Be it a diet, a lifestyle change, or whatever description you choose to call a change in your nutritional intake in order to lose weight, gain weight, maintain weight, or just get healthy... I have tried many different scenarios talked about in the world today. Back in college when I gained my freshman fifteen forty I definitely needed a change. At close to 220 lbs I was feeling a tad miserable about my choice to eat a hamburger and fries every day at good ol Kramer Dining Center. (But they were so good and convenient!!!) Needless to say my ways of eating needed an adaptation. That is when I decided to try the Weight Watcher’s program. Did I actually attend meetings and such? No. But my grandma did and she was wonderful enough to share all of her wisdom with me, and I am happy to say with that program I was able to lose 40 lbs! There was a definite change in my body after that! I was feeling pretty great about myself, but I wanted to continue to reach my ultimate goal, unfortunately that is when the dreaded plateau hit. At this point in time I was also extremely bored with Weight Watchers. I don’t have anything negative against it, but it was not something I was excited about sticking with. Figuring all of the points for everything became a chore for me and thus my journey with Weight Watchers was over.
I had managed to maintain my 180 for quite some time which for me, felt pretty good, but I knew I could feel even better about myself. Which is when I started on SlimFast shakes as meal replacements. I was a bad person and would usually skip breakfast because I was always rushing around in the morning, but then I would have my shake for lunch with a side of something on the healthier side. Only problem was I wasn’t following an actual program and I was still sitting at my 180. So SlimFast went the way of Weight Watchers... out the diet door. For a while I just kept tabs on my food intake and portion control, and 180 and I lived to be very comfortable together as my wedding day was approaching (obviously you don’t really want to have drastic wedding gown alterations before the big day) so we just kind of hung out together. I will mention that for the better part of a year up until this point I had given up soda and was feeling really great about that, but then came our honeymoon and my unfortunate motto became “Oh why not, I’m on vacation!” Well once you go on vacation with the dieting and being careful with what you eat, you do not want to come back from vacation.
Months had passed since we arrived home from Mexico and 180 and I sadly parted ways and I met up with 193. Seeing this number on the scale and letting it sink in let me to a scary realization that if I kept these habits up I would be right back to 220 again. (The place where I was most miserable about myself) Enter my amazingly supportive husband... He introduced me to the Keto diet which I previously featured in one of my posts, so I won’t go into all of the details on what it is. With that I said goodbye to 193, goodbye to 180, and found a new friend... 174. Again this was progress, but still not my personal goal. I had more business to attend to but... another plateau as well as another vacation... this time to Disney World’s Food and Wine Festival... Goodbye keto... hello carbs! Let me tell you something about low/no carb diets... once you find the carbs again... you never want to give them up at all. Again coming back from vacation I could never seem to get back completely on track especially with the holiday season coming up and then excuse after excuse would find itself engaging in me eating too much of stuff I shouldn’t be having which leads me to now...
I was close to meeting 190something again and feeling sorry for myself and the choices I have made. I am skeptical of diets and what they have to offer, but I saw one of my friends having success with this program that I have decided to try the Herbalife 3 Day Trial. Yes, I have researched. Yes, I have some skepticism. But I also know what I feel like I need to hold myself accountable with any nutrition program. I need something simple, quick, and planned out (for the most part). I am that weird person that would rather have a shake most meals that something else. I am excited even though I still have some reserves about this program as I do with anything new, but I want to document my experience not to promote Herbalife or say negative things about it, but rather to share my own unique experience the 3 day trial brings for me, so stay tuned.
(I want to make a note that my goal number is one which will put me in the healthy BMI range. As of now according to my height and body fat percentage I am considered in the overweight category. Losing weight for me isn't about superficial issues, it is about feeling good about myself, gaining confidence in myself, and most importantly getting to a healthy stage of my life so I can continue to make the most of it.)
Mrs. Imparato
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