Log - August 27th, 2002
I just got back from a LONG trip, and I will be ready to continue adding measurements tomorrow. Well! I am coming up on Day 40 of the Atkins Diet, which will arrive on August 29th, the day I start school. Right now, I would like to take a minute to reflect on what this has meant to me.
The road ahead will be a long one, that is certain. Taking a moment now to pause signals not the end of a journey, rather, it signals the successful road upon which that journey is taken. I am pleased with the results I have attained with the Atkins Diet, to say the least. The miracle worker Atkins has outlined a seemingly simple, safe, fail-proof diet plan that I can certainly follow for life. It is not only a diet to me, but a way of life, as he outlines more than the short two-week excursion he encourages. This signals the middle of my weight loss journey - Almost 200 pounds and soon will come the utter satisfaction of weighing under 200 pounds for the first time in many years. I simply can not describe how elated I feel right now, having lost more than 30 pounds, 7 inches off my stomach, and 4 off my waist. Truly, this journey is one worth taking. I am and was then tired of being overweight, and I know that the promise of reaching my goal weight, one to me that is not one some insurance-table-calculated measure, but one I that I can feel healthy and satisfied with myself at, whether it is five pounds over the "ideal" measure, or it is five pounds under. I will not falter, I will not give in to the empty temptation - the idle encouragement to indulge in the non-pleasing carbohydrate life. There absolutely is no reason! Carbohydrates are my worst enemy, and I see really no reason to eat them whatsoever. My vitamin plan supplements me, and provides me with vitamins others say I will not get from my lack of carbs in my diet. With this ideology, I can go a long way, and I will continue to document my journey to you, day after day.
I just got back from a LONG trip, and I will be ready to continue adding measurements tomorrow. Well! I am coming up on Day 40 of the Atkins Diet, which will arrive on August 29th, the day I start school. Right now, I would like to take a minute to reflect on what this has meant to me.
The road ahead will be a long one, that is certain. Taking a moment now to pause signals not the end of a journey, rather, it signals the successful road upon which that journey is taken. I am pleased with the results I have attained with the Atkins Diet, to say the least. The miracle worker Atkins has outlined a seemingly simple, safe, fail-proof diet plan that I can certainly follow for life. It is not only a diet to me, but a way of life, as he outlines more than the short two-week excursion he encourages. This signals the middle of my weight loss journey - Almost 200 pounds and soon will come the utter satisfaction of weighing under 200 pounds for the first time in many years. I simply can not describe how elated I feel right now, having lost more than 30 pounds, 7 inches off my stomach, and 4 off my waist. Truly, this journey is one worth taking. I am and was then tired of being overweight, and I know that the promise of reaching my goal weight, one to me that is not one some insurance-table-calculated measure, but one I that I can feel healthy and satisfied with myself at, whether it is five pounds over the "ideal" measure, or it is five pounds under. I will not falter, I will not give in to the empty temptation - the idle encouragement to indulge in the non-pleasing carbohydrate life. There absolutely is no reason! Carbohydrates are my worst enemy, and I see really no reason to eat them whatsoever. My vitamin plan supplements me, and provides me with vitamins others say I will not get from my lack of carbs in my diet. With this ideology, I can go a long way, and I will continue to document my journey to you, day after day.
