IT ENDS NOW! Today is the day everything is going to change. Although I have said this before (countless times) I feel determined as hell, and I'm going into this with a whole new attitude. So, I suppose this marks the beginning of my journey. I don't know if anyone will EVER read this, in fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if no one ever did. I've never owned a blog, so I really don't see how I would acquire readers; however, even if this is just for me, I still think it seems like a fairly therapeutic thing to do. There's something empowering about writing down your thoughts, don't you think?
I know what you're thinking. I'm 19, how hard can it really be, right? I wish that were true! I don't necessarily consider myself "obese," but people all have different opinions about that I suppose. My friends tell me "You carry your weight so well though" or "It's just because you have muscle", but frankly I'm tired of people making excuses for me. I am overweight, plain and simple. It's never been easy for me to lose weight, all through high school I was always just a little bigger than all of my friends, and let me tell you it does get to you after a while. Especially when you’re on a competitive soccer team and still somehow can't lose that chub. After I broke my foot a couple years back I was forced to quit soccer, and after that I guess I got so discouraged I started to give up. Long story short, I gained a little over 30 pounds in the last 2 years. And here I am now!
I've tried just about every diet in the book it seems like, but only two have really worked. The flat belly diet actually worked quite well, I lost about ten pounds. Unfortunately, the food was so expensive I couldn't keep with it. The second diet is Medifast, which worked incredibly (lost 14 pounds!) but I love cooking far too much to eat dehydrated soup, powdered eggs, shakes, meal bars, and other dehydrated cardboard-like foods on a continual basis. My mom and I are always looking for new programs, and recently my mom started doing the HGC diet. It's been about 2 and a half months and already she's lost over 20 pounds! This is the first thing that has really worked for her, and so I've decided I'm going to give it a shot.
So, HGC...What is it? Basically, it's a combination of a supplement, two nutritional meal replacement shakes daily, and meals composed of lean protein, vegetables, and fruit. These supplements are completely safe (I'm somewhat of a natural person; I wouldn't be taking it if it were one of those crazy diet pills you see on info-mercials). I think that I can really be successful with this diet because it’s so vague, protein-veggies-fruit. Not hard to find on the go, or at a restaurant, and if you plan ahead you can make meals in like ten minutes. Perfect for my full-time college student part-time working life!
In addition to all this lovely stuff I have written above, I will be...
a. Drinking half my weight (in oz.) of water per day. This is 95 oz for me, which will be a challenge in itself…I swear I never realize I’m dehydrated until I go out to eat and chug like 50 glasses of water.
b. Walking at least 20 minutes daily.
I know, I know... challenge b doesn't sound very challenging, eh? Well. For someone who literally has not exercised consistently for the last couple years, starting small is what you got to do!
Did I mention I'm also not allowed to consume alcohol on this diet? That's, kind of a drag...No partying for this kid. But, it'll be worth it this summer when I'm looking sexy, right?
:) Here we go...
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