Mamas or soon to be mamas who are morbidly obese, lets be buddies!

[Eve]

What is the GM diet?

 

[hello_kitty]

Its a cleanse that you do for a week. Each day, you eat something different. Yesterday was fruit day so I only ate fruits and drank 10 glasses of water. Today is veggies day, so only veggies. Day 3 is fruits and veggies. Day 4 is 8 bananas and milk. Day 5 20 oz beef and 6 tomatoes. Day 6 is unlimited beef and veggies. Forgot what day 7 was, will look it up when I get there.

I do think my body is retaining the water though. Will go weigh myself after I get off work. I like to keep track of my weight in the next 6 days to see what this diet is doing.

Saw that you lost some more weight! Way to go!! How much do you weigh now?

 

[Eve]

I'm down to 213.6

That sounds like an odd diet/cleanse lol I'm very curious to see your results!

 

[hello_kitty]

Thats awesome Eve! I remember you being around 225 lbs, because we started out at the same weight. You said you lost 14 lbs from being sick or getting your teeth pulled? Did you just keep losing weight since?

Yes, it sounds odd but it does look like a lot of people are trying it, so doesnt hurt.

 

[Eve]

No, I gained most of that back.. I don't remember what it was that I lost from it but when I started a few weeks ago, I was 224.6

 

[hello_kitty]

So today is the start of day #3 and I lost 1.2 lbs from initial weight. 228.2 today. Glad that its a different number now but nowhere near what it promised. Due to that fact, I decided to modify the diet to include protein. The first 4 days technically not supposed to have any protein just veggies and fruits but I realized it made me very hungry and more prone to cheat. So, this morning I am having stir fried green beans with mushrooms and chicken breast. Lets see if there's any improvements with the weight tomorrow.

 

[Eve]

Definitely good to have protein in your diet!

 

[hello_kitty]

Today is day day #4 of the diet, although I feel like I've swayed away from the diet. I am still following it, but modified it to fit my needs maybe thats why I am not losing as much weight as it promised? Weighed myself this morning and I am 228 lbs. So 1.4 lbs down since Monday.

I ate a big breakfast this morning. Well, its not like a humongous breakfast. I had 3 whole eggs, and some salmon and for the rest of the day I only ate bananas because today is bananas and milk day. I tried going to the gym early today but got lazy. Will go tomorrow before work. I weighed 233 on 8/1, and today is 9/1 so I lost 5 lbs but really wish I could be under 220 by the end of this month.

 

[Eve]

I love MFP for keeping track of what I'm eating and staying within my calorie range to lose weight. I wish I had done this sooner! I'm down another .8lbs 212.4 this morning! I WILL be under 200lbs by October 1st. I really want to push for 195 but I think 13lbs is more of a realistic number if at all

 

[Eve]

Yay for 1.4lbs lost since Monday!

 

[hello_kitty]

Yay, that is awesome!! I am pretty sure you will reach your goal by then! I have a fitbit so I use the app that goes along with it. I do keep track of my calories and at 1 point stayed within my budget. At times its hard to track home cooked meals though because they sometimes wont have it on their list. I'd have to log every single thing of the ingredients.

Spent an hour at the gym after work today. Today is 20 oz of steak and tomatoes day. I weighed in at 226.2 which is really nice. When I was still in the 230 range, I didnt know when I would get to lose the weight again. Today is 9/2 so by 10/1 I want to be under 220, 215 would be terrific! I havent weighed 215 in a long time!!

 

[Eve]

you can do this!!!!! I want to see you reach your goal by 10-1 and am very excited for you!

 

[hello_kitty]

Thanks Eve! We both can do this! Went to the gym again this morning. Very proud of myself because I love to be lazy on weekends but got up around 9 am and went for 40 minutes. Got home weighed myself and found I am down another 0.4 lbs, so I am 225.8 lbs today!! I will get really excited when I drop below 220, and a heart attack from joy when I reach 215. I'm setting my ticker for short term milestones, so only 5.8 lbs left to go...I am almost confident that could be done by middle of the month.

 

[hello_kitty]

Ughh I feel so guilty now. I just had 2 cups of white rice with my dinner. White rice is bad enough but I had to have 2! I ended up dancing for 20 minutes to try to burn some of it off. Wouldnt be surprised if I ended up weighing the same or gaining some tomorrow.

 

[Eve]

Just remember that to gain fat back, you need to eat 3500 calories more than you are supposed to (or something like that ) so if you're up after eating something you shouldn't have, it could very well just be water weight! Everyone has slip ups like that, just get right back on the wagon and get moving (dancing is great!!! )

 

[hello_kitty]

Yay! Finally got to update my ticker today! After that slip up, I spent the next day on track with the diet. Yesterday, I ate mainly fruits and drank water. By the end of the day, dh said I should eat some real food but I said I wanted to conclude my diet so I can see how much weight I lost total on the gm diet. Glad I kept going otherwise there wouldve been another slip up. Today is also day 4 of working out. I did 40 min of cardio combined with 30 min of strength training. I ended up weighing 224.6 lbs. So in total I lost 4.8 lbs in a week. Only 4.6 lbs to go before I reach my first mini goal. I am hoping that I can get to 220 in 2 weeks, thats only 2.5 lbs in a week, pretty achievable.

 

[Eve]

That's so awesome HK! That's almost 5lbs gone and seriously when you see what 5lbs of fat looks like, it's pretty darn amazing to lose!

 

[mummy_ellie09]

Well done ladies You're both doing really well. Really wish I was doing as well as you I didn't weigh myself last week, and when I got on the scale yesterday I was up by a pound. I don't know if I'd lost any or simply just gained 1 over the last 2 weeks. I have no clue where my motivation has gone

 

[hello_kitty]

Aww Helen, I know its hard finding motivation. It was really hard for me too, especially when I was constantly weighing over 230 when I first started. Last week, when I finally got myself down to 229, I realized now is the time to start before it goes past 230 again.

After that cleaning period, I dont know I became a bit weird though, afraid to put anything into my mouth. I suddenly realized how unhealthy and overweight I currently am, I mean REALLY noticed it and all the complications that could come with it. Last time at my u/s the suspect that I have a fatty liver...and at this weight, I am at risk for diabetes and other problems. I keep thinking that if I keep this weight, I will die young before I even see my kids married...so really, I'd rather spend the next year trying to lose this weight than do nothing at all.

My plan is to to go to the gym 6 days a week, and strength training at least 5 days a week. I realized that on the days I go to the gym, I tend to lose the most weight. On the days that I am eating normal, I will try to do intermittent fasting. Which means eat 1 main meal, and then eat fruits and veggies for the rest of the day. There's also the traditional low carb diet...I will just try to mix it up. Yesterday was cheat day for me although I didnt go all out, but I am not weighing myself today because I dont want to get discouraged if there's a weight gain. Whatever I weigh today, hoping that by next monday I can get down to 222 lbs.

 

[Eve]

210.2

That sounds like a great plan HK!