U Guys R Rockstars!!!
First, thanks so much for the Fat Gram help…I also spoke with my friend who used to be a trainer, and after he berated me for several moments about how I am NOT eating enough calories, based on his feedback and yours, I feel I will be fine if I stay between 20-25 grams of fat per day…
He wants me to increase my calories up to 14-1500 though. And I gotta tell ya…I feel odd about that…I have been at 1200 calories for so long, but he thinks thats why my weight loss has slowed…
Anyway, a few of you asked about the book I am reading and its called THE OMNIVORES DELIMA-A Natural History of Four Meals…AWESOME book, and I doubt you will ever look at food the same again…
http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/ref=pd_bbs_1/105-4542531-3665249?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202390391&sr=8-1
Other then that. I feel really good on this new plan. The newness and challenges of it all have kept me thinking, and reading labels again. More aware of whats going in my mouth. I dont know if I will stay on it forever, but this is DEFINITELY the kick start I was needing…
Thanks for the feed back on the Organic and Vegetarian. These are still avenues I am going to explore this year…
Now…On to my buddy Jo’s blog…(Sorry Jo!!)
I read it with great intrest today. For yes, I remember reading a similar one last year…
And I just wanted to throw my two cents in…
You all can disagree with me, for sure, but I truly think when a women hits her 30’s, her brain truly wacks out a bit…
This can manifest in many ways, but the underlying theme seems to be “Where did I go??” The me before I was a wife, mother, friend, (Insert other titles here)…
I honestly have gone through this in the last two years…
This is the number one reason my marriage is now over. (For those who dont know, my dissolution will be final on April 2nd)
I am a big embracer of doing things that scare you. To try DAILY to become the person you WANT to be…You will fail. Often. But you must keep trying…
I truly have no idea some days how I ended up here…At this precise point in my life…
How did I go from fat and happily married, to thinner, and unhappily married…And a whole ton of things in between…
I think on this daily, and really have no answers except this…
I have been restless, and discontent for many years. While nothing outstanding is wrong with my life or my husband, it is just no longer the life that fits me…I no longer want the same things that I did when I was 21…And I think thats okay!!!
You can call me selfish. You can call me stupid. For I have heard it all…Trust me…
I am walking away from a pretty decent life, to embrace the uknown. And yes, I am scared as hell…
But to not even try? Thats just not my style. I may VERY WELL fall flat on my face…I may very well regret ever making half the decisions I made this year…
But, when I wade through the fear. And the guilt. And the insults. I am left with the feeling that to stay in this life my sould would slowly die…
And a dead soul is a sad thing indeed…
So Jo, I say to you, you do not need to do anything drastic…But why not start, little by little, living the live YOU want (And deserve) to live???
Rock on buddies…I will check back later in the week to tell you about my first week of low fatness…TOM is here and I will NOT weigh in while he is here…
Damn him. His timing sucks!
Good luck with weigh in! And kudos to you for following your heart!
The year I turned 40 I left what many saw as a perfectly good marriage, and a good husband. I felt like I was waiting to die. I knew I couldn’t live like that anymore. My husband at the time told me no one else would want me because of my size. I was a big woman then….still am , but shrinking. Shortly after I met a wonderful man that I had the good sense to marry after a long , long courtship… I have had the happiest 10 years of my life. Listen to your heart. It will tell you the truth. Congrats on having the courage to set a new course. I know you’ll thrive! You go girl !
Ok…all I have to say is wow. I’m pretty speechless….I need to think…