The 1300 Calorie Diet

Well, it's official. I have completely lost any inkling of self discipline. Over the last year I've completely let myself go. I've been in an "enjoy life to the fullest" phase, which has ultimately turned into "eat as much as you want and sit on your fat ass all day" phase. Gone are the days of a healthy sandwhich and soup for lunch, hitting 24-Hour Fitness after work, and wearing my favorite clothes. This has to end. Now.

With my friend's wedding in six months, I've made that my weightloss goal. It's time to get serious, and get serious now. While surfing the net for "quick fixes," I came upon the Live Strong website. After entering my information (weight/height/age) and my weightloss goal (pretty severe) I was left with 1300 calories/day. What the hell am I going to eat? Unfortunately for me, I am not Gwyneth Paltrow and do not have kale shakes and Tracy Anderson at my fingertips, so I'm figuring this out on my own.

Enter panic here. What am I going to eat? How much is this going to cost me? Can I actually do this? Luckily I am a fan of healthy foods, it's preparing the healthy foods that I don't find the time, or even energy for. So what now? I wrote a list of all the healthy foods I love, and could live with eating on a daily basis: salmon, salad, fruits, veggies, Vitamin Water. It all fit into my calorie count for the day. Even taking my aunt's dogs for a walk around the neighborhood could help me lose my goal of two pounds per week.

After all this research, all this planning, all this frustration of letting it get "too far." I've realized one thing. It's no ones fault but mine. After all, no one force-fed me anything-I did that myself. No one made me lounge in bed after work watching movies and chatting it up on gchat. No one told me I couldn't go for a nice walk, or hit the elliptical. No one but me. Now that I've realized that I was the one responsible for letting my eating get out of hand, I am now taking full responsibility for getting it back under control. Am I going to hate myself for letting it get crazy? Yes. Do I regret food choices I have made over the last few months? Absolutely. Can I turn this all around by taking ownership and being consistant with a good meal plan? Hell yes.

Here are some foods that I will be choosing to help with my two pound a week weightloss goal:

Salmon, salad (lettuce, banana peppers, red onion, tomatoes, kalamata olives, low-fat Kraft Greek dressing), Healthy Choice Minestrone soup, shaved ham off the bone, swiss cheese, plain low-fat yogurt with fresh/frozen fruit, spinich, asparagus with olive oil, oranges, apples, pears, cucumbers, peppers, Vitamin Water, One A Day Women's multivitamin.

Exercise:

Walk the dogs, elliptical for 30 minutes, follow Tracy Anderson videos. 

www.livestrong.com

www.tracyandersonmethod.com