I was going through my closet to find some clothes that I could donate to the poor when I came across a binder with some of my old diet info in it. It was a small list of foods that I ate while I was doing the Low-Carb diet way back in 2002. I remember doing this diet and I know that it worked because I had done it once before in 1999. At that time I went from 190 down to 167. This didn’t last though. As soon as I put the first piece of bread in my mouth I gained it all back. This list that I just came across in my closet shows that my starting weight was 187 and my goal (as always ) was 140. I’m not sure how long I followed this diet this second time because I only have 12 days worth of info, but I do know that I lost 7 pounds within that short period of time.
Here is the list of what I ate:
Nov. 18, 2002 – 187 (Goal – 140)
Breakfast – 2 boiled eggs, 1 oz. cheddar
Lunch – 2 chicken hot dogs, 1 1/2 slices of chicken bacon, 1 oz. cheddar, 1 romaine leaf (all rolled up together)
Snack – 1 oz. cheddar
Supper – 2 small burgers (homemade – just meat), 1 cheese slice, 1 1/2 slices of chicken bacon, 1 romain leaf (cheeseburger without the bun)
Nov. 19, 2002
Breakfast – 1 scrambled egg, 1 small burger
Lunch – flakes of turkey (canned – GROSS), 1 tbsp. mayo, 1 cheese slice, 1 romaine leaf (sandwich without the bread)
Snack – 1 oz. cheddar, 2 slices bologna, 10 peanuts (1 oz)
Supper – steak, 1/4 cup fried onions
Snack – 2 slices bologna, 1 oz. cheddar
Nov. 20, 2002
Breakfast – 2 scrambled eggs, 1 tbsp. ketchup
Lunch – 2 burgers (small – homemade), 1 cheese slice, 1 tbsp ketchup
Snack – 1 0z cheddar, steak cubes
Supper – chicken breast, 1/2 cup cream of mushroom soup, 1 carrot, 1/4 cup green beans
Nov. 21, 2002 – 184 (I lost 3 lbs.)
Breakfast – steak, 1/4 cup fried onions, 2 fried eggs
Lunch – 3 oz. bologna, 1 oz. provolone cheese, 1 romaine lettuce leaf
Snack – 2 stalks celery, 2 tbsp peanut butter
Supper – chicken breast, 1/2 cup cream of mushroom soup, 1 carrot, 1/4 cup green beans
Nov. 22, 2002
Breakfast – 2 slices chicken bacon, 1 oz. provolone cheese, 1 romaine leaf
Lunch – 1 oz. cheddar, 1/2 oz. Polish sausage, 2 sl. chicken bacon, 1 romaine leaf
Supper – 2 small homemade burgers, 1 carrot, 1/2 cup green beans
Snack – 3 cups popcorn
Nov. 23, 2002
Breakfst – 3 sl. chicken bacon, 1 fried egg
Lunch – 1 small burger, 1 carrot, 1/4 cup green beans
Supper – (At my niece’s birthday party – I didn’t write down what I ate)
Nov. 24, 2002
Breakfast – 1/2 oz. cheddar,
Lunch – 2 fried eggs, 2 beef hot dogs, 2 tbsp brown beans (canned)
Snack – 1 celery, 1 tbsp. peanut butter
Supper – 7 homemade meatballs (contained breadcrumbs), 1/2 cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup broccoli
Nov. 25, 2002
Breakfast – 2 scrambled eggs, 4 sl. chicken bacon
Lunch – 4 beef hot dogs, 1 tbsp ketchup
Snack – prickly pear
Supper – steak, 1/4 cup fried onion
Nov. 26, 2002 – 182 (I’ve lost 5 lbs)
Breakfast – 2 boiled eggs, 1 oz. cheddar
Lunch – 1 beef hot dog, 1 small can tuna, 1 oz. cheddar, 1 tbsp mayo, 1 prickly pear
Snack – pork schnitzel, 1/8 cup applesauce (homemade – no sugar)
Supper – 4 sl. bacon, 2 fried eggs, 1 oz. cheddar
Nov. 27, 2002
Breakfast – 2 fried eggs, pork schnitzel
Lunch – 4 sl. mortadella (2 oz), 5 sl. Genoa hot salami (1 oz), 1 oz. cheddar, 2 romaine leaves
Snack – lime yogurt
Supper – 1 sausage, 1 pork schnitzel
Nov. 28, 2002
Breakfast – 2 scrambled eggs, 3 sl. bacon
Lunch – mortadella, salami, turkey (deli meats), tomato, bocconcini (baby mozzarella), romaine lettuce
Supper – chicken breast (baked), chicken breast (mushroom soup sauce), 6 baby carrots, 2 tbsp corn
Nov. 29, 2002
Breakfast – chicken breast (baked)
Lunch – chicken breast (musroom soup sauce), beans (just the insides of green snap beans) with tomato sauce
Snack – 1 celery, 1 tbsp peanut butter
Supper – veal and bacon on romaine
Nov. 30, 2002 – 180 (I lost 7 lbs)
Breakfast – veal, 2 fried eggs
I didn’t bother writing any more for this day and I didn’t continue writing down what I ate from then on. I don’t remember if I continued this diet or not. Obviously it was working for me – I didn’t do any exercise at this time – but the meals were so monotonous and boring. Even though I was losing weight I just couldn’t keep it up.
I’m thinking of doing this diet again because I know it works and I can’t spend another summer being obese! I weighed myself yesterday and I am now 205!!! That’s only 5 lbs less than I was the day I gave birth to my 4th child 12 years ago! This is the heaviest (non-pregnant) I have ever been and I know if I don’t do something I will keep gaining and gaining. Every year it gets harder and harder to lose weight and I know if I don’t lose it now, I never will. I will be 47 next month and I’ve always heard that once you hit 50 it just gets more difficult to lose weight. My health issues (Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, and the blood clots in my lungs) are really preventing me from exercising enough to burn any calories. I don’t know if I will continue this blog or not. It’s so depressing to hear how well everyone else is doing when I just keep getting fatter and fatter!
Sad, Fat, and Mad 
Don’t stop blogging! Seriously. You can definitely do it, and blogging makes you that much more accountable. You also don’t need to revert to this diet to lose weight again, and there is so much more to being healthy than exercising for a burn! Even incorporating a few more fruits and vegetables into your diet and drinking a few more cups of water can help. If you can walk for 20 or 30 minute a day, burn or no burn at all, that’s still movement! I know for me it’s gotten super frustrating because I see people losing weight and being able to take complete control of their diet, where I’m still sneaking chocolate here and there and messing up my food intake, but I make up for it with exercise because that’s the only thing that makes me feel less guilty. Comparing myself to other blogs I follow has been my biggest downfall the past week or so, and I have to keep reminding myself that my body will work differently than every other body, and my weight will change at its own pace! Don’t give up, you can do it!