Monday, September 17, 2012

How my Diet began

   On New years eve our youngest daughter got engaged, so the wedding plans started in January. we started looking for dresses for her and her brides maids.  I decided i needed to go ahead and see what there was for the mother of the bride.   we went to mccomb to looks on January 28, i was very dissappointed to find out how much weight i had  gained. I hadnt bought a dress in a few years.  the size I had to get in was a 14 and some 16. It was an eye opening experience to say the least.  I had about 4 1/2 months until the wedding.
     I weighed 176 and in a size 12-14 pants. My shirt size was large.  So i resolved that day to make a change. So I started doing the same things , i did years before to lose weight.
    First i bought me a little notebook to keep track of my calorie intake, writing all my daily log of foods eaten.
    Second I recorded my weight first thing every morning.
    Third I started choosing smaller portions. I cut out cheese  and mayonnaise on burgers , chose smaller orders of fries when ordered.   we started grilling our foods on  a gas grill.  I cut out alot of foods, biscuits poptarts, crescent rolls , mac and cheese . we ate alot less casseroles and cornbreads.
    fourth i started making changes at the grocery store.  i bought slim fast and special k protein meal bars.i found snack with 100 calories and less. I found bread with 100 calories and less. I bought lean cuisine meals,  
    I bought fruit for snacks. I found special k snack bars with a hundred calories.  I decided I could have two snacks a day, but they had to be 100 calories or less.
   Last I needed to start exercising to get in shape, so just about every day i walked on a heath walker for 30 minutes at nite  to music.  At first I had several people laughing and making remarks. That so made my determination more to get the weight off.  I havent exercised much lately but i need to start back.

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