Annette - Day 1

Don’t be a hater because I’m sticking with my medifast stuff for now. I think Paleo sounds great but I’ve already invested in my food for Medifast. It has a similar approach in that you don’t eat bread, sugar, etc. After gleaning all that from your system your body switches to burning fat reserves instead of sugar stored up in your liver.(kitosis) The reason I’m a fan of this medifast for the time being is because of the stage I’m at in my life. I’m a short order cook all day long for 4 kids. I spend so much time caring for them and cooking for them that I don’t have time to cook much at all for myself. I make time at dinner to cook for Steve and myself. With Medifast you eat 5 of their high protein snacks and then for dinner you have a lean protein and green vegetables. Same idea as with Paleo that if you cheat, it only sets you back. After about 3 days of the plan, you body enters that kitosis stage and then you are money. Steve lost about 30-35 lbs doing the program with me. I’m still excited to hear and learn about Paleo and strive to eat that way at restaurants. I’m going to resume diet tomorrow. I was doing the plan before but with the wedding and all our out of town family for dinners I took a little break.

After David I got all the way up to 210lbs. My highest ever. I’m currently at 195. I’m anticipating even better success now because I’ve been done nursing for a while now so my body should be back to normal. I was at quite a stand still at one point and I think my body was in starvation mode because of nursing. Here are the stats:

Weight: 195
R Arm: 14
L Arm: 13
R Thigh: 28 1/4
L Thigh: 27 1/4
R Knee: 18 1/2
L Knee: 18 1/4
R Calf: 15
L Calf: 14 1/4
Waist: 38 1/4
Bust: 39 3/8
Rib cage:36
Largest part of butt: 50! Can you say pair shaped?

I know that seems like a lot of measurements but some of those areas are places where you see success before you see the waist and butt go down. I usually lose lots in the arms and the area of the leg right above the knee. I know how I work and I like to see progress or I get very discouraged. It’s also weird how much smaller my left side is from my right. I guess I’m REALLY right handed.

Today I was fighting the stomach flu so my eating was like a sick person. Bowl of ramen, a few saltines. Tonight after feeling a little better I had Andrew’s 4 chicken nuggets he didn’t eat and a few pistachios.