Q & A

Well it's been a solid month since I started this program and I'm feeling great. To date I've lost 23.8 pounds and 15.5 inches. My mom puts it this way, I've lost 4 1/2 bags of flour (or sugar). Pretty crazy when you start to compare how much weight something is. I'm 2 pounds from 25 pounds and saying good-bye for good to a certain number. You'll see fireworks in the north when that happens-and if you live in the north you'll see them from the south-HA.

Many people have had questions about what I'm doing and how I'm doing it. I'll take a moment to answer some of the questions.

Q: Why do I need to eat breakfast before 7:30am?
A: I didn't-it just happened to be a busy day and I had to eat breakfast pretty early that morning. I typically eat breakfast around 8am and for those of you who know me, I never liked to eat breakfast at all-now I recommend no one misses it!

Q: Am I exercising?
A: Walking is not considered an exercise with this program. The last 4 weeks I haven't done much of any exercises. The reason-this program starts you off by getting your body back to how you need to be eating and adjusting to making this change. The other part of this is when you're over-weight you have no desire to exercises. But it now is something that I know I'll be doing sooner than later.

Q: What has been the hardest part of this?
A: The commercials on TV. HA-though I will say watching anything to do with cupcakes or cake is hard, I find myself realizing that for me, right now it's not worth the calories and going back to what I used to be like. But the real part of this is actually making sure I get all the right amounts of good food that I need. I really have to think about it. One of the things that helps me is once I purchase my food i.e grapes, I portion them out into snack bags-the right amount that I need, then I can just pick them up as I need them.

Q: How much water am I drinking?
A: I drink 80 oz of water a day, or 4 large (I mean industrial size cups) of water...or my new cup is the venti insulated cups they sell-I will drink 6 of those.

Well those are some Q & A to start with-if you have questions, don't hesitate to let me know. If anything-I can bet there are other people out there wondering the same things.

Weight loss: -1.6 pounds -4.50 inches.

Total weight loss: -23.8 pounds and -15.5 inches.(time frame - 1 month!)