Two weeks ago I read and reviewed the book Fitness Confidential. Now that I am back from all of my trips (which I will be blogging about soon) and the 4th of July holiday is over, I am going to start putting into practice what I learned in that book. And what exactly did I learn? That I need to completely revamp my diet. Now when I say the word diet, I don't mean a temporary change to the way I am eating. 
This is not a quick fix; it is a lifestyle change. What Vinnie Tortorich explained in his book is that the key to losing weight and keeping it off is eliminating sugars and grains from our diets. Our society has gotten it completely backwards. We avoid foods with fat in them and instead eat foods loaded with sugar to make up for the lack of taste. Fat is the human body's natural source of fuel. Yet we skip that and load up on sugar and carbs, which actually just turn into fat in our bodies.
Now technically, yesterday was my day one since I didn't eat any grains and just had the tiniest bit of sugar in my coffee. But I forgot to weigh myself in the morning, so I am officially starting today. I have a good 30 pounds to lose and I am anxious to get started. Now in all honesty, my piece of junk scale is off by at least 5 pounds; meaning I weigh 5 pounds more than it says. But since it is what I have daily access to, we will just go with it. So here are my numbers:
Marianna's Day One Numbers
Date: July 9, 2013
Weight: 149 pounds
(so I'm actually about 155)
Waist: 35 inches
(gah!)
Hips: 42 inches
(double gah! this is what we call birthing hips)
Thigh: 25.25 inches
Arm: 12 inches
Gosh those numbers are depressing and I am hoping to make some real progress with this big change. In February I joined a local gym, where I spent one hour a day, 3 to 4 days a week working the hardest I have in my life? And do you know what I lost in 4.5 months? 2 pounds. After reading Fitness Confidential, I realized that exercise, while important, is not enough, It is all about what you eat. And since I now have 4 boys home from school, making it impossible to get to the gym, I am really going to focus on the food.
So stick around and see where this takes me. I figure I will do weekly updates and hopefully I will have some progress to report.
Because obviously four children and one blog do not keep me busy enough (insert sarcasm), I decided to go ahead and start a second blog. It is no secret that I love reading books on my Kindle. With the speed I am plowing through them, I thought it would be fun to blog about them. So on Monday I launched A Lust For Reading, where I will be reviewing and recommending various romance novels. So if you could head on over there and take a peek around, follow me there and all of that good stuff, I would be forever appreciative. In time I'll start having giveaways and it will all be a lot of fun. 
