The Hunger Experiment

So I have been doing the Beck Diet Solution. I got the audiobook from the library as I thought that it would help me focus more on my goals and get me back onto losing and towards my goals. I have gained over 10lbs and I am holding steady right now around 166lbs. This is a perfectly respectable number and I should be very proud that I have maintained a loss for over a year. If I am perfectly honest with myself I probably started my journey over 200lbs but I didn't step onto the scale until I was around 190 or so. Either way it is a significant accomplishment and I am very proud, but it is time to take it to the next level. I really want to lose the 20 some odd pounds I have left until my goal, and to be at a healthy BMI range.

On to today's topic. Today's step in the diet solution is to do a hunger experiment. The idea is to skip lunch in an effort to lose the fear of hunger and to help differentiate between hunger and cravings. I really do not like the idea of skipping a meal, and I like even less skipping my morning and afternoon snack. But one of the things that the CDs keep telling me is to not skip any of the steps so I am giving it a go. I don't think that I will find it all that difficult since I often have meal replacement shakes, but you never know.

I am going to report my feelings on here to document the experience.

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On a roll

Today I woke up a bit sore, I really gave 'er yesterday with a good gym workout and in the evening an hour of rollerblading with my son at the rink.

Today I think I will take it easy with just a walk or bike ride to the library. I feel a bit of craving to eat junk, but I think that I can stay on track with some effort. My son is trying to lose a bit as well and I really need to be a good role model. He is getting close to the interested in girls phase so he wants to look his best. I told him we both need to stay active and it will all fall into place. Once I get my ski pass (he has one already) we will be on the slopes and burning mad calories!

Working off last nights treats

I am going to start blogging here again, I'm coming to you live from the elliptical. Last night I ate a bunch of sponge toffee and I'm trying to work it off here. It's day 4 back after 2 months of nonsense. I am hovering around 166 now so my goal for feb is to get back to 159.

Ski passes go on sale soon so that will help. As well I am doing the Vancouver stair climb for clean air so that is a gear motivation!

Anyhoo back to sweating!

The Dress

So in just over two weeks I head over to Toronto for my dear friend's wedding. Earlier this year I was so excited to be ordering a size 6. Well my body had other plans so I sadly admitted defeat and I had to return it and order a bigger size. The number doesn't matter, what matters is that I get to see my friend and be there for her special day. The new dress is way hotter anyway and I am going to look great in it. Here is a sneak preview, I will post more after the big day.

Like Books?

So I have 2 blogs, this one (obviously) and a book review site. I am part of a community project where we read and review books. I am aiming for 52 this year, I tried last year but I came a bit short so I am giving it another go this year. I am right on target this year at the halfway point and pretty pleased about that. I am very much enjoying reading, reviewing is a little trickier (it is hard to come up with ways to say that you liked or hated something and why). I think that I am getting better as I go along though.

Here is a snippet of my latest review, check out the full review here.

Alright so I have now finished book 8 in the Southern Vampire Mystery series by Charlaine Harris. My last review has all the links to the reviews that I have written for the other books in the series if you are interested. All Together Dead was trying my patience with these books, and as youthfulzombie pointed out in the comments of that review, the TV series is better than the books. That is mostly true, overall I believe that the show is better, but there are certain parts that I prefer in the books, mostly parts of dialogue and certain story lines in the show (hotshot for one) that are so much different on the show and not necessarily better.

Farewell to Beer

Something scary has been happening to me lately. I have seen the scale creeping back up there and I think I know why. Let's be brutally honest, I know exactly why. I am not blaming one thing for everything but it is a lot of little things that have come together to make my success fall away.

I have had a couple falls, I had one in May off my bike, then I have fallen a couple times this past week on my rollerblades. I haven't been going to the gym because my hip has been hurting, but it is mostly an excuse and I am making myself accountable for it now. I can still go and work out, even if it is not at the level I was doing before, I can still make the effort. I need to be doing my weight training most of all and also I need my cardio. Also when I work out I am more likely to make good choices when eating.

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Protein Power - Almonds

A while back I mentioned that I was planning a series of posts on different types of vegetarian proteins. I have been slacking on getting them done since I am having computer issues but I decided to get started today on one of my favorite proteins, almonds.

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