Keep Trying Until You Get It Right!

Lately I've found a common thread to my weight gain of five pounds. SUGAR!  Yes, it's slipping in through the crevices of the damn I've built over the past 33 weeks.  I've  put one finger in the spot to plug it up!   My brain is the plug, it screams,  STOP, SUGAR,  but lately my fingers reach for it, and my hands are in control .   I've been ordering non sweetened ice tea from Mac Donald's on my morning breaks, but now a few Carmel Lattes are seeping into my morning routine.   Diet Soda and my favorite Dr. Pepper have been a thing of the past for months now,  but  these too are gradually making their way into my hands when I get to the  movie theater. Even while watching the latest Jennifer Aniston's  flick,  I'm watching her and I'm a little envious, okay a lot envious!  Her  physical beauty radiates health,  and she is in the best shape of her life from all appearances.  I am thinking these thoughts while watching her on the big screen, and  drinking my Diet Soda, and the scale continues to creep back up.   I rationalize it by saying to myself, "it's only Diet Pepsi", but I know better.  It's not that it has ZERO calories in it, and no sugar either, but it's the fact that my brain is screaming out, WHAT - THIS STUFF IS POISON!  It has very bad chemicals in it, and absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever.  Why are you putting it back into your body?   Knock, knock, anybody home!

I've learned a big lesson here, it's to obey my mind, and keep my hands in my pockets.

 I suppose I've been over eating again as well, but not so much  with  bad foods, more BFC than anything else, but just a few minor  miscalculations, and the scale continues to rise.   I  have  proven  to myself that I can  lose 2 lb. a week without much effort, and sacrifice when I'm not fudging  it.  It's been fairly easy up to this point,  but what has changed my efforts?   It's the little things that disrupt my good eating habits, and throw me into  tail spins each time.  I start to have success and then fall flat on my face.  My girls (you) always say, we can do this, just pick yourself up, and dust yourself off, and continue on.   I agree whole heartily Sisters!  Your words stick with me, and stay in my heart, and that's what I am trying to do, again and again.  I will keep trying until I get it right, even if I am a slow learner, and I hit a few bumps along the way. Tomorrow is a new day!

Didn't Drop Off The Face Of The Earth

This computer chair has been my butt's best friend for over a  few weeks now as  I arrive home from work and begin searching  the  car adds on  Craigslist, and other search engines for hours.  Today my husband and I spent the whole day test driving Pre-owned vehicles all over this frigging island, and  drove back to our home more confused than ever.  He started out liking the Mini Coopers, and this phantom,  silver Honda 2000s that sounds like a pretty good deal,  but I'm not even sure the women who advertised it, still owns it.  I on the other hand,  am  leaning towards getting a Toyota Rav4, or a Convertible Volkswagen.   So you can see where this is going... we rarely agree on anything.  If we lived in Honolulu  I know we'd be driving around in a Pre-owned vehicle by now since they have so many car lots, and that island is more populated. I've found so many great deals in their adds already, but arranging shipping, and flying over takes time I just don't have.    Maui cars have high mileage, and today at one car dealer, I  saw a rear bumper with at least six bullet holes  in it.  That car must have been purchased  from the  Los Angeles Auctions!

We are still sharing one ride, and sorting through our appointment times, and work schedules, and it has been a little nerve racking getting the car back so the other one can drive off again.  I've packed on  five pounds, due to having  this chair stuck to my behind for over the past few weeks, as  I search for the best ride, the best mileage, the biggest bang for our buck, as  my little dogs continue to chew their  Nyla bones below,  waiting for the day they will get to go  for a walk up the hill.   Tomorrow is Sunday, and we are going out again to see a few more cars, Yippee!  BTW:  All you girls look terrific who are sticking with the BFC lifestyle, and not fudging over the fudge.  Good Night Moon!

