Ohhhh Yeah

286

Pounds, that is.

I weigh 286 pounds.

Now, 306 was my all time high. And 160 was my post-college low.

But seriously, 286. Who WEIGHS that much???

Oh wait. I do. Me. 286.

My huge stomach is like a suitcase I carry around everywhere. It's heavy. Stairs are hard now. I'm on blood pressure medicine. It's hard to get up from chairs. Yes, rising from a chair is hard for someone who weighs 286 and has a stomach like a suitcase - a big soft squishy suitcase.

I've become that hugely obese middle-aged woman, that Gilbert Grape mom, that poor white Appalachian stereotype, that lives-for-food sad sack of a droopy blobby woman.

New habit #1: I am going to post my weight every day and if I don't have access to a scale that day, I will post my old weight. Every day, I will be accountable to this computer, this blog. In this way I am forcing myself to at the very least FACE THIS daily.

3/16-17/10 Low Carb Menu

3/17/10

Gosh, it's been a while since posted. And it's been a while since I've been consistent on my low carb plan. But I went to the gym today. Second day in a row. Treadmill. 5am.

Breakfast: Coffee protein shake (1 T instant coffee powder, 1 T splenda, 1 Tff/sf white chocolate pudding mix, 1.5 cups skim milk, 1/2 scoop whey protein powder)

Lunch: 5 slices of bacon, 1.5 slices of american cheese, 1T mayo, low carb wrap, 1/2 cucumber, 1 piece of celery, 2T hummus

Dinner: Cheese and pepperoni and sauce from 1/2 of a large pizza

3/16/10
Breakfast: Coffee protein shake

Lunch: Tuna salad in a low carb wrap with swiss cheese

Dinner: Salad of Romaine, celery, cheese, cucumbers, roasted chicken with blue cheese dressing

Snack: 1 apple with swiss cheese

Hm. I seem to eat a lot of cheese.

6/10/09 Low Carb Menu

Breakfast: Banana, low carb latte

Lunch: Low carb white pizza (low carb tortilla, mozzarella cheese, goat cheese, pesto)

             Red pear

Snack: 2 slices swiss cheese

Dinner:  Salad - chicken breast, romaine, celery, gruyere cheese, caesar dressing

1/2 of a diet coke and jack daniels with lime

The banana at breakfast - I've started exercising again and I know you should eat something higher in carbs after working out. I need to find something that sort of fits the 4:1 ratio of carbs to protein that is recommended. I am trying to stay away from my former post-workout breakfast - toast and peanut butter - because peanut butter can be a trigger food for me.

Low Carb Life

So it's been several months now and I've been doing the low-carb thing. Its working. I feel less sluggish, happier and best of all I've lost over 30 pounds. I've been reading low-carb blogs online and the daily menus really help me figure out what to eat, so I thought I'd start recording my own meals once in a while.  I drink water all day long.

Today

One-egg omelette with swiss cheese

Latte

Low carb pizza (low carb wrap, sauce, cheese, turkey pepperoni, pesto)

Pear

Chicken breast

Strawberries and whipped cream with Splenda

Diet coke with slice of lime

Notice the lack of veggies today? Just lazy.

Driving home one day...

...I saw this. Of course I had to stop my car and take a quick photo. 

It looks like this stuffed animal is "doing" the mailbox, doesn't it?

 

This photo needs a caption!

The term "jerk" comes to mind...

According to rawstory.com, (http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html) in an exerpt from John Schecter's book, The Real McCain:


"Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days."