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In case you've stumbled across this old blog of mine, here is where I blog now:

Leah: The Kind Weight Watcher

Happy reading!

Done! Sorry!

I feel that I owe my one reader the benefit of actually letting you know that I am done blogging here. Mostly because I've given up on the idea that the best way to lose weight is to never cook and exist on processed junk food almost exclusively.

Not that I don't still believe in that method. It definately works, if you count your calories and grams of fat. I will probably still use it on weeks that I am out of town or something. It really has been the easiest way to lose weight for me.

However, I'm about to start a whole new process (no pun intended). I'm transitioning to veganism! Which will require eliminating most of (if not all) my beloved processed foods. And especially if I want to lose weight and get healthier, I will have to learn to cook.

I will also be starting a new blog that follows me on my journey to "The Kind Life", inspired by the book "The Kind Diet" by Alicia Silverstone. I will post the link as soon as I begin the journey.

Thanks for reading what you've read.

Vegetarian Experiment.

Most days I don't eat much meat. I'm going to start eliminating it entirely. I was a vegetarian for years, and it's time to go back to that.

Today's Plan: (and I use the word "plan" loosely since I've already eaten breakfast and lunch)

breakfast: 1 banana, 1 fiberplus bar
lunch: 2 tbs chunky peanut butter, 1 cup ff cottage cheese w/ mixed fruit, 15 baked lays
dinner: lean cuisine pizza, popcorn, big salad
snacks: 1 small apple, unlimited raw veggies
exercise: 30 minutes Curves circuit, 60 minutes Gazelle (cardio)

Yes, after last night's binge and lack of exercise I have decided to add cardio to every remaining day this week.

Another Confession:

I had a HUGE binge last night. It really got me thinking about my food addiction. Hopefully I'll be able to get this under control soon.

Here's what really happened yesterday:

breakfast: 1 red banana, 1 poptart
lunch: grilled cheese sandwich, green beans, fruit cup
dinner: lean cuisine pizza, popcorn, side salad
snacks: 1 poptart
NIGHTTIME BINGE: 2 poptarts, 6 mini-donuts, 20 or so RF pringles, 40 or so baked lays, 2 tbs french onion dip, 1 fiberplus bar
exercise: NONE.

Okay. I need help. :-( Today's avoid-another-binge plan? Lots of gum and diet coke. Not sure if it's the best aproach, but we'll see.

Inspiration from another favorite show!

I was watching my DVDs of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I think that Buffy is another great example of an intuitive eater.

Although that show does not center around food as much as Gilmore Girls does, food is still a part of it.

Plus Buffy promotes working out, something that the Gilmores just laugh at. Since I am a bigtime exerciser, if I want to look to a fictional character for exercise motivation, that would be Buffy Summers.

She really kicks some ass on that show, too. It's a real "girl power" series. I love doing my cardio workouts to some Buffy.

Here are the things that I've noticed her eating on the show: donuts, cereal, bagel with peanut butter, pizza, apples, jello, popcorn, 7Up, gum, apple juice... That's a diet that anyone could get behind. :-)

Today's Plan:

breakfast: 1 red banana, 1 poptart
lunch: grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, green beans, fruit cup
dinner: lean cuisine pizza, popcorn, side salad
snacks: 1 poptart, 2 redvines, 1/2 cup mixed veggies
exercise: 30 minutes Curves circuit, 30 minutes Gazelle (cardio)

I'm very tempted to increase my exercise this week. I may add 10 minutes to my cardio every day this week and see if it affects my weight loss at all.

I'm still really enjoying the GG Diet, mostly because I get to eat poptarts daily if I so choose. Also enjoyed a couple of Easy Mac cups last week. I will be increasing my water this week, too. We'll see how it goes! My biggest fear is that the trend of my weight loss will continue until I eventually stall. I canNOT let that happen this time, because I tend to get very discouraged when I plateau.

Updated Stats:

Starting Weight (02/15/10) - 204.0
Current Weight (3/20/10) - 195.6
Average Weekly loss - 1.4 pounds!

Exercise Goal for March: 1000 minutes
Minutes Exercised so far: 1360 minutes

Kicking exercise's butt this month. Also doing pretty well with my "lose a pound a week" goal. This last week, I lost exactly a pound. What scares me a bit is that my losses have been steadily decreasing the last several weeks. 2.6, 2.4, 1.8, 1.6, 1.2, 1.0. Does that mean that this week I'm doomed to lose less than a pound? Well, I am not going to accept that. I am going to continue losing 1+ every week!!! (I believe in the law of attraction, can you tell?)