by KellyC » July 19th, 2007, 5:45 pm
Baby is teething his top 2, and has been feverish and stuck to me nonstop, so have had no time to do anything online.. and Jer and I went to Plattsburgh tuesday, back today, I had to take a drug test for a new job, and get my drivers license squared away.
I realized something while in Plattsburgh.. Americans are fatter than Canadians.. by a long shot. It seemed everywhere we looked, there were overweight or obese people. In Montreal, there are overweight people obviously, but they are the minority, by far. Obese people are a downright rarity. The huge majority are of healthy weight, or healthy weight + 5-10lbs.
I think being around so many fat people makes it somehow easier to be fat. Here, I am very uncomfortable, I am very aware that I am in a tiny minority. That is probably what tipped the scales (haha, pun intended) for me, and made me want to do this diet finally.
It was hard to stay on plan this week. I overdid L&G for sure, several times. Many days I did not get in all 5, and then overindulged on L&G. I have lost a few pounds though.
It's coming down to "crunch time" soon though.. my birthday is in 6 days.. and my goal is to be at 175lbs before the big 3-0.. that's ALOT of weight to lose in a year. I am hoping that actually turning 29.. a blink away from that dreaded thirty.. will be a big kick in the ass. Already I'm freaking out a bit, but when the birthday actually comes next week, I think it will be a threat-level red crisis. I figure, reaching my goal weight for my 30th, will make the day wonderful, instead of woeful.
Good news ("girl stuff" to follow, you've been warned).. since starting MF, I have lost 30ish pounds (not officially 30lbs yet, as I seem to keep gaining back to just 29 the past few days).. and it appears that just that 30 lbs was enough to make my TOM even out.. I've never been a to-the-day kinda girl.. if I even managed to have it in the proper week it was a rarity.. there would even be 3-4 months passing where I wouldn't have a TOM.. but I've TOM twice since 22 April when I started MF, they were not super heavy like its' been the past few years.. they were the normal 3-5 days instead of 12 days like it's been the past few years.. I'm very happy.. I thought it would take alot more than a 30lb loss to trigger normality!