So it has now been nearly four years since I initially started this blog. And I only ever posted it on it once. Ah, the flighty attention span of a 23 year old nanny. Quick life update: I finished nannying, went to graduate school at Harvard, and now I am a high school teacher. I am also about a month away from turning 27. So things have absolute changed.
Except for my weight. Incredibly, it is exactly the same. I am nothing if not consistent. I am still weighing in at a cool 208 lbs, which remains way too much for my frame, my health, and my confidence.
In the intervening years, I have had moderate success with Weight Watchers, but nothing really seemed to stick. So I have been doing some research, checking sme books out of the library, and I have decided to embark on the 17 Day Diet. The 17 Day Diet is not some crash diet that you only do for 17 days - rather, it is a cyclical diet, where each phase is 17 days, and you hopefully end up with a clean eating lifestyle that focuses on whole foods and healthy carbs.
I am starting in Phase One, called Accelerate. In this phase, carbs are limited. Now some people are probably wondering why I can't just do the good old "calories in versus calories out" thing. I could do that, but I have recently come to realize that I am a carb addict - all of my favorite foods are refined carbs, and I eat a ridiculous amount of processed carbs and sugar. When I am not thinking about my diet and really making an effort to eat healthfully, I am all carbs all the time. Breads, candy, pasta, pretzels, pierogi, pizza, lo Mein, etc. It's rough. So I have decided to go with a plan that initially limits carbs, and encourages a healthy addition of them in a controlled way. Hence, the 17 Day Diet. I am not hardcore enough to go Atkins, so I figure this is a good compromise. So that is the plan. We will see how it goes. If I post again, then we will know it is working!
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