Just recently visited my dentist this weekend and he told me started the Fast Feast Diet a month ago. I told me I looked skinnier. I definitely don't feel as though I do. Maybe from months ago, which would make sense but I haven't tried to keep off the pounds. His approach to the diet is different from what I was doing, which was the 3/5 rule. He instead was fasting on a daily basis. When you fast on a daily basis you can decide on any time of the day to "feast", for him he decided to feast at the end of the day by 4PM. He said that he lost lots of weight, his belly has shrunken and he feels less bloated. I would say, that yes this IS the effects of fasting. You do feel less bloated and after the first week, possibly first few days, you feel more energetic. It's an unusual and surprising effect.
I don't know if I'll end up doing the Fast Feast Diet again, but he did say that the way I was doing it was far more difficult. Which would explain why I failed miserably at it. What I do intend to do is go on a diet. I'm working on it, not perfect.
Toward the end of the week, I rejoined a gym, I had an apple for breakfast and for lunch. I picked up a bag of apples yesterday and some oatmeal. This morning I had, coffee, apple and oatmeal for breakfast. Then I broke and had a left over donut from yesterday. Told you, I'm not perfect.
I was able to put in a 30 min/1 mile walk around the neighborhood with my dog. It's good exercise for her and an excuse for me to get in some sort of cardio. I do hope to make it to the gym later on this afternoon. It'll be less crowded because today also happens to be Superbowl Sunday and the 49ers will be playing that same afternoon.
Here I am, on my way to a healthier me. I'm not exactly sure how I'll be going about it, but one way or another I have a goal. That goal is to fit in my clothes better and to walk around feeling lighter, more confident and happier. Other than that, I'm not exactly sure if I'll be focusing on a weight just quite yet.
The lightest I remember ever being is 103lbs, I met Jason at 112lbs and thought at my fattest I was at 118lbs. Now, I'm well beyond that. I'm unsure where I'm at. Possibly near 120-130lbs? If I could at least be 118lbs, I'll be happy. I do know that if I was at 118lbs I'd want to go lower to 110lbs. Which is always the hardest 10lbs to lose. I'd love to be at a round 110lbs. I'll be at an average weight. Even at 103lbs, that wasn't even below average for my height. I'm just so short, it's hard to even say what's AVERAGE for me because either way I'll look like a waif.
But here's to my road to a healthier me!