The Second Time Is Better

My first attempt to try the Women Over 40 Menu for one week  began on the the 18th of January and ended seven days later.   I celebrated a two pound loss.   By February 1st I stepped out of bed and onto the scale and weighed  169.4.  OUCH!  A gain of  4 pounds in  six days, is this possible?  Apparently so, and so ends my depressing month of January!   I could say, another New Years resolutions winds up in the trash, but then I'd be telling a little white lie, because I know better than to make a N.Y. resolution.   Remember when I said I was going to keep it simple stupid (KISS), and I went back to the basics with this menu, that just so happens to work for me.  It's so simple a caveman can do it.  No offense to cavemen if you happen to read blogs and all.  So a second attempt is made, just like I've made the attempt to be funny, and in case my little joke doesn't go over well,  I'm sorry.  In any case just laugh anyway because it does the body good!  I'm going to practice what I preach for this month of February since January was not so red hot and I didn't laugh much. 

Now my second attempt begins  on February 1.  Following the Jorge Cruise's menu for Women Over 40 again.   My start weigh is  169.4,  and  seven days have passed and  I am again seeing a nicer number on the scale of 167.6.  BREAKTHROUGH!  Dance, Dance, Dance...   Another loss of 2 pounds, and still I am not at my lowest weight since I began the BFC.   The only difference now is  I have more confidence to follow the path of least resistance;  a simple menu plan with a few tweaks here and there,  and a few BFC friendly additions.  Keeping the very basic BFC nature in it works!  It's easy to follow, and hopefully next week I can say I lost those "two rebounding pounds"!  I am ready to take a new step into  The Land Forgotten!  I hope I remember what curves feel like once I travel that far in.  What's it going to feel like to have a flat tummy Oh My!

Rollercoasters Can Be Fun, But Not In The Weight Department.

My weight loss adventure over this past month of January, feels like I'd stayed too long on a roller coaster ride, as I take one foot out, and gradually climb from  the seat.  The first week I'd lost about  two pounds, and it was done quite effortlessly.   The second week I'd gain back those two I'd lost the previous week, and that was done quite effortlessly too.  My birthdays in March and I am still not close to the weight I was reaching for,  even though I began to get serious about losing my "obese" self  this past July 1.  I have the opportunity to lose 2 lb. a week, but can I stay consistent with those numbers?  I'm rather weak when it comes to turning down a carrot cake, or other temptations.   I just seem to justify the moment and say , I will eat this now, and then do great the rest of the day; and  for the most part I do.    Maybe for some people who have a faster metabolism than I do, this method  works  for them.  In my case, I look at a slice of carrot cake, inhale it, and  spend the next two to three weeks treading over the same ground I  already covered  before with hard work.

I know I can do it because when I am really trying and logging what I consume,  I'm losing two pounds in four days,  without  exercise while working full time.    For example I ate the following items this past four days:

Breakfast:   Coffee with cream.  Bacon egg chibata or a hard boiled egg, or a Bacon Avocado Omelet w/tst.

Lunch:  Chili, with a salad or Chix Sandwich with lettuce.  Dinner:  Salad with chix or hard boiled egg or bacon, crumbled blue cheese, 2tsp flax oil, and 1/2 squeezed fresh lemon. Purple sweet potato, whipped with coconut milk (my ice cream).  Snacks were either  a handful of Mac Nuts, or Almonds, or  tbs. of Almond butter, or tortilla chips. So this is what works for me  if  I want to lose my stubborn, two pounds a week.         On the other hand my  two or even three pounds begin to come right back on so quickly, when I begin to spin out of control in just over a weekend or two, by eating  a hearty breakfast of  my favorite  French Toast stuffed with Mango or Lilikoi cream cheese stuffing, or  pancake's with mac nuts & coconut syrup, or during the week I get back into my old habit of having a Carmel  Frappe from Starbucks.  All loaded with two common elements  sugar, and carbs.   If you wonder why you aren't losing weight,  it is best to write down  all the foods and drinks you consume throughout the day.  I use a calender with big enough spaces to write in daily, usually it's set by my nightstand and I jot down things from the day.  This way I can clearly see why I've gained.   We have these wonderful bodies, and  we need to  treat them  right, even if in the past we've been  rough on them.  I  am in search of  the  wisdom, and guidance to  treat mine as well as I can inch by inch!  Today I'm stepping off this roller coaster ride I've been stuck on, and seeking the path I know in my heart to be the right one!   Here's to a better ride ladies!