OMG

I went to the doctor's office today to get a referral to the Ortho for my knees. They made me get on the scale. OMG I weighed in at 198 lbs. That's 11 pounds heavier than Richard. I have NEVER been heavier than Richard before. I never thought I would actually get up in the 200 lb. range. Shit Shit Shit Shitshitshitshitshit!!!!!

This will never do.

The only diet that has ever worked for me is the Adkins. It's miserable to get started. You just starve and suffer the first two weeks. But then your body kicks over and starts to burn the stored fat, and you feel great and you lose the weight. So be it.

Just like waking up

This afternoon my diet kicked in. I started the Adkins a few days ago, so basically I haven't had any carbs for a couple of days. Last night I noticed I was feeling really hungry, which is part of the process of getting to the burn stage, where your body converts stored fat into energy, basically back into the sugar from whence it originally came. When this diet starts working, you get more energy than you are used to having. You can feel your body cooking. Wow, what a jolt! It was like waking up from a state of dozing off. I immediately turned up the radio and started singing. Whew! Energy to spare. And knowing that I am burning stored fat and getting rid of it just makes me so happy!

Yay!