Let me start by introducing myself to you, my name is Catherine and I am 49 years old. I have struggled with weight all my life.
My weight problems started when I was about eight or nine years old, I remember going to Weightwatchers when I was 12 weighing 130 pounds, WW goal for me was to be 102 pounds. At 16 years old I weighed 196 pounds and my family Dr (who I never liked) ask me if I was going to have party when I hit 200 pounds. I was able to lose a few pounds by my 18th birthday weighing around 180. I struggled dieting on and off and by time I was 21 years old I weighed 150 pounds. But being 5'4" all the charts suggested I should weigh 130 pounds.
I remember felling fat still at 150 pounds, but was never able to get below that. It's kind of ironic that now I would kill to be 150 pounds. Even when I look back at pictures of my self, back then I was not the fatty I saw in the mirror.
Fast forward 23 years and three kids later and I was at my heaviest weight ever! Within that 23 years I had dieted on and off losing 50 pounds and gaining 60, losing 40 pounds and gaining 50, you know the yo-yo, until that heaviest weight at age 45 was 300 pounds.
I turned to lap-band surgery, and had grand expectations of being 150 pounds in a year. My wight loss with the band was slow. I had three fills within the first six months and was told that I was given the largest band and that my 10cc band was already filled to 8cc leaving only 2cc to fill. That first year I lost 30 pounds and felt like a failure. The photo albums in the surgeons office were full of lap-band patents who had lost 100+ pounds in their first year. Its been 4 years now and my weight loss is 71 pounds. Still feeling like a failure I have never returned to my surgeons office.
Last Wednesday June 1st I decided (motivated by an upcoming cruise) to see how much weight I could loose in 30 days on less than 500 calories day with a no carb/low carb diet. I have done much research and know the recommendations for low calorie diets are for not less than 1000 calories a day let alone less than 500, I also know protein is important to maintain muscle mass.
That being said I am not recommending anything I am attempting, this blog is my experiment.
June 1, 2011
Day one
Weight = 228#
AdvantEdge's = 2
Water = 25 oz
Walking = 30 min
Total Protein = 34g
Net carbs = 4
Calorie intake = 220
June 2, 2011
Day two
Weight = 226.75#
AdvantEdge's = 2
Water = 40 oz
Walking = 30 min
Net carbs = 4
Total Protein = 34g
Calorie intake = 220
Weight loss today = 1.25#
Total loss = 1.25#
June 3, 2011
Day three
Weight = 224#
AdvantEdge's = 2
Water = 60 oz
Walking = 30 min
Net carbs = 4
Total Protein = 34g
Calorie intake = 220
Weight loss today = 2.75#
Total loss = 4#
June 4, 2011
Day three
Weight = 222.25#
AdvantEdge's = 2
Water = 60 oz
Walking = 30 min
Net carbs = 4
Total Protein = 34g
Calorie intake = 220
Weight loss today = 1.75#
Total loss = 5.25#
June 5, 2011
Day four
Weight = 220.25#
AdvantEdge's = 2
(Fried Chicken) = 3oz
Water = 40 oz
Walking = 30 min
Net carbs = 22
Total Protein = 34g
Calorie intake = 499
Weight loss today = 2#
Total loss = 7.75#
June 6, 2011
Day six
Weight = 219.25# AdvantEdge's = 2
(Beef Sausage) = 2 oz
Water = 80 oz
Walking = 0
Net carbs =10
Total Protein = 42g
Calorie intake = 400
Weight loss today = 1#
Total loss = 8.75#
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