Take Your Pick...

Things are going pretty well. I'm trucking along, still eating well, avoiding carbs as much as possible, trying to get a lot of protein, working out, etc. etc.. I feel pretty good, I wish I could fast forward to November 4th and see my final results ;) Although these days I try not to wish any time away, time goes fast enough as it is. I hate waiting for weigh-in day each week, it's so exciting (well, at least if I've made good progress;) and the week seems to take forever sometimes. I've been better the last few days about weighing myself. In some ways it helps because I'm not making myself so crazy, but in other ways, seeing the number each day helps motivate me. If it's down, it keeps me pushing, and if it's up, while it frustrates me it kicks my butt into gear. But I know that it's probably not worth me driving myself nuts so I'm trying to make it to Wednesday. We'll see how it goes!

The hardest part about all of this is knowing (or not knowing) exactly what the most successful means are to get healthy. I have been 'dieting' for as long as I can possibly remember and I know pretty much all there is to know about any diet you could mention. I am no longer dieting. This is a change in my life. This is not temporary. But even then there are so many different beliefs, different 'rules' that I don't always know for sure what I should be doing.

- Eat six small meals a day
- Eat normal meals and don't snack
- Drink lots of water and avoid caffeine
- Caffeine helps your metabolism and helps you lose weight
- You need strength training to maximize weight loss
- Cardio is most important in weight loss
- Carbs are bad
- Carbs are fine in moderation

I could go on and on. It's so hard when you have so many people telling you so many different things. I have trainers' voices going through my head, info from books I've read, shows I've seen. Who knows which is best for me? Obviously I want to do the best I can, lose the most weight possible and become as healthy as possible but it's so confusing! All I can do is take my pick with what I think seems to work best for me and go from there. So far I think I'm doing alright;)