Calohydrates? Carbalories? Coints?
I was counting points but I fell off the wagon. So I decided to count calories and I went pretty low w/my daily caloric intake for about a week. Then to rein in my holiday binge I clamped down on the carbohydrates.
But now I’m at an impass. I’m at the intersection of Bored Boulevard and Plateau Park at the edge of a one-horse town called Quitsburg. After a stop in Quitsburg I usually get on the Heckwithit Highway and go straight to Pound Town.
But instead of Quitsburg and Pound Town, I’m going to clamp down on my diet like an American Idol Contestant with a Golden Ticket to Hollywood. You’ll pry this diet out of my hands when I’m a size 6. (Or ten.)
I’m going to count calories, carbohydrates and points. It’s callled the Calohydroints Counting System. I’m hoping it will be like a bullet train to Fabulousville.
Well, if nothing else you will spend so much time counting, you won’t have time to eat. Success!!
I lost 26.5 pounds last year. Holy crap…how did that happen? Oh, right – stress over finances, spouse’s employment, child’s apparent inability to do anything he’s told, aunt’s cancer…yeah, that’s right.
I did learn something interesting – eat fruits and vegetable first because they digest faster. Meat takes longer – hours longer – and slows the absorption of the fruits and veg, so they linger and ferment and…gag…that’ll put you off your feed for a while!
Sugar, if I can do it, I know you can. I’m cheering you on!
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
This might be the greatest blog post I’ve ever seen.
And good luck with counting calohydroints. My brain would explode.
I hope you don’t find yourself scraping brain matter off of your computer screen any time soon. I’ll be checking in on you later!
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~J
I use my jedi powers to WILL my fat away… but I’m not a very good jedi (by which I mean that jedis are imaginary and I’m lazy) so fat I stay.
I hate counting. I won’t count ANYTHING. Not ever again.
I just posted an update on how things are going with the bodybugg (as seen on TV–just had to say that, after hearing it for so many years–on THE BIGGEST LOSER). I’ve had it for a month, began wearing it December 12, and I’m down 6 pounds. No diet food. None. Just the real deal. And I’m not starving. And I’ve been eating dessert when I want it. And drinking alcohol (though I am not, and never have been, a big drinker. Good thing, too. Do you know how many calories are in a Margarita? And it’s my favorite drink BY FAR!)
Anyway, you can balance what you eat with how much you exercise forever, as a new way of living. I do not believe you can diet forever, because it’s impossible to live on a wagon. Sooner or later, you just have to get off. It’s not cheap (the bodybugg), but you have to ask yourself: How much have I spent on failed diets? And what has my damaged self-esteem cost me? Aren’t I worth it?
I get nothing, by the way, for selling these things. I have no connection to the company at all. It’s just a product that I believe in, and as an M.D., it’s a healthy way to lose weight that I can endorse. Visit my blog to learn more, and feel free to leave questions in the comments or e-mail if you’d like privacy. I’m cheering you all on.
–Gay
Hey I’ve been to Plateau Park too! I can’t get out. Just when I think I’m doing well, my skinny-eat-what-I-want husband (who has lost weight since not going to the gym) plops down next to me with a bag of pretzels and all hope is lost. And then, I have to match that with my evening 4-5 oz of wine. Bad combo.
For a week a guess you can call my plan “Pret-a-Vino Resistance”. Sounds like some anti-fashion protest or something.
Good luck on your crusade. Catch you in Twitterland.