“No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.”  -Eleanor Roosevelt

This week I had someone ask me at work, "what are you doing to lose weight?"  I paused trying to think of the best way to describe what I eat.  If I told him I am following the Atkin's diet he would probably think all I'm eating is protein, fat, and no carbs.  Sometimes people have a bad perception of Atkin's so I told him I'm cutting out everything white.  I don't eat anything with sugar or flour.  So my diet phrase is if it's white, don't bite. 

I went to my doctor today for a checkup and he was excited that I had lost two more pounds since the last time he saw me two weeks ago.  He told me whatever you're doing keep it up.  Over the last two years my doctor has seen my weight rollercoaster up and down.  I'm just excited the next time I go into the doctor to show him that I'm no longer on a weight rollercoaster, I'm on a downward spiral of losing more and more weight.  When people ask you how you are losing weight, what do you tell them?

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.  I don’t believe that phrase is true at all.  I think it should really go: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can also hurt me.

Sometimes in life when you are doing everything right there will always be people who come in and try to steal your joy.  To judge someone’s actions without knowing his or her heart is wrong.  Why are there so many people out there who eat their emotions?    
I think the reason is eating gives people short-term satisfaction.  It makes you feel better for a little bit and than in the end it hurts you emotionally and physically.  Whether you are depressed, angry, or hurting, when negativity creeps in, don’t let it take you!

I can’t control what others say to me or about me, but I can control how it impacts my life.  I know I can also be in control of what I put in and out of my body.  It’s just a choice and it’s up to me.  When trying to lose weight, there will always be obstacles in life that will try and throw you off from achieving your goals.  Keep pushing and through the obstacles and stresses of life you will reach your goal.

I'm starting my 7th week of eating lowcarb.  The last two weeks I'm losing at a rate of about a pound a week.  I've been eating about 20 carbs a day and am in ketosis so I know I'm still losing inches and burning fat.  I wish the scale would move a little bit quicker!  I'm going to start sharing what I'm eating during each day.  If you have any advice or want to share recipes please comment back on my blog or post your favorite lowcarb recipes on my forum.

Lunch:  chicken breast with green beans
Snack: 2 Oscar Meyer Cheese Hot dogs
Dinner: Leftover Chipotle Barbacoa Bowl.  It contains roast, sour cream, salsa, and guacamole.

Have you ever been on a rollercoaster before?  First, you see it and the anticipation builds up.  You can’t wait to ride that crazy rollercoaster with loops, and turns, and ups, and downs, Next, you join the long line to get to the front of that much anticipated ride.  Once you get to the front of the line, your heart starts to beat fast, your hands and feet start to sweat because you don’t know what to expect or even know if you can handle what’s ahead, but you sit down buckle up and go.  The ride begins and it’s too late to back out now.  You go through twists and turns and ups and downs, and upside down.  The ride is now done and you can’t believe you’ve made it through.  You stand up and can’t wait to share with everyone how awesome that ride is and how everyone needs to go on it, but you know that it was the first and the last time you will ride that ride.  It is a story you can tell or a picture you can show of your ride on the craziest rollercoaster around.  

Rollercoasters remind me so much of the journey of losing weight.   Because some weeks you’re up, you’ve gained weight or you haven’t lost anything at all, and than some weeks your down, you feel accomplished and proud of your weightloss.  Sometimes you even end up upside down because you have one too many cheat days and have gained everything you’ve lost.  Than you get to the end of the ride where you have reached your goal weight.  You stand up and look back at what you’ve accomplished and you feel so proud.  What a ride to lose all of that weight, but looking back at your journey you see all of the ups and downs and twists and turns and realize that if you can finish that rollercoaster you can do anything, but you know you don’t ever want to go through that rollercoaster again!  

My first week I lost 3lbs.
My second week I lost 2lbs.  
My third week I lost 3lbs.
My fourth week I lost 5lbs.
My fifth week I lost 1lb.

Slow and steady wins the race.  This quote kept coming to my mind and I felt like I should share it.  In the beginning of your weight loss journey, the weight seems to come off so quickly.  For example, my first 4 weeks I was losing weight like crazy and than week 5 hit and all of a sudden my weight loss slowed down.  I’m now on week 6 and this week feels very similar to week 5.  The weight is not falling off on the scale.  I still haven’t dropped any weight yet this week, but that’s ok.  The most important thing about my weight loss journey is being steady and consistent with eating lowcarb.  I’d rather be at a stand still than fall down, gain weight and give up.  I’ve done that too many times and I’m not going to give up this time.  I’m not going to lie and say that eating healthy is always easy, because the truth is IT’S NOT!  But I heard this one time from a friend and I’ve always loved it ever since: “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.”  Isn’t that the truth!  So hears to all the people out there trying to get thin.  We will get there and we will win the race!