Monday and Diet Coke

I thought about cutting Diet Coke out of my diet. Ya know…to be healthy. But, then I was like…let’s not be silly. I can’t do that. I must have something I can have for a treat. One vice, if you will. So, my goal instead, is to balance out my Diet Coke with water. So, for every 44 oz. Diet Coke I drink…I match that with 44 oz. of water. And, yes…I can drink that much.

After my horrible failure yesterday…I’m recommitted today to start anew. I’ve had a single egg, with a single piece of dry wheat toast for breakfast. I’m planning on a Lean Cuisine for lunch…those make it SO much easier to manage my calorie intake.

I don’t care what people say about losing weight…it really all comes down to calorie consumption. I can lose weight, and still eat a Snickers bar…as long as I factor it into my calories for the day. My goal is around 1300 – 1400 calories per day. I’m a tall girl. 6 ft tall. So, I can do that much and still lose weight pretty fast. Don’t be too impressed with those numbers. It wasn’t until I had lost about 40 lbs that people started saying, “There’s something different about you…did you cut your hair?” Really. I wish I was kidding. There’s the joy of being tall.

I do miss my phentermine. That stuff did wonders for me. Now, it’s not some miracle drug, but it curbed my appetite. Granted it only worked for 3 months…I had to keep upping my dose to keep it working. But, after that time I was so trained that I lost 50 lbs in 6 months. Not too shabby. If I could get it done without going to the doctor, I would. Finding the time to stick the kids with someone else while I go to the doctor is a joke.

I do need to actually weigh in here sometimes soon though. Otherwise, I don’t know how much I’m losing. I’d like to say that I’m motivated purely by how I feel, and how my clothes fit…but that would be a lie. I LOVE seeing those numbers go down.