Hello and Good Thursday Morning!
I am starting a blog because I have found that sharing some thoughts each day has really been helpful in my weightloss journey. I have been entering a small entry on a Kimkin’s diet forumn each morning and it has really helped me keep going, but sometimes I would like to branch out a bit, beyond just diet so I decided it was time to start a blog!
Yes – I have been doing Kimkins, or at least my style of Kimkin’s since June 9 and I have lost 39 pounds! If you are unfamiliar with Kimkins, simply is is a website that promotes a LowCarb, LowFat, LowCal diet program. Best way to learn more is to Google it. Some people love the program, others think it is evil and then there are people like me, I have made it work with a few tweaks and I think has been a good choice for me. In the past years I have failed at every program I have tried! Plus gained a few more in frustration!
I started my journey at 233.3 and yesterday weighed 194.3. Yes I have lost 39 pounds in 13 weeks. The weight loss has been very fast compared to some programs but reasonable when you consider my starting weight. Kimkins can be very low cal but I have been adding healthy veggies freely and been somewhat liberal with fats! When I have kept a Fitday food journal I have found my calories to be around 1000, lower than the magical 1200 but reasonable in my opinion. Because of the fair amount of lowfat protein I have really not been hungry, which is why this program has been successful!
Of course the scale was UP today, due to the period being a day away, eating WAY to much of a yummy ground beef and veggie sautee last night, and having completed my second day of the FIRM Tranfirmer Work out. Not as stiff this morning and I would swear my lower abs are a bit tighter! Will let you know how the inches work out for the first week when I measure on Sunday!
On the knitting front, I have finally begun a sweater I have coveted for ages. I am knitting Rogue from girlfrom auntie. It is a fabulous hoodie with amazing cable detail! (tomorrow I will add the link). Almost 2 years ago a was given the yarn I am using. My old boss and his wife bought it on a trip to Ireland. I immediately thought of Rogue when I saw it but given my large size, a) the pattern wasn’t large enough for me and b) if I enlarged the pattern to fit – I certainly wouldn’t have had enough yarn! But now the slimmer me fits easily into the largest size measurement and the lower should be just a bit snug if I were to finish it today. I am just finishing up the body, so two sleeves and a hood should take me about 2 weeks – Between diet and exercise it should be a nice fit and as I get slimmer it will be an ideal sweater to throw on when I take the dog out.
Speaking of the dog, today is Baxter’s first Birthday! Need to buy him a gift or two and figure out a way to make his kibble special tonight!
Think I have probably gone on enough today – Look for me here tomorrow
Thanks for Reading
Baxter’s Mom
