O.k..so we didn't last a week on this extreme diet. You're all shocked, I know! So are we! Ha! I thought by posting it on the blog and letting people know, it would keep us more motivated to keep going on it. I was wrong. It turns out that while we like all of you we really don't care what you think of us. :)
This last week has been hell. I really don't know how else to describe it. If I never see another "shake" it will be too soon. We started the diet with good intentions (what the road to hell is paved with by the way), but by day 4 we were at each others throats- and we really never fight. It isn't worth it to us to be this miserable. So, we are going to continue our exercise plan that we started, and just watch what we eat. We are considering weight watchers online. Something where we can eat real food. The weight won't come off as quickly, but I know we will be happier in the long run- and I prefer a fat and happy Heidi to a miserable one....and Colin does too!
My husband would really do anything to make me happy and has a hard time telling me no when I want something, but I have told him that the next time I get a stupid idea like this one in my head to please feel free to say "NO!". I'm now looking forward to my birthday again and putting my 38 candles in a CAKE! I'm fairly certain it will be my best birthday yet!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
H M R
Those three little letters probably don't mean much by themselves, but together they have the potential to be life changing for us. Tomorrow we are embarking on a medically supervised diet called HMR. It's one where we will be drinking their shakes and eating their food and nothing else besides non caloric beverages for the next 12-13 weeks while also exercising and attending a weekly nutrition class. This is a very rapid weight loss diet-and kind of extreme I guess in some ways- at least for us. We will be monitored weekly by a doctor. They say the average weight loss is 55 lbs at the end of those 3 months, so I'm already planning a shopping trip for all the new clothes I will need. :) I've got to have something to look forward to that will get me through this, right!?!
I know that 3 months is a relatively short time frame in the grand scheme of things, so that is what I will have to keep reminding myself. I have the best husband in the world who is jumping on board with me for this and I know I couldn't do it without him. Those of you that REALLY know us are probably skeptical- and I don't blame you. We're skeptical too because WE know US! We love food- eating it, cooking it, talking about it- the whole 9 yards. It's a social thing for us. Going out to dinner with friends or just the 2 of us is a big part of our lives- which is probably why we're big too! :) We know it won't be easy. It will probably end up being one of the hardest things we have ever done. Colin has gained about 50 lbs in the 9 years we've been married and somehow I have managed to lose that much (he says he's gained a pound for every one I've lost), but I still have a long way to go. So, in the end, if we can do it, it will be worth it.
I have been trying to psych myself up for this for the last couple of weeks knowing that we would be starting this diet. This whole last week we have been treating every meal as though it is our last supper, because in a way- it will be for 3 months! My birthday is at the end of this month but instead of chocolate cake, my 38 candles will be in an HMR bar. I'm sure it will be just as good! Ha! I told Colin my name was going on his birthday cake in October! I almost feel like explaining to the waiters at our "weekly restaurant" places why they won't be seeing us for awhile so they won't think we've died! I'm half afraid that our favorite Mexican restaurant will call the police to do a welfare check when we don't show up on Thursday night!
So what happens at the end of 3 months you might be wondering? You start slowly introducing other foods back into your diet, and for the next 18 months they teach you how to be successful keeping the weight off. I'm not posting any before pictures, because you know what we look like now, but here's hoping we'll be so skinny you won't recognize us in July! :) Wish us luck and will power- we'll need it!
I know that 3 months is a relatively short time frame in the grand scheme of things, so that is what I will have to keep reminding myself. I have the best husband in the world who is jumping on board with me for this and I know I couldn't do it without him. Those of you that REALLY know us are probably skeptical- and I don't blame you. We're skeptical too because WE know US! We love food- eating it, cooking it, talking about it- the whole 9 yards. It's a social thing for us. Going out to dinner with friends or just the 2 of us is a big part of our lives- which is probably why we're big too! :) We know it won't be easy. It will probably end up being one of the hardest things we have ever done. Colin has gained about 50 lbs in the 9 years we've been married and somehow I have managed to lose that much (he says he's gained a pound for every one I've lost), but I still have a long way to go. So, in the end, if we can do it, it will be worth it.
I have been trying to psych myself up for this for the last couple of weeks knowing that we would be starting this diet. This whole last week we have been treating every meal as though it is our last supper, because in a way- it will be for 3 months! My birthday is at the end of this month but instead of chocolate cake, my 38 candles will be in an HMR bar. I'm sure it will be just as good! Ha! I told Colin my name was going on his birthday cake in October! I almost feel like explaining to the waiters at our "weekly restaurant" places why they won't be seeing us for awhile so they won't think we've died! I'm half afraid that our favorite Mexican restaurant will call the police to do a welfare check when we don't show up on Thursday night!
So what happens at the end of 3 months you might be wondering? You start slowly introducing other foods back into your diet, and for the next 18 months they teach you how to be successful keeping the weight off. I'm not posting any before pictures, because you know what we look like now, but here's hoping we'll be so skinny you won't recognize us in July! :) Wish us luck and will power- we'll need it!
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