And away we go

Ok, so I started my diet yesterday. I weighed in at a whopping 205.3. I'd like to justify it by saying I'm 6 feet tall, but it's still alot to weigh even at that height. I am approaching my diet the first week with a low carb approach to try to flush the carbs out of my system. The idea being that muscle tissue stores glucose, and those reserves need to be depleted before the body burns fat. I think it takes 72 hours to deplete those reserves, but I'm not 100% sure on the timing. The trick is, when your body starts to burn fat, to give it just enough carbs so it doesn't go into famine mode and try to slow metabolism.

I should probably set goals for myself so I can guage my success (or lack there of, if the case may be). Long term goal: to get to 175 lbs. That's the weight I was in highschool, which I wasn't particularly skinny nor fat, so a reasonable weight to be after having 2 kids. The skinniest I've ever been has been 155, and that was after I was sick for 3 months (I did look good, though, despite the pasty complexion). Short Term, to get to 190 by the end of the year after holidays, etc. I weighed myself this morning, and amazingly enough, I lost 2.5 pounds in 1 day. Probably that was all water; I was peeing all day and night.

I went to my MOPS meeting, and I actually did not partake in any of the baked goodies (Oh they looked so goooood..). But today, while Rory was at preschool and Ruthy was napping, I had a cup of coffee and a piece of the pumpkin bread I baked for the meeting. I knew I shouldn't have done it. I'll do better next day.

I really hope this blog doesn't turn into an account of my lack of will power.