In one of my more lucid moments, unfogged by copious amounts of halloween candy, I have decided that I need to pull out all the stops to lose some weight. Over the past few days I have eaten an entire box of Russel Stover chocolates, except for the 2 roman nougat pieces, those are just gross! And a large bargain bag of Halloween candy, except for the nestle crunch bars, they were kind of stale.
Today I feel shaky, like I would imagine a heroin or meth addict would feel after a bender. Maybe I am lucky that my drug of choice is usually on sale at Walgreens and that I don't have to spend everything I have to support it. Maybe I am not so lucky. Imagine how many dead addicts there would be if you could pick up a 2 pound bag of meth or black tar heroin for $4.99 at your corner drug store.
Of course, my addiction won't kill me instantly after one hit too many. I have probably another 5 - 10 years before my kidneys and small blood vessels begin to fail. This will most certainly lead to blindness, amputations and dialysis. I am also more prone to heart attacks and strokes, and lets not forget cancer. Good times! Not!!
In the past month, as in most months, I have been able to eat healthy and exercise for about 2 weeks out of 4. So basically, I take one step forward and one step back. Sometimes I take 2 steps backwards.
I decided to try Medifast because they have a diabetic meal plan and since the diet is so low calorie I should be able to lose weight with only moderate exercise. One of the problems that I find when I exercise a lot is that I get hungry, very hungry, like diabetic hungry, not a good feeling. My plan is to gradually get back into exercising while losing weight. I have already gotten shin splints in my right leg in trying to do the eliptical machine. While I am on medifast I will just do yoga stretching and some walking. I am hoping that once I get some serious weight off I will be able to do more weight bearing exercise without hurting myself.
The price is a little daunting, $327.50 for a 1 month's supply of food. But realistically, I probably spend close to that each month on food if I include eating out and my junk food splurges. I will still have to pay for the 1 lean/green meal per day. This is the only real food you eat on the plan.
Here is one of the major reasons why I need to do this:
Medication 1: No one should be on this much medication.
I need a rather large container for my 3 month supply of meds:
Box O Meds: Notice the empty box of chocolates in the trash, next to my giant container of diabetes and other assorted medications!
My weight right now at 1:06 pm Sunday October 25th is: 216.2 LBs. I am 5.8, I should probably weigh around 150. so losing 66lbs is my goal. Wish me luck!
