5/23 Day 1

I'm fat. Plain and simple. Been fat my whole life. I don't know if this time it will work or if it will be a big fat failure like the 100's of other times I have tried to lose weight. Its so easy to get excited that some new product is going to cure my fatness. Its also so easy to be let down when these said products fail big time. Oh I'm sure that these diet aids actually work, any diet works if you can stick to it. I just hate the feeling weak, lethargic, dizzy, hungry and whatever else that happens when I try to follow these different diets. I've also tried the whole working out thing. Its REALLY hard to go back to the gym when one single workout caused my muscles to seize up in my legs for a week. I couldn't even sit down or stand up without intense pain.

Actually, my muscles seizing up for a week is what introduced me to Advocare. A coworker of mine suggested that I check out their post workout recovery shakes. They thought that since I was so adamant about losing weight and working out regularly that these might actually help me. To be honest, since they suggested them, and I have purchased them, I have not gone back to the gym. I will, and when I do I will be sure to post if they do work for me or not.

While introducing me to recovery shakes, I was also introduced to other products that Advocare carry. I also got to hear about how people have lost weight, gained lean muscle and lost body fat % without even really trying because they started taking these products and thats how it works. It builds athletes. Ok and I admit, it was pretty cool that Michael W. Smith was a believer in this product. I mean come on! He's a famous christian. He wouldn't believe in a bad product, right?

So now its day 1 of the 24 day challenge. I just drank my spark, took 3 catalysts, and pretty soon I will be drinking my shake, fiber drink (I was pre-warned that it would be gritty) and starting my day. I'm not used to eating every couple of hours. And I'm not used to eating lots of fruits and veggies. But its only 24 days. I can give up 24 days of my fast food, starbucks, junkfood life for that....Can't I?

I will be posting my beginning measurements soon. Today, May 23, 2011 my weight is....Oh come on, do you really want to know? Can't you just take my word for it? Alright, alright... Today I weigh 291 pounds. I'm 5'8" and I weigh that much. Which means I wear like a size 20, 3-4x shirts, and my bras keep breaking cuz I have so much fat crammed into them. Oh, and heres the worst part of all. I am only 29 years old and never had kids. I apparently learned to clean off my plate as a kid, and my brothers', and my sisters'. With that said, I do want to take measurements of my body, but I will need someone's help to do those, so that will come later on a different post.