Part Uno

I have often heard people say that "starting is the hardest part"... you're damn right it is. But not only starting, but having the will to keep going. There is no such thing as a quick fix or a diet. Lifestyle change is the words we are looking for here people. LIFESTYLE CHANGE. Change your damn life style. Hard? Duh. Worth it? Duh. I started out by talking to my sons daycare provider, Tanya. She is one of those crazy fit people who make ya wanna vomit. Especially when you realize she has given birth TWICE and still looks like a fitness model. Freak. =) So anywho, she gave me some really good nutrition advice to follow. I had to eat *gulp* veggies. Lots of them. WHAT?! I'm fat. I don't "do" veggies. Well, apparently, to be not fat, you have to eat them. And so I did. I'm not sure how the hell this happened, but I actually enjoyed them. Unheard of.
  Next, I had to have my strict eating schedule layed out for me. Some people like variety. I don't. Variety gets me in trouble. I need to be told exactly what to eat and when to eat it. The less choices, the better chance I have of not screwing up. And so, here was my new eating schedule: my breakfast consisted of 3 egg whites, a protein shake (powder and water), lunch was a can of tuna and black beans, snack was califlower, dinner was a chicken breast and broccoli. That's it. That's all I ate. I tried several other combos, but for me, this is what my body reacted best to. I wasn't an "exerciser", so eating just enough to keep my body functioning was my best bet. I also drank about a gallon of water a day. Hello bathroom break every 10 seconds. After my body came out of the, what I like to call "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME YOU CRAZY LUNATIC?!" mode, I actually wasn't hungry anymore. Some people look at what I was eating and go "are you nuts?! you were starving yourself!" Well, no, I wasn't. I literally felt full after every meal and wouldn't be hungry until it was time for the next. I ate this exact schedule for 6 days a week for 9 months straight. I allowed myself one "cheat" day a week. I used this day to eat all of the shitty things I had quit cold turkey. I feel like cheats are important because they keep you going. I feel like this is a huge spot of where people "fall off the wagon." One day, you will get tired of depriving yourself of these oh so bad for you yummies and say "eff it" and go hog wild, thus, falling right back into your bad habits. Eventually, you won't even want the cheats because they make you feel icky. But, initially, I think you need them to stay on track. Just by changing my diet, I lost 50 lbs in 7 months. I didn't work out a single minute in that 7 months. My body was to a point that it needed more. It needed more than just healthy eating. Enter workout stage...