Trying to Get Down to Your Birth Weight?!? We Are..

Let this image scare you and we hope that it does just that.  If you are over weight and you are trying to get down to your "birth weight", let us give you a few pointers that may help.  

1. Cardio, Cardio, Cardio.   Doing 30 to 60 mins of cardio every day will make a huge improvement in your dieting world.  If you sit down to watch a TV show just remember you can get into those skinny pants hiding in your closet if you get off your ass and do cardio during that show.  

2. Cutting carbonation out of your diet.  Recently, studies have shown that soda can hugely impact a persons weight loss by cutting it out.  For example, go to your kitchen cabinet and grab a pound of sugar out of it and dump it on a plate right in front of you.  Now look at the pile of sugar and know that one can of Coke has about a pound of sugar in every can.  You think Diet Soda is helping you, its not it still has sodium and ummm duh the carbonation which makes you retain water and bloat.  Look at the picture again.  Point proven.  

3. Eating right, don't go extreme.  I eat my cravings, I just eat smaller portions then fat people do.  I cut some cravings out and eat about 5 times a fay to keep my metabolism up.  Eating right doesn't mean you can't go out to eat either, just be aware of what your eating and try to eat half of what you regularly eat and take the rest to eat 4 hours later.  Weight Watchers is a great program to try FYI.  

4.  Drink water.  Hydrate our self the right way and get your 8-10 cups of that H2O every day.  It cleans up your skin, helps you digest food, and its been proven that most of the time you think your hungry, you're actually just thirsty, so try this diet tip...  Drink a glass of water when you think your hungry, a full 8 ounces of cold water...  Then wait about ten minutes.  If you are still hungry eat.  

5.  Snacking... When you are craving something grab our favorite whole grain cereal and snack on about an 8 once cup of cereal.  Most of the time your body just needs to feel like its eat and by chewing whole grain cereal you're keeping up with your nutrition and tricking your brain to think its actually snacking on something filling...

Those are my 5 tips to dieting and its been working for me personally.  I have taken my body fat down, because remember the weight is not the goal its the body fat that you need to pay attention to.

-Bobbet Heavens 

Cheese It Crack

Have you ever tried eating just one of those Cheese It's???  Only one... They are evil and you must stay away from them, speaking from experience.  It never works.  Its like crack, once you have one you got to go back for more.   It's a true Crack Attack.  They so get is right with the "Get your own box" slogan.  I truly stand by that slogan and I am all about eating every Cheese It in my box. I'll attack a bitch over eating that scumpness.  We are thinking of starting a Cheese It Rehab and having Amy Winehouse be our spokes woman.  She's on crack so she can relate to the addition that we have to the latest addition sweeping the nation, Cheese It Crack Attack.  

-Bobbet Heavens

What you put in your face goes to your waist....and ass.. and hips... and arms....

If you are like me, you like food. You don't just like it because it is the key element for survival, you like it because well...it tastes really good! I love the flavors and the textures and the experiences that all come with food. We all go out to eat as a way to socialize as we stuff ourselves with cheese fries and fattening burgers so that later we can socialize at the wonderful gym. (Who is making millions off of those of us who eat but never have the jedi mind power to get the the gym the next day)

I have read many articles written by or for the behalf of people who have changed their outlook towards food. They have gone to the extreme of taking the enjoyment of food out, and primarily eat for survival. Basically their diet consists of only those foods which contain the nutrients and vitamins necessary to keep them healthy while reaping the benefits of a lean body. Then there are those that eat what they want but they complete an outrageous cleansing cycle, which usually consists of a lemonade diet, a salt water flush (it is what it sounds like), followed by an ease back into normalcy using only raw foods (organic of course, Wild Oats must love these types of diets). Keep in mind that in my personal experience those that have attempted the lemonade diet, usually do not follow the plan to a "T", they either do not make it through the entire length of the cleanse or immediately go back to "normal" foods. I made an attempt at the lemonade cleanse, it only lasted about 3 days. Then the smell of a barbecue 100 miles away made it into my temporal lobe (for those that are a little slow, this is the part of the brain that senses smell) and I ended up ordering pizza that night. The lemonade diet was a no-go.

I have been on Weight Watchers, where I found the most success. In 2003 I was up to 153 pounds and was completely depressed, on top of this my ex- husband was looking at other women the way I wanted him to look at me (which is why he is now my ex, different blog for a different day). Anyway, I went with a support system to the meetings, my aunt and I were quite the team. She had lost a ton of weight and looked better than ever, so what did I have to lose right? Right. I lost over 20 pounds and never felt better about myself. It had long lasting results. I gained some of the weight back when I stopped going, but not enough to get upset about. I learned new ways to eat and new options for the things I loved, and if I really had to have something I could have it. If you are looking for an opinion or suggestion this would be mine. Of course, now I have lost the ability to do it again. I fell of the good bandwagon about 3 years ago, and I haven't been back since. I have since shot back up to a very chunky 142 pounds. I also later found out that my now ex-aunt was taking methamphetamine which obviously contributed more to her dramatic weight loss more than the Weight Watchers plan.

I am now working to try to find a way to get myself back on track without losing the enjoyment that comes with food and everything that it has to offer...other than the calories and fat. I know that this will involve work and the regular routine of going to the gym. This is where my blog on self control and will power will come into play. I will be forced to answer my own questions about why I am not succeeding. This will be a hard transition, going from pointing the finger to taking a hard look at myself....in a full length mirror....naked.... ew.

Dieting 101 Brought to You By Brenda Dickson

Our spokes woman Brenda Dickson has a few words for you to review upon entering the Dieting World.

Thank you and remember, when eating your just a vacuum with nipples.

-Bobbet Heavens