Vegtables Give me Gas...

Yes, it is true....broccoli and cauliflower give me horrible painful gas and raw veggies can give me stomach cramps, but I love to eat them! Lots of fruit makes me poop like a blue goose, but I still suck down my smoothie every day! And when I eat egg whites, especially boiled egg whites, my toots smell like last year's garbage shot through a stink machine.

Yet I keep eating these things, because I know they are healthy for me- why? Dairy Queen is true to the slogan- it treats me right! Cheeto-Puffs? Bring it! I could pound down a whole bag and then be ready for some Papa John's Pizza with a side of Varsity. I sometimes dream about Entenmann's cinnamon rolls wrapped in bacon.....

Then add in a healthy dose of sweating it out...and I mean sweating like a ho in church. Did you know that briskly walking 1 mile burns about 100 calories?? That's it!? I go to the gym and when I run on the treadmill, I notice the my boobs feel like they are about to bounce slap off my chest and I am pretty sure the gym staff refer to me as hobo lady....I obviously DO NOT care what I look like when I choose to sweat off my poundage....

So for the past four months, I have stopped eating junk food....started exercising...5 days a week....and I feel great. Changing my diet is the best thing I could have done for myself. Exercising has improved not only my attitude, but my energy level! And the absolute....best part?? My clothes fit and my husband says I can buy more! WINNING!

SO even though I hate that I don't really eat junk food and I hate sweating it out at the gym around all the blond ones....it is worth it. My health is worth it. I have lost 22 pounds and gained quite a bit of muscle. I am so proud of myself and I am beginning to like what I see in the mirror more and more (when I make myself look). And yes... I still have a hard time looking at myself naked!!

And while I am here, I confess I ate three small pieces of chocolate today and a divine cupcake made by the fabulous baker Pam Sherrer! And five boiled eggs (no yolk)....and a wedge of laughing cow cheese with about 20 wheat thins...and a BIG glass of wine. Which I earned, yes I did!!

BUT- I am keeping those calories under 1600 per day....and I am so proud of myself! What are you proud of this week??

Signing off,
Miss Mad