summerglamgirl

Okay, before anyone jumps to any conconclusions, I would like to say I have thought about this long and hard and decided it would be the best thing for me right now.  I have lost 38 pounds since joining this site in January through exercising and eating right.  I am now at the point where I want to enjoy my weightloss and find a balance with the maintaining. 

Every month my weight fluctuates it goes up during a certain time of the month and then back down again, but the amount of pounds I fluctuate has gone up from about 5 pounds to about 8.  That puts me very close to 140 and also makes my clothes really not fit too well.  Also, I went out last week and bought a bunch of size 5 clothes and happily they buttoned easily but, I did not realize that with these fluctuations during the month they get too tight in the back below my butt.  So either I am going to bring them back and trade them for size 7s or do this diet.  Oh, and the other reason is when I was exercising 6 days a week for several months after awhile my skin broke out really bad and I am still recooperating from that so I really do not want to vigourously exercise right now.  Therefore this diet seems most appropriate. It also claims to help clear up the skin.

As long as it is followed correctly it appears quite healthy and is better then straight up fasting. Energy is said to increase.  My plan is to follow it to the tee and even drink the salt water flush in the mornings (yuck).  I will be hoping to stay on it for 10 days.  Tonight I started with the laxative tea.

I will keep everyone posted.  One is expected to lose 2 pounds a day but that is not the goal of this cleanse it is to get rid of all the toxins in your body and cleanse it.

Wish me luck!

Hey,

Well Saturday after shopping for the perfect potted hanging flowers for a few hours in the blistering sun- I got hungry after passing one of my favorite Mexican restaurants… So I decided to make Saturday my “eat anything I want day.”  A few people have mentioned it on this site and in my exercise books as well.  Big mistake because since then I have no will power and I wasn’t able to exercise on Sunday or today so I feel even worse.  I had finally just made it into the 130’s (139 to be exact) and I was so happy now I have taken a step back again. I dare not even get on the scale again–ohh, I have to later I can’t stand the suspense no matter how bad the news!  I know I can get back on track if I just start exercising and drinking my water and eating small low carb meals again.  I am pmsing too so that is probably at the root of this as well.  I just had to put my struggle out there.  I need to get back on the bandwagon and I guess for now I cannot have eat whatever you want days anymore!

I was feeling low yesterday after a smaller the normal binge, so I decided to take a bikini pic to check my progress from 2 months ago.  Well it was quite considerable in my opinion more then I thought.  It did make me feel better.  This pic came with ups and downs, but definitely hard work.  I am still not where I want to be today I weigh in at about 141, but I don’t count my weight until the Saturday weigh in… My goal is 135 so I am about 6 pounds away at this moment… I may decide to go to 130 because I have been there before and looked good, but I will have to make that decision when I reach 135.  This time I have more muscle so 130 maybe too small I’ll just have to see.  I do have alot more ab work… My husband says overall I have lost alot of weight and the top of my abs looks good. That motivates me to want to look better then what I do now… I will show him I can have fully defined abs… I love pilates!!!  Okay, anyone else almost at your goal but find you  sabotage yourself more now???  Hit me up if you are going through that I would appreciate the support.

Well I sabotaged myself again.  I could not make it to the gym because I had to work late and then I figured, “Well, maybe  I should treat myself as I am not going to lose anything today anyway now that I am not going to the gym.” Hence, I ate atleast 3 servings of chips.  They were popped chips from trader joes, nonetheless though detrimental to my much needed weight loss. I am so close but feel so far.  I have about 6 pounds to go, but it is so hard to get there.. Sometimes I think somewhere in my subconcious I actually hold myself back because I think “then what?”  What will I focus on then? Well there is plenty to focus on like six pack abs for those who love pilates like me, but you have to eat clean to achieve that… I just wanted to vent because right now I feel like crying.  I may try to work out on my stationary bike but I don’t know it is almost midnight here and I have to get up at 5:45 am… I was going to post a bikini pic tonight before the binge so I could refer back to in in a month and check my progress, but now I feel bloated.  Maybe I will anyway just to learn from this experience.

Well today I had another session of schlerotherapy done to my right leg.  Schlerotherapy is where they inject a thin needle with a special solution in it into each noticable vein on your legs and try to get the underlying larger ones below the skin’s surface.   The veins generally will disappear after a few weeks.  What sucks is you have to wear tight-assed compression pantyhose after ward even to bed your first day.  Of course today was our first day of 80 degree weather here in CT!

 I had to do it though.  I have been self-consious about my legs for a while and for the last 3 years did not even wear shorts!  I have a hard time even wearing capris so much that I have wore them only 1 time in 3 years.  It is not that my legs are so bad it is just that they have alot of small spider veins scattered all over them and I am very pale so they show up.  Anyway like I said I am very self-consious about them so this was the best thing I could do for myself beside loose weight.  Well I have to use these pantyhose fo the next 3 1/2 weeks and no sun for about 8 weeks on them so some time around mid June.  Well if I get to wear shorts and skirts without pantyhose again from mid June on that will make it all well worth it.  No strenous exercise though for the next 48 hours.  I think I will go to a carnival with the kids this weekend then.

I am very excited and optimistic about getting this procedure done to my legs.  It is a method of injecting a chemical similiar to saline into each spider vein I have on my legs that should help them break down and disappear after a few treatments!  I hope it works as I don’t have large spider veins but just enough to keep me from showing my legs (one of my best features) from showing over the past 3 years.. So although I should probably be nervous I am actually looking forward to getting the process started.  I will need to wear extra tight stockings over the course of the next 10 days - the first night even to bed!  It will take 1-3 treatments at $300.00 a pop (each individual leg)  Only 1 treatment per month.  Well I will let you guys know how it turns out.  I am really excited between my goals to lose weight and get this treatment done.   Wish me luck!

I found out today that the cause of my discomfort was afterall a urinary tract infection.  I am glad it was that -just not so happy about all the blood.  The doctor said when your bladder is inflamed though that is when you have blood in your urine with UTIs… 

 I guess I will wait until this clears before I start my true workouts!  I can’t wait- I looked at a picture of myself today that my son took and I look all puffy in my arms and face.  The picture I have tied to my profile is when I weighed close to 150 so I was 10 pounds lighter…  I can’t wait to get to the gym and really start working this fat!

Hi everyone!  I have lost about 3 1/2 pounds this week just by changing my eating habits, and increasing my level of activity a bit!! Sounds pretty good right.  I was feeling good until Friday - when I felt like I had a kidney stone.  Only thing is I have had them before and this time there was more blood then ever and no constant cramping pain which usually accompanies stones.  I had terrible cramping at the onset of the  pain and when I urinated but then it went away.  Then I had blood and urination urgency now it all seems to be getting better.  That scares me because I don’t think I had a stone and I am not sure if it is an infection or not.  Plus I have this dull feeling in my stomach like it is getting knawed on.  I am eating so I  don’t think it is coming from that. I am going to the doctor’s tommorow and hope to feel better about this then… Well at least I am losing weight… Soon I will be in the 150’s YEA!!