Mandah's Losing It!

Heylo everyone, this blog is going to center around my weight loss (and hopefully not lack thereof lol). I just wanted to start out by introducing myself and giving you a bit of background on myself and catching everyone up to speed on where exactly I'm at.

I changed my eating and exercise habits January 29th, 2009. It's gotten way easier to steer clear of temptation and I'm a firm believer that it was basically, mainly just habit. Habit, taste and laziness. While I certainly haven't been able to make food stop tasting good, I've dealt with the habit and laziness aspects of it. Old habits can be broken and new ones formed. The way things are, aren't how they have to be. I guess that'd be the one thing I'd really want you to take away from this first posting. You do not realize how strong you are, to the core, until you take control. I was watching a weight loss vlog on YouTube earlier and someone posted advice from their father and it really hit home...There is no try. If you "try" you're only giving yourself the option to fail.

Anyway, I started at 304lbs. I weighed in about 4 days before that and the scale read 299.9lbs and I knew the next time I stepped on that scale, it would be over 300lbs. I was right. That was actually the kick start I needed, seeing that number. I joined a gym with my brother Scott and his girlfriend Susanne. As of right now, it's just her and I that are still going to the gym but I'm holding out hope for Scott yet. As of my last weigh in, I am currently 267lbs.

I try to eat whole and natural foods the majority of the time but I'm a sucker for Special K and 100 calorie packs. I also dig those "healthy" low calorie microwave meals. Makes my life that much simpler. I've discovered a new love as well....spaghetti squash. I hadn't had pasta in about 3 months when I was introduced to it. It is amazing. Tastes just like pasta but it's 35 calories a cup...opposed to 300 or more for traditional pasta (even wheat pasta!). I haven't had white bread in 4 months. I don't eat red meat. I rarely eat meat at all. I've seriously been considering going vegan when I finally find a job (Michigan's economy is a crying shame!). Today was a vegetarian day...I had no meat at all. I did have egg whites and a 100 calorie cup of ice cream so it wasn't vegan. It'll probably be a smoother transition because I started off basically weaning myself off meat and most other animal products.

So, I also decided that a weight loss vlog was in order...I will have a new video every Tuesday or Wednesday, depending. Here is Vol. 1




I'll probably be updating this blog everyday or close to that. It's just a lot easier to keep things in perspective with some form of day to day record of whats going on. Hope you're doing well! Here are the ways in which you can reach me if you want a shoulder to cry on, advice or just to talk. See ya tomorrow!


Yahoo! Messenger: brunette.betty
Myspace: www.myspace.com/brokengoddess
SparkPeople: www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=mandahcullen
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/aslmp8376
Facebook: brunette.betty@yahoo.com

-Mandah