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Five years ago. I was preparing to walk down the aisle. We had been following an extreme diet of chicken and vegetables mostly. Some yogurts, cereals, subway, chick-fil-a and papa Murphy's pizzas too. Oscar and I just checked in mentally.  We were not straying, no matter what. We were going to look good for our wedding!!   And we did!!  I had lost 40 pounds, from around 200 to 160 (not exact numbers but I probably have it written down somewhere.). And my husband lost 80 pounds, from 260 to 180...in about 6 months, Jan. 2009 to June 2009. In July I thought it would be wise to start reintroducing some foods in an attempt to get our stomachs prepared for our honeymoon in Mexico knowing that we were going to eat all the things.  It was about the 4th day of my honeymoon I noticed that my clothes were feeling tighter. Probably partially due to my eating/drinking and partially due to the humidity.  This diet was effective but many people thought it was extreme and impo...

This word keeps popping up.... *video is of Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, the worlds fittest woman on earth.  http://vimeo.com/m/101381743

I've had a vision board since 2012. I became a little satiated looking at it day after day. I would say however that they are helpful. So I made a new one. I had actually printed these out a long time ago and got around to putting them up today.  I also taped up my kit kat minis wrapper. Candy usually wins with me so hoping this will be a helpful visual.  "Attract what you expect, reflect what you desire, become what you respect, mirror what you admire." "You are intense.  You are obsessed.  You are not normal. You say yes when others say no.  You rise while others sleep.  You're better today than you were yesterday.  You do what others will not.  You control your destiny.  You are on a quest.  Never stop." "Friends may come and go. But 200 pounds is always 200 pounds."  – Henry Rollins "Amazing things will happen." "I know what I need to do. Now I just need to get out of my own way so I can do it."  "I didn't want to c...

I've been debating how to write this...ugh.  So your first week went great and you were spot on with your diet and you followed the plan right?  Otherwise, shaking my head, I'm disappointed. This seems how it always go and this blog is about coming out of hiding and exposing my terrible habits.  (Oh geez, my Mom is going to read this.)  I rebelled last week. I told my husband I'd make a delicious breakfast we could eat all week long and a delicious snack.  Did I make it?  No.  Did I eat a healthy breakfast?  No.  I ate McDonalds all week long.  Every morning.  And I knew I was rebelling so I changed from my usual to this cause this is kinda better, right? And if I used cash, no one would know I went, right?  PS.  Most of those toys were purchased without any food, my husband is a bit of a collector!  (They're for the baby!) So no, I wasn't spot on with my diet and I did make terrible choices.  But I'...

Not sure how frequently I'll regularly blog, but I'm feeling it.  So here we go. Insulin + Insanity = Insulanity Per Wikipedia  insulin is :  provided within the body in a constant proportion to remove excess glucose from the blood, which otherwise would be toxic.  And insanity per me: repeating the same behavior yet expecting a different outcome.   This name came to be during a conversation with one of my friends from my gym , Krista .  Overtime she has become one of the few people I've been painfully truthful with about my eating habits.  We're in this boat together and it's a judgement free zone and she's just awesome.  She's also into oils ...which makes her even more awesome.  I'm sure you'll see here name pop up here and there.   I learned when I read It Starts With Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig that (help me if I'm wrong) eating sugars, dairy, grains, legumes, alcohol causes my insulin to spike to clean out the ...

My little brain has been swirling with blog ideas so I thought, let's get on with it.  I've never done this before so put your seat belts on. My name is Meredith.  And I guess you could said I'm exposing myself.  I'm coming out of hiding. (Happily married to Oscar.)  I need to do something completely different this time and I need to be successful. And I think I can be.  I've found motivation and inspiration reading blogs and I think if I've got people reading about me and checking up on me then I might be more successful.  It's like when I got married (more about that later) and the David's Bridal chick didn't believe me when I said I would lose weight.  I lost 40 lbs.  (Geez, so many things to blog about) So, the plan is 90 days, July 14 - Oct 14, of cleaned up eating.  It's not paleo because we won't be 100%.  (We = Oscar and I.)  It's not primal because we'll more than likely mess up.  We're working on changing 34 year ...

I think I got it!  I'm creating this blog because I think exposing myself is exactly what I need.  I've been on this "journey" for several years and my way ain't workin'!  So I'm trying something completely different.  My next post will be my true Declaration.  Stay tuned!

This is my first test post.  Let's see if I'm doing this right....