Well, yesterday I finally bit the bullet and started my crazy diet, so...yeah. Let's see how this works out. With that said, I was a bit weirded out yesterday to discover that when I checked my weight using my Wii, I'd dropped two kilograms from the last time I did it, about a month ago. Considering the crap I've been eating, that's...odd. Never mind. But I thought I'd mention it because I decided to keep a blog about this, and the theme of said blog is...Nanami! Partially it's because I was nicknamed Clarabelle Cow as a child (due to my name, not because of any actual resemblance; even though I'm a heifer now, I was a skinny little kid), but the other reason is a bit weirder. If I do manage to drop these pounds, I want to cosplay Nanami. Exactly WHERE, I have no idea, but I just really, really want to. I mean, I love to dress up...and I never do, because of how I look.

...god, you know, if I properly get skinny, my credit card is gonna kill me. LOLIGOTH HEAVEN HERE I COME.

Yes, it's Cohen's -- it's a fairly restrictive diet, but I chose it because its principal focus in each meal is on vegetables and protein. And I get to have SOME carbs, admittedly just in the form of crackers. But it's better than nothing. I also have a fruit allowance, so...unlike some other diets I've seen, it actually seems fairly sensible and the last four weeks are dedicated to getting you back to eating all the food in the world...sensibly. Which is really what I need to learn how to do.

Last edited by Clarice (09-27-2010 06:10:27 PM)

Mylene wrote:

That's not a diet, that's an eating disorder.

That sounds scary. I don't like the diets that take everything away from you, that's for sure. I mean, sure, I can't eat a lot of my favourite foods right now -- well, actually, basically all of them -- but I think that says more about my eating habits than the diet itself. And I've got something from all the food groups every day, so...yeah. If only I wasn't so damn hungry. With that said, it'll settle in a few days. My body's just pissed with me because I won't give it any bread or potatoes.

A few hours of eating does not a diet blow.  Don't sweat it, just dust yourself off and get back at it.  Dwell on what you do good and not on slip ups.

As for me, our treadmill arrived today. 23 minutes on it, 17 on the bike (was going to be 20 & 20 but Paradox wanted to switch a little early) and my knee didn't start hurting until the final 3 minutes.  I wasn't even wearing my brace.

So, I kinda just discovered that a lot my sinus problems have to do with my super high dairy consumption - especially now since I don't eat meat really.


Then I found out that when I was little I was supposed to get shots for my sinuses and that my family doctor recommended that I be put on something resembling a vegan diet (yogurt was still okay, I think because of the digestive bacteria and that's something I have a problem with.)


I want to try this.  However, there is  an eensy problem.



I love cheese. Like 'Dangerous-love-affair' love. Like one of my favorite meals is tomato soup and grilled cheese. I've made homemade french onion soup. Sometimes I just make cheese sandwiches. Sometimes I just eat cheese slices.

UGH FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK GUYS WHAT AM I GOING TO DO.

Last edited by Anji (10-02-2010 09:19:29 PM)

I double-post a lot in this thread.

Anyway, when Claire started her diet, I was motivated to start getting a grip on my own eating and exercising again.  Conveniently, my work started their annual fitness program (6-weeks long, last year it was a steps challenge, this year it's more of a general exercise challenge) at the same time.  I decided to take advantage of empathizing with what Claire was going through (your blog posts were like reading my own past) and putting in some extra effort with the work thing too (although the way it's set up, the most they ever want me to exercise is 180 minutes a week, which is what I already do.)

On September 27 I was 141 pounds, and 1 month later I'm down to 136.  I'm hoping my Christmas present to myself might be to be back down to my goal weight of 130.  I'm getting a grip on myself again, something that I lost for about a year.  I think I needed that year to make me remember why I did all the hard work that I did, and to be careful of my relationship with food.  Plus, it wouldn't hurt me to work out a little more.  Just adding a few minutes each week has helped a lot.  I hadn't been working out nearly as hard recently (in large part due to disappointment over my knee), but now that I know that I'm not adding to injury with running (it's never going to get better), I think I might rekindle some of my energy. 

In a few weeks, I'll be doing the Jordan's Journey 5k.  This is the one Paradox and I did last year that got us wanting to start running.  Today, I decided to force myself to run an entire 5k, just to prove to myself I can still do it even without training, because I really want to run the Jordan's Journey course.  I succeeded in 34:25.  Given that I haven't run more than 20 minutes at once since early August (and I've only done that a couple of times), I'm extremely pleased with myself.  An official 5k can have a variance of 10% either direction, and JJ seems to be on the shorter side (although not as short as another one we did), so I could potentially finish it in 32 minutes or so.  Last year I mostly walked it. This year, I'll run the whole thing.  That's not something I thought I'd be doing.