FT Day 1

I think day 1 went relatively well, not perfect though & that's O.K. by me. I took the kids to a fall festival at our preschool's church. The kids had a blast. The dinner was a pig pickin' and the dinner plate came with pork, baked beans, coleslaw, hush puppies. I ate the pork with half of the coleslaw. The coleslaw was so NOT FT friendly as it contained carrots & definitely sugar. It was so sweet. Since this is a lifestyle & not a quick fix I was O.K. with eating some coleslaw. I rejoiced in the fact that I didn't consume hush puppies, baked beans, sweet tea, or any of the many delicious looking sweet treats common at every church function.

Then I came home and made these delicious FT approved belly good sweet treat. I did taste a little while I was making them. Then after they cooled I only ate one. I couldn't believe it was relatively easy to eat just one. Maybe there is something to this sugar is addictive thing. If they had contained sugar I would have probably eaten them all. Really.

It was REALLY DIFFICULT not to snack last night, but I didn't. Yay! Woo-hoo! Like Rosalie says you have to want weight loss really bad.  I wanted to stick with the plan more than I wanted to snack.

I'm actually excited about the fast track. I love that I can choose from a list of food...no tracking required. I'm really not sure how long I'll do FT. I decided, instead of binging, if I'm really craving something I'll have it & just make sure I don't go over a s/c value of 5/2 for the meal.

Here's a video of the cutest little ballerina at fall festival, so happens to be my littlest one :).

Failure. Hope.

I keep thinking that everyday I'll blog about how great my day has been, how well I've done on the BFC.  Well that great day just never comes.  So I decided to try something else here...blogging 1st to help keep me accountable.  Over the past few days I've noticed once I cheat & it's always mid-afternoon, even one bite leads to more & more & more.  Then it's like low sugar doesn't even matter...once I have that little taste I can't get enough.  Like a friend of mine says, "one bite is too much & NEVER ENOUGH!" Also once I cheat I stop food journaling, like it doesn't matter if I don't write it down.  So today the goal is to journal every single bite!  I can do that!  I've also decided to fix BFC friendly shake about 3 pm today.  They always fill me up.

Well I'm off...going walking/running...need to get this day off to the right start.

Here's to hope & a great BFC day!

Back to the begining, once again

Here I am BFC, dedicated motivated & ready to begin again! I've been on & off of a vegan diet these past few months, more off than on though.  I may eat some veggie meals as I feel lead, but I'm not going to limit myself to those only.

So I'm off to lose 63 pounds one bite at a time. 

Day 1 Belly Fat Cure thoughts

I'm SO motivated to do this now.  I've been playing around with different diets.  Actually I'm taking a vegan workshop right now, that's fairly intense.  While I'm including a lot of vegan meals, I'm definitely not vegan.  I think however I eat will forever be guided by belly fat cure principles.  I just can't get away from it.  Just makes too much sense.  I'm tracking what I eat with Amber's tracker found here.  I have trouble following this plan without it.  I think I've come full circle in a relatively short amount of time from omni to veg & back to omni.  I want to eat healthy, but at the same time really want to enjoy food, like a good BLT on a hot summer's day.  Right now I don't want to give up the foodie in me.  Hopefully I won't regret it.

What's up with me?

Well over the past few months I've been in a constant, obsessive research mode over what diet to do? Vegan, BFC, Atkins, paleo, WW? What's an obese busy mom to do? I'm a cancer survivor and sometimes feel the pull of a vegan diet. I've come to the conclusion I'm not ready to "eat" as a vegan. Maybe someday or maybe not? You're probably thinking this is one confused girl!!!

I've been attracted to the BFC ever since I heard about. The one thing that's held me back is the aversion to fruit. I've concluded that a healthy person at their optimal weight can eat fruit, as long as maintaining a healthy weight or enough activity. So as an omnivore here I go plunging into the world as a BFCer.

So that's whats up with me. Thanks to all my BFC friends for leading by example. Love to you all.

I'll check back in often. I promise.

BELLY FAT CURE 30 Day Boot Camp

I've decided to approach this plan like a 30 day challenge. I plan to stay on plan for 30 days, no excuses. Then I would like to maintain it for ongoing weight loss & disease prevention. As far as exercise, currently I'm doing an aerobics/strength class with Body & Soul, which I'll continue. I may include more exercise?

Why do this? Well other than my doctor telling me to lose weight, I would like to fit comfortably in my clothes again, to shop & buy something off the rack & know it'll look good on me without having to try it on only to return later because nothing seems to fit "right" anymore. If I'm totally honest...summer is quickly approaching...shorts, summer dresses, bathing suits, etc.

The Belly Fat Cure is a carb swap program, limiting sugar to 15 grams and carbs to 6 servings of carbs per day. It definitely takes discipline, but there are substitutes for almost anything you'd want to eat, like swapping a tortilla for thick pizza dough. I think the subs are substantial enough to fill the craving, without totally jumping ship and ending up at the bottom of a container of chocolate chip cookie dough. For an intro to the plan, check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJWuWVrK2qo&feature=channel .

I'll leave you with this staggering stat:

Every extra 2 inches around your waist lowers life expectancy up to 17%.

-The New England Journal of Medicine

Snack + Lunch

This was snack & lunch. Snack was an s/c/f of 0/0/0. Lunch was an s/c/f value of 2/2/13. Not pictured I also had a tablespoon of sugar free chocolate chips...so yummy.