It's Over!

The Ides of March have come and gone and I did not make my goal. I started out in the usual way--all gung-ho, ready to take on anything. I lost 5 pounds and gained 2. Actually I gained 5 and lost 3 making a final loss of 2 pounds, but really does it matter?

My good friend and partner decided to try Medifast. I told her she was crazy. What is the point of having someone "make" the food? You have to learn to plan and prepare. She didn't care. She knew a friend who lost 75 pounds and looked and felt great. This girl's husband lost over 100 pounds. They owed it all to Medifast. This is how it works. You eat "their" meals 5 times a day and make your dinner. Dinner is called Lean and Green. Six ounces of protein and vegetables. The vegetables do not have to be green but they cannot be sugary or starchy. All this sounded stupid to me. Everyday I would pick her up and we would do our running around. Every two hours she would grab a snack out of her purse and eat. There was no planning, no preparing--just grab her snacks and go. Dinner of course she had to cook. My friend lost 5 pounds the first week, 3 pounds the second week and she said she never felt better.

So now it is confession time. I ordered my Medifast and it arrived Wednesday afternoon. I hesitated to start Thursday because Mom was coming up--but I did it anyway. It's not bad--the food. The portions have been extremely small. Really? Why would I ever eat such small portions? How could it ever fill me. Well, I am drinking more water which helps. And you eat every two hours. This is only day 2 but I feel like I have lost 5 pounds--I haven't--yet but I feel like it. I don't want to think about doing this long term but if I could just lose 20 or so pounds it would be a great start.
Call me a cheat but I have got to get this weight off. I am sick and tired of being fat. My fat days are over!!

The Ides of March is Upon Us!

What does that really mean? While trying to decide on a new post, I thought of this saying. We see lots of advertising using the term “March Madness.” Is that what the ides of March is all about? Chaos and madness? I have always thought it had a negative connotation but in advertising I would say mad is good. Crazy sales!! Low prices!! It’s a good thing, right? So I would say it is a good thing when talking about dieting. I am going to go crazy with my diet! I am going to lose a ridiculous amount of fat—that’s crazy!

Well, I actually had to look it up. Did you know back in Roman times the ides of March merely was a reference to the middle of the month. That’s it, the 15^th of the month. Well I guess you could say the middle of the month is upon us. Look out March the 15^th is coming and I am getting ready. I am going to lose 8 pounds by then. That’s right 8 pounds. That might seem a bit much for 2 weeks but you know how it is when you get as big as me. The first week is always fantastic—if you really do it right. I should be able to lose 5 pounds in the first week. Three pounds the second week might be a bit ambitious but I am going to do it! Cuz I am crazy!!

By the way, the negative connotation that comes with the ides of March came from Julius Caesar’s assassination on the 15^th of March. Shakespeare’s reference in his play “Julius Caesar” “portrays the atmosphere of madness, pleasure, and pandemonium.” (from wikipedia). So that seems to sum it all up. The middle of the month is upon us and we are going to go crazy with our diets and it will be a pleasurable atmosphere.