Better 4 1/2 Months late than never

Ronnie started his New Years Diet yesterday. Finally! He and several friends put $300 each into a pool and have given them selves until September 1st to loose weight. They all weighed in and the one who loses the most wins the $2,400 pot. Ronnie was the fattest at 268 pounds, so we'll track it and see how well he does. Remember, last year, he lost 40 pounds in 75 days by becoming alkaline with alkaline water and alkaline foods.

He's pulled me off my diet many times in the last months by bringing home pizza and ice cream. Usually I resist, but too often, maybe one if four times, I don't. That has kept my weight hovering right around the same mark for a while now. I weighed in yesterday at 157.4, exactly the same as last week and only one ounce less than two weeks ago. Let's see how we do with eating right.

weighing in

Sorry I didn't get around to posting earlier in the week, I've been working 14 hour days. I only lost one ounce last week. Made it down to 157.4 pounds. Seem to be going around in a loop in that area. I've increased my walks to 5-6 days a week for 30 minutes each. I'm really enjoy extra energy, as yesterday I worked a very full day on 3 1/2 hours sleep. Other days I've gotten 4-41/2 hours of sleep. Personally I prefer more and was grateful for the 7 hours I got last night. But I've decided that rather than waking up and tossing and turning, I go a head and get up and start working. I'm not trying to get up and work at 3 am, but if I'm awake, why not work?

ARRRRRRRRRRRR 3.24.08 Weigh in

My weight has yo-yoed all weekend. I was down to 154 last Thursday and up to 155.1 a couple of days ago.
So just imagine my disgust as I weighted in this morning at 157.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am wearing sweats and long sleeves but come on. I ate about 5 pieces of bread over the weekend and 3 pieces of cherry pie, so clearly flour and sugar have had their way with me. Boy am I bummed. I was so glad after 3 months of dieting to finally have broken the 10 pound mark and then here I am, just heart broken. Well the, back to work at being serious about this. The amazing thing is that you will quickly see that when ever Ronnie gets around to joining me on this, he will lose 10 pounds in about 14 days and keep it off instead of my 14 weeks and yo-yoing!

Action equals results

Though you are not yet sure exactly how you will finish, go ahead and get started. Even the smallest amount of progress can motivate you to keep going. The big achievements begin with small achievements and the small achievements come from making the initial effort.No matter where you intend to go, there is always a first step to be taken. Take that first step now. Nothing can equal the sense of accomplishment that comes from getting results. Though it's great to have faith that you can do it, it's even better when you know from your own experience. Action is what will transform your faith, your hopes, your best intentions into real and undeniable results and now is the time to act.Take that first step, keep on going and don't look back. You can do it, when you decide that you will.

I weighed in at 156.5 this morning. Down about half a pound from last week. I've been walking for 30 minutes almost every day. My results have been very slow but at least are still moving in the right direction which right now is DOWN.

3.10.08 weigh in

Well I lost 2 1/2 pounds this week, although I seem to have lost and gained that same weight several times. I am now at 157.01 and am diligently working to lose more. For those of you wondering what happened to Ronnie, he literary dieted 4 days and quit!

March 3rd weigh in Results

Weighed in at 159.5 which is a 15 ounce loss.
I'm still discouraged with my results and have ramped up my exercise somewhat, but it's still mild exercise. I had lunch with a friend last week who asked me if I had measured myself since I'd started this plan. The answer was no, but it got me to thinking about a woman that I once met at a gym. This woman ran on the treadmill for 45 minutes at a time. Something I still couldn't do today, and she was in her late 40's early 50's. One day in conversation she told me that she hadn't lost a pound since she'd started working our 9 months before but that her body had totally been reshaped and that she was very happy with the results. I was very discouraged about that as I want to LOSE weight. In her case I know that we can over exercise which causes our body to become acidic with blocks weight loss.

Anyway, all that to say that I cam home and measured my waste and belly and found that I had lost a full inch off of each! I am VERY happy about that and bought some new clothes to celebrate..

Raw Benefits for Diabetics

When I stated to try and change my eating, my intention was to eat more raw food than I have been. I just read a repot in The Feb.2008 readers digest that talks about a new movie coming out called Raw for 30 days. In the movie, Diabetics eat a raw vegan lifestyle for 30 days, lose an average of 25 pounds and are able to go off insulin. This is because their bodies become alkaline in the process of this kind of eating. Which is another reason that I recommend alkaline water to everyone. I'm trying hard to get the guts to commit to 30 full days of raw only eating. Honestly it isn't as bad as it sounds, were not just talking celery and carrot sticks. The recipes I've found have been top notch in flavor and I've created some of my own in the recipe page at Healing Water Machines
I think the reason that I haven't made the full commitment is because... I like to eat out a lot. I get tempted easily. I need a quick food plan to be able to start. My husband isn't cooperating and that could be a big problem. Excuses, excuses! I'm listening to some Tony Robbins tapes that are really encouraging me to look at my excuses/reasons and find a way to seriously over come them. I'm working on it.
By Nedalee Ruiz
Nedalee is the author of The Desperate Parents Handbook http://www.desperateparent.com/ Nedalee recommends http://www.healingwatermachines.com/ for more articles on health and healing and
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