Giving Diet One More Try

So life tends to happen.  I felt discouraged and overwhelmed, and of course that means that my health took a backseat (as usual!).  I am still interested in bariatric surgery, but it seems so expensive.  I am ready to make some drastic changes to my life, and I've honestly gotten to a point where I am absolutely sick of food.  I eat--even overeat--and I feel gross about it.  When we talk about what to eat, I just sit there and realize that there's nothing that appeals to me.

I've been researching what to do next.  I feel like I need to do something fairly drastic--but safe.  I've read a lot of the forums on SparkPeople and on 3 Fat Chicks.  All of this has led me to Ideal Protein.  My brother and his wife both did it and highly recommend it.  I called around locally to find the best place to go through.  There's one place that sells the food and doesn't require you to come in for visits, but I think for me I need that sense of accountability.  If I do it on my own, then I don't know that I'd do as well.

My husband and I went to our initial consult yesterday.  We found out about the program, took our weights and measurements, and bought food for the first week.  We will start on Tuesday.  I hate waiting, but our daughter is home from school for the holiday weekend, and we need to get her back to school before we start.

I need to get a copy of my starting measurements, but my weight is 254.  I'm 5'1" just for reference.  My goal weight is between 125-150.  My husband wants to lose about 100 pounds.  We start on Tuesday and have our first weekly follow-up on Friday.

I'm ready.  I'm also excited and terrified all at the same time.  I'll try to post some before pics before I start...

Ideal Protein

My husband and I are going to start Ideal Protein at the beginning of September. I wanted to try a restrictive diet--one where I don't need to even really think about what I'm going to eat. I'd like to see how it works and then if it doesn't work out I will start saving for bariatric surgery.

Our initial consultation will be Friday, August 30. We probably won't begin the diet until the following week. That way I'll have the weekend to plan meals and do my shopping. I'm feeling very determined. I'm not worried about feeling hungry but I am worried about emotional eating and eating out of boredom. I will need to work on my coping skills and alternatives to eating.