Jabari and I are making the commitment. The commitment to lose weight.
Two weeks ago he said we have to get fit and start eating healthier. I heartily agreed as I sat there and snacked on a Nutter Butter. We gave ourselves two weeks as a countdown to eat whatever we wanted and get our indulgences out of our system (or rather into it). I only indulged a couple times, but for the most part I stuck to my normal foods.
I decided to get back on the Zone Diet. A couple years ago I started on it and lost close to 40 lbs. in like 4 months. It was fabulous.
Then I graduated from college and moved back home with my parents. I got a job 45 minutes away and suddenly the time I had to really care about what I was eating flew out the door. For the most part, I only ate what mom made, except for the days when I wanted something different and made my own dinner or went through a drive-thru.
In about a year I gained most of my weight back. The toughest part was weighing myself every other day and watching the number gradually climb.
And then I moved. And then I realized money was disappearing out of my wallet towards bills and other miscellaneous expenses. If anyone has ever been on a diet before, especially one where you have to buy your own food. you know eating healthy isn’t all that cheap. So instead of healthy, balanced meals, I was eating frozen pizza and those cheap Banquet meals you can get when they go on sale for 10 for $10.
Pretty soon, I was feeling like crap. I wake up and I feel like crap. I go to bed and I feel like crap. My feet and legs hurt early in the morning and at the end of the day. I’m not getting the right nutrients and as a result, I usually have absolutely no energy.
So now I’m back on it again, following the same Week in the Zone plan I followed the first time I got started and suddenly I wonder why I didn’t stay on it. Instantly I can already feel a difference. I have a lot of energy, and yet I’m eating half the calories my body burns so I’m hoping I’ll be able to lose weight these first couple weeks with minimal effort. In fact, I have so much energy, I was actually able to get all my household stuff done. I even cleaned my kitchen and put away laundry that’s been sitting on my dining table for like a week already.
I think I’ll finally stick to it this time. I hope I will.
