Weigh In Wednesday #18 of 2017

So one of my 2017 goals is to lose 40 pounds by the end of the year. This is a necessity for me, as in the last few months I have gained 15 pounds. That is not good. I want to be healthier and feel better about myself. 

In order to keep me accountable, I am hoping to come back each Wednesday to share my weigh in and my successes and failures from the previous week. So let's hop to it and see how I did this past week, shall we?

SO HOW DID THIS WEEK GO??? 

My official starting weight (on 1/1/2017) was: 242.0 pounds!

My weight last week was: 233.8 pounds.

My weight this week is: 233.2 pounds. 

So a loss of 0.6 pounds! :-/
Total loss from 1/1/17: 8.8 pounds 

Before I talk about MY weight loss, can you take a moment to go visit TrayceeBee over at "Just Keep Swimming Mama" and congratulate her on her 1.7 pound weight loss this week! She did so well over the past week!!

Now onto my journey....

So I am down 0.6 pounds. SLOW, SLOW, SLOW! As much as my life is crazy and moving at break neck speed, this is one area that I wish would speed up. It is going so slow, but at least it is going down the right direction.

I will say that I started a new way of eating on Sunday. Basically, I had an epiphany that I have tried everything in the past and why am I continuing to try ways that I have known are not the right way? Don't get me wrong, I have tried lots of weight loss programs in the past including Weight Watchers online, slimfast diet, carb cycling, counting calories, etc. I don't like being told that I have to keep track of calories and fat. It seems too restrictive to me. So I wold get frustrated.  

Last week, I picked up The Carbohydrates Addict Diet at the library on a whim. I know that I am a carb addict. I eat way too much sugary stuff. In a nut shell, this diet book suggest that you eat no carb meals for 2 meals a day and then a well balanced reward meal that can include dessert. There is absolutely no eating in between meals. Sounds like a good idea; however they also suggest that you don't eat fruit except at your reward meal and I have a problem with that. They also say you can lose the weight without exercising and I have a problem with that as well. The other thing they suggest is weighing in every day and recording your weight and at the end of the week to average the 7 weights to get your weight, due to the human body's fluctuation. It was a very interesting read to me, but not something that I felt propelled to follow to the letter of the law. 

So, I have decided to do a variation of this. I am going to try to go low carb for the 2 meals, and then eat a regular dinner. I will also add in fruit to my meals when I want, as I feel like there is health benefits to it. I will also try to exercise some everyday as it makes me feel so much better. I will also weigh in everyday to see how my weight fluctuates.

So we shall see what the next week brings!

If you are trying to lose weight in 2017, how is your progress going?