, I cooked with a tbsp of olive oil and stirfried green peppers and mushrooms. I have not drank any soda tonight which is a BIG step for me, since I used to drink about a liter of diet soda every night. I may still have a cup before the night is over... I won't lie

Well have a good night and leave me comments, it helps to know people are reading!!

Day Three - Afternoon

I'm so dying to have another soda, a bag of chips or some chocolate. This is so so so hard!!

Day 3 - Lunch

So I have decided to document my successes and failures as they come and today during Lunch, I had one of each.

At my work there was a fundraiser going on and they were selling a pannini lunch. I opted for the sandwich with no mayo (good) and unfortunately I took a dessert (bad) and a diet pepsi (I am putting bad because I did not drink my bottle of water yet and I am drinking my diet pepsi).

However, I was eating my sandwich looking at that baklava, dripping with honey and I said NO, if I start to give in so early I will fail this journey before I even start. I gave my dessert to a co-worker. It was hard for me to see him take a bite and close his eyes as he nodded to the delicious taste. But I do feel good that I had the will to give it to him and resist that temptation.

Day Two

Today was the first day of my diet and it was not easy. Everywhere I turned there were temptations. I was walking home and saw the Mont-Royal Hot Dog restaurant sign and all I wanted was some Mexican pizza. I resisted!!

I also had to pick up the chocolates for my company's Christmas party, which was hard. Here I am, a huge choco-a-holic and I am sitting here at home with a ton of Lindt chocolate. I am resisting.

This is not easy, but I'm glad that I have the support of my friends and family!

My friend sent me a Chinese proverb that said "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". I am on that journey and this is my single step.

Day One

Hello World!!

I woke up this morning and it was like a light went off in my head. I am a 30 year old woman, and I am extremely overweight. Now is not the time to sugar coat things, I am not voluptious or chunky I AM FAT.

I have decided to change my life, I will start my diet tomorrow. So not to give up on this important and essential journey I have started this blog. I need your help, please don't let me give up.

I am 5 feet 6 inches and I weigh 295 pounds.

My goal is to lose 115 pounds (a whole other person), but more than that it is to become healthier.

See you tomorrow!!