I Can Do All Things

I forgot to post week 2 results which was decent...2 pounds. This week I didn't lose anything at all but I am on my cycle so I'm not to worried. I have continued to pray daily for God's strength and guidance. I feel it helps me greatly. I have been continuing with the CAD plan to the best of my ability. My reward meals have been over the top and I really need to watch it. As for exercise, I continue to get 10,000 steps or more. I have been working on our old Wii doing cardioboxing and dance. It feels good to be moving. Looking forward to next week's loss.

I freaking can't believe it. I lost 5.6 pounds this week! Thank you Jesus!!!! 🙏 I followed the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet (CAD) all week long with no cheating. And I prayed everyday for strength and willpower. I hope this coming week will be just as good but I'll take anything lost.

I was leaving a bookstore when a sign caught my eye...FREE BOOKS! Not one to pass up a deal, I scoured the bin for something interesting when I found it; The Carbohydrate Addict Diet book. I cracked it open, read it, and it spoke to me. I love carbs; always have and always will. I would choose rice, pasta, bread, potatoes over filet mignon any day of the week. I figured I would try it. What harm could there be, after all, I have tried everything else. So in addition to prayer and turning it over to God, I am following the CAD. In a nutshell, you eat 3 meals a day and severely restrict/limit carb intake at 2 meals. The 3rd meal is a reward meal where you can eat as much of anything you want so long as you have a salad first and split your plate into thirds (veggie, protein, and carb). If you have seconds it must be from every third. And the zinger, everything must be eaten within 1 hour....including desert. It has science behind it regarding insulin levels but as I'm not a doct...

I was cleaning out my photos and found dozens of pics of past weigh ins. Ugh!!! I am so disgusted with myself. I have photo documentation of my weight losses and then gains. I have lost the same 25 pounds 3 times!!!! That's 75 pounds people! I would be at almost goal weight if I had just stuck it out. This is more proof that it's not a diet but a lifestyle. Gosh, how many times have I heard that or read it? But it's all true. I have to get a handle on my food addictions. I have to learn how to eat right, make better choices, make healthy habits. Ugh.......

Stupidity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Yep...that's me in a nutshell. I have been ringing in each new year with the same resolution, to lose weight and get healthy. This past year I turned 40 and ya know what..same stupid resolution. What makes this year any different from before? I have the answer. I've had it all along and never used it. I didn't trust it; not really anyway. I ignored it. I thought I knew better. I thought I had it all under control. But the truth is, I just didn't listen. But I'm going to listen now. I remember sitting around a table talking to my mentor when she said I don't trust...not 100%. That in order for my problem to go away, I'd have to really give it up. She said I needed to pray for it. I know!!!!! Say what?!?! I mean I pray for all sorts of things, important things, but pray to lose weight? Come on. But as she explained it, we pray mostly when we are asking for somethi...