Nothing about knitting today. Except that I'm working feverishly on my poppy sweater to get it done by super bowl Sunday for my first day at work as a yarn store employee.
I'm not going to post any before and after pics, but just trust me when I say that I've lost 30 pounds in 3 months. How did I do it? I did a no-duh diet program. I cut out cakes, pies, cookies, candy, ice cream, juice, soda, and sugar in my tea. Then I went to the YMCA and excercised on their eliptical trainers and did cybex weight machines 3 to 5 days a week. Results - 30 pounds in 3 months.
I didn't change anything else about my diet. I started out slowly with the work outs. At first all I could do was 10 minutes at a time on the elipticals and only maybe 5 to 20 pounds on the weight machines. Gradually I added one minute more, until now I do 45 to 60 minutes of cardio, and 40 - 180 pounds on the weight machines. I started out going only 3 days per week and now I alternate 4 days and 5 days a week.
Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas were hard. I did eat a few sweets, but I limited it to just a tiny sliver of candy and just a quarter of a slice of pie.
This really is the no - duh diet: cut out sweets, add cardio and strength workouts and you'll lose weight. Is it a pain in the neck to have to reserve 2 hours out of the day to work out. But I get those 2 hours back because I'm not as tired and don't need naps like I used to.
I went from a size 16 to a size 8! Maybe I'll get down even smaller by this summer. Keepin ght sweets out of my diet is the hardest part.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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