Tomorrow's the big day.

I'm starting my Atkins diet tomorrow morning.  Today I weighed in at a whopping 279lbs.  Breakfast in the morning, an ham omlette.  Lunch will be a salad and chicken breast.  Dinner is Taco's carne asada for the family, I'll have mine without the tortilla shell and add a salad.  I have two snacks between breakfast and lunch.  I'm taking an Atkins chocolate shake with me and some celery and cheese.  My goal for this first phase is only 20 net carbs a day.  Tomorrow I'll figure out the rest of my meals for the week and ask my husband to help me fix my dinners.  Sometimes he like to have dinner started before I get home.  His favorite side dish in roasted potatoes and onions in tons of butter. 

Oh, I did get some great news last Friday.  My surgeons office called and by breast reduction was approved by the insurance company.  I'm scheduling surgery for Dec 1st.  I'll be off work for two weeks possibly three.  But since we're taking a trip to Kissimmee Florida for a soccer tournament I didn't want to press my luck with my staff and be off too much.  I have to have the surgery before the end of the year or I'll have to go through the whole pre-determination process again and then I'll have to pay co-insurance and deductibles.  As is stands now it doesn't look like I'll have to pay the surgeon or the hospital.  We'll see.

Any whoo..  I'm off to double check my menu for the tomorrow and gather my things up for work, it' going to be a busy day.  I'm the only one in the office until Thursday. 

Hmm, maybe there's something to it??

So, we ran into a friend at dinner the other and night and my husband made the comment that he looked like he had lost some weight.  He said that he had lost 25 pounds,  his doctor had put him on the Atkins diet.  Now mind you this is a "big" man, so 25 lbs to him is like 5-10 on a reguar size person.  I'm am by no means meaning that in the wrong way, because it would probably look the same on me, given I need to lose 122lbs myself.
So, after we got home and everyone had gone their separate ways I jumped on the computer and decided to research the Atkins diet again.  I remember early in it day, this diet seems so strict that there was no way I could follow it.  But today, there seem to be more options.  The website looked interesting and they have a new book with more recipes.  The recipes I looked up seem very doable.  So.... today when I run to Wal-mart to pick up a few things I'm going to grap that book, if they have it. 
What's it going to hurt right?  I've tried everything else why not this.

You're getting sleeepy!

So, while I was in Tennessee for a work retreat the entertaiment was a comedic hypnotist.  I will say the show was fantastic and I truly believe my coworkers (one being my roommate) were really hypnotized. 
Prior to becoming a comedic hypnotist this gentleman was clinical hypnotist and still practices to some extent.  So, that being said at the end of the show he was selling his CD's and yes I bought two, one for stress relief and one for weight loss.  I listened to the weight loss and felt really good afterewards.  However,
this CD was recommended if you wanted to loose about 20 lbs.  If you had more than 20 lbs to loose you should order the "Full Immersion" system.  Which includes 5 CD's.  One to start your motivations, one to help stop cravings for sugar and junk food (which I really need), another to motivate you to exercise (yep need that one too) and for bedtime. 
Now you don't listen to them all everynight, you can mix them up.  I've been listening to the junk food and sugar the past few nights and I must say I think they are working.  I normally have something sweet after dinner and since it's halloween there's candy all over the house.  I've had one peanut butter kiss in the past two days.  That's pretty good for me.

The best part was I got on the scales this morning and I had lost 4 lbs.  Who knows there might be something to this.  I think tonight I'll try the junk food and again and maybe one of the other one. 

I'll keep you posted.