It's OVER!! WAHOO!

THE INDUCTION IS OVER!!  Happy Dance!! 

Alright, so I just have to celebrate the fact that while I did slip up a day or two during these two weeks, I didn't go off the deep end when I did and still lost 9.2 lbs!  While it's not the double digits I was hoping for, I'm very proud of myself bc I've lost a significant amount of inches.. Wanna see?  Here ya go..

Week:	6/13	6/27	7/4	7/11	7/18	7/25	8/1	Difference
Neck:	15	15						0
L Bicep:	14	14						0
R Bicep:	14	13.5						-.5
Bust (w/ bra on):	47	44						-3
Waist (@bend pt):	44.5	39.75						-3.75
Hips:	50	45						-5
L Thigh:	29.5	28.5						-1
R Thigh:	28.5	28.5						0
L Calf:	17.5	16.5						-1
R Calf:	18	16.75						-1.25
Body Fat:	36.5%	33.25%						-3.25%
Weight:	245.0	235.8						-9.2

Day 1 Continued..

Well, my measurements are posted on my Weight Statistics page for the starting.. It's so weird how different the R and L sides are.. lol..  But I wasn't surprised to see that I'd gained 5 lbs in the past 10 days.. I've been eating carbs like they were the only option, so this is a good thing I'm doing..

My goals for today are pretty simple:

** Eat breakfast-- Still not sure what this is going to be, but I'm thinking.. lol

** Join Ideal Fitness-- I got a coupon for a free week membership.. 

by the time that's over, I'll have the money to put towards an actual membership.. :)

** TRY to run for 5 minutes-- Pretty much a test for myself..

I'm going to do better about keeping everything updated around here.. and hopefully I'll gain your trust (or whatever you want to call it), seeing as I really wouldn't believe a word I say anymore if I were you.. So here's to new beginnings and weight loss..  :)

Have a good day, I'll be back later to tell ya how my gym trip went..  

Day 1..

Well, while this should have been happening on the 1st of June, I'm glad it's happening at all.. So, it's officially day 1 of my re-start.. and I've decided to be smart about the Dukan Diet and bought the book to make sure I do it correctly.. so as of right now, I'm doing the Atkins Diet Induction to start losing weight..  After noticing that I was eating WAY too much carbs in a day, I knew I needed to cut them out to get them out of my system..  I hope you will support me while I attempt to do this my way.. :)

I have enough meals waiting for me to keep me going to about a week (that's when turkey sausage and tuna fish will become SERIOUSLY gross to me.. lol), and instead of the daily salad, I will be subbing that with cabbage.. I can't do salad on a daily basis.. I don't like it enough.. While I am going to try to do a salad at least once a week, I hope to bump this number up as I continue this.. :)

So I had my dad help me with my measurements, and have done a spread sheet like I saw Sabrina use a while ago.. thanks, Sabrina! :)  As soon as I weigh myself in the morning, I will post it on my Weight Statistics page..  and of course, post about where to find it once it's up.. :)  My body fat percentage is being calculated by the Navy standard, in case anyone cares.. lol

Well, I'm off to bed.. crossing my fingers I haven't gotten to 250 in the past 10 days.. eek!