I Don't Want to be Kirstie Alley

Don't get me wrong, Kirstie Alley is beautiful, especially for being 60. I just don't want to continue to struggle with my weight until I'm 60. I think every other year Kirstie is either struggling with her weight or has found some new magic wonderful program that works for her. Maybe the issue isn't the type of diet she is doing, but the fact that she looks at it as a diet.


Losing weight shouldn't just be for 30 days or until you reach your goal weight. It should be a lifestyle change. Obviously what you're doing now, isn't working.

I'm too Picky

This weekend sure was interesting. At least on the Paleo front that is. I managed to completely F Up on Saturday. I don't recall what breakfast was (was there breakfast?) and Lunch was definitely not good. Turkey sub from Jimmy Johns? And did I mention the fam and I had pizza for dinner?! So let's just say weekends are my weakness. 


Sunday I believe breakfast was a leftover slice of pizza. Man I feel like I'm in college. But even in college I ate better than this. Maybe that's because in college there is a chef there to cook for you?

First Paleo Experience... Overwhelming!

Yesterday was pay day and my fridge wanted some love, so I went down to Cub Foods to stock up. Since I'm trying to go Paleo I had done some poking around about what to get. I found some shopping lists and core foods from Robb Wolf and headed off on what I hoped would be a successful shopping trip.

This is normally what happens. I grab a cart and go down every aisle. I normally grab things that are easy to make in large quantities so I don't have to cook ALL the time. Mac n Cheese, Viola Meals, Sandwich materials, Cereal, Milk, Pizza, etc. Can you see the pattern? Every single thing I listed has some form of carbs in it.

With the Paleo plan you want to avoid carbs for many reasons. I wont get into that hear, Robb Wolf does an amazing job of explaining everything. So I literally had to erase everything I knew about food.

Told You I'd Do It...

After a crazy weekend of amazing moving fun, being sick and extreme weather, I've gotten back to 261! Totally NOT in a healthy way.


Thursday night I felt a cold/congestion starting. As I was folding clothes on the living room floor talking to Mike I just knew something bad was going to happen. I found it harder to hold the conversation as it became harder to breathe. That night I woke up every hour on the hour, I couldn't breathe, my throat felt like it was closed. By the time it was really time to wake up I was exhausted, I hadn't slept well, couldn't speak or breathe and had a long day ahead of me. Did I mention I work in a call center? I'm fairly certain I get paid to talk all day. Thankfully my 90-day intro period was over and i had sick time, so I took that and started moving. I'd move a few things in and feel my heart racing and I'd be gasping for air. I had to take long breaks. This wasn't because I am fat kids, I have NO idea what I was sick with but it was not fun!

Focus? What Focus?!

This has been the week from *ahem*, yea worst week in a while. Not necessarily with my diet, ok with my diet; but also everything else that could go wrong, basically did.


- Not eating right? Check
- Car Issues? Check
- Fearing for my life? Check (see #2)
- Being completely stressed out? CHECK


As many of you know (and by many I mean the 5 whole people who possibly read this) I move tomorrow. YAY FOR MOVING! I'm excited to move but at the same time I DESPISE moving. No Really, despise, seriously.


I'm 98% packed and ready to go, so the anxiety doesn't come from not being ready to move.

Fat Is My Enemy

Now that I'm moving I've decided that a balanced diet really needs to be established. I'll have plenty of space in my fridge to stock up on whatever food I need, and a whole kitchen to cook my heart out.


I find it very difficult to change my diet because I LOVE food. I'm a picky eater so I don't really like trying new things, but the things I do like, probably aren't very good for me... and I probably eat to much of them  =(

Ahhh 25 pounds!

Today was weigh in day! I've lost another 1.3 pounds, not a whole lot but considering I'm not really doing anything I'll take it (Yep EPIC FAIL in the exercise department). With work being so busy I haven't had the true ambition to work out per se.


Sunday I spent the day playing with the dogs and eventually swimming. I was really good about my food intake for Independence day which is HARD considering how much i LOVE BBQ food haha. Monday was spent hanging out at home before heading out to Lake Minnetonka for fireworks. If you're from Minnesota you're very much aware of the fact that the fireworks off Lake Minnetonka are fantastic. Anyone with money living on the lake shoots off their own before hand, almost like a little battle from one side of the lake to the other. Plus there are smaller towns along the lake that do their own that you can see. Once it's completely dark you're in for the best show of the night. Amazing fireworks over the lake on a barge and the ending is phenomenal. Seriously. Totally worth the three quarters of a mile walk to the edge of the lake from where we parked and the chaos that ensued to get home.

Sometimes The Scale Doesn't Matter

Sometimes you try really hard and nothing seems to change. You push, you pull, you stomp your feet and you're left standing several steps from where you were just a moment ago. No matter how hard you try you can't seem to reach that goal. Weight loss is like dragging a huge boulder down a never ending road to no where. Except slowly, the boulder becomes a smaller boulder, then a rock and eventually a pebble; and then no where becomes exactly where you want to be.