No, I’m not blogging for weight loss motivation, I’m blogging about weight loss motivation. Specifically, the first thing that actually seems to work for me.
Now, a good portion of my problem is medical. I have PCOS (poly-cystic ovary syndrome), which I was given birth control pills to balance out my hormones and help me to be normal. I’ll probably post more on the subject later, but that is not the subject of this post. Anyway, I lost 20 pounds within 6 weeks of going on birth control- simply because my hormones were now balanced. I didn’t diet, and I didn’t excersize any more than I had before. However, I’m now trying to get pregnant, which means no birth control. It also means that I gained 10 pounds in the first two weeks since I’ve been off of it (and lost 5 of those again- don’t know why).
I’ve tried replacing all of the starch in my diet with whole grains: quinoa, amaranth, and barley. It was horrible. It lasted all of a week, and while I’ve never felt healthier, by the end of the week I couldn’t stand the sight of any of those grains. (Yes, I’m aware that quinoa is technically not a grain. But I don’t care.)
I have a bag of millet and a box of Inca Red Quinoa (as I tried the regular white-ish variety before) that I’m going to try next. Because as much as I hated the textures before- I loved how I felt.
Ok, here’s my motivation now. My husband is always telling me that if I lose the weight that I want to lose, he will buy the new wardrobe that I will need without complaining about the money. That never worked before because I hate trendy clothes. When we go to the mall, I see nothing worth spending the money on, let alone using valuable writing/reading/jewelry making time on excersizing or cooking.
Have any of you gotten recent catalogues from The Pyramid Collection? They always had one or two cute tops/skirts/dresses. But one or two cute tops was never enough for me. Well, what about 4 dresses/suits, 6 tops, 3 skirts, and a jacket? I’m telling you, I’m starting to feel very motivated.
I haven’t actually discussed this with my husband as the total will be $1100. And that’s not counting new jeans. Now, I’m sure that some of these will go on sale, and then drop off the face of the earth. And let’s face it, I can probably get a seamstress to knock-off a few of the dresses since they don’t have screen printing on them. And about $300 worth of the dresses I’d be willing to do without. One of the tops I only like because it goes with the skirt, which probably wouldn’t go with anything else- and I could probably do without them too. But if it’s the motivation that counts, that could be worth it!
I know that my husband would agree to the cost, whether we can afford it or not. But that’s not the point (I wouldn’t be willing to spend that much, even if we could afford it. Just on clothes!). Knowing that I would have the choice of spending the money to have these gorgeous clothes that fit my personality, rather than looking at them and thinking “they won’t fit”, might just be worth it.
So now, I’m going to write for a bit longer (elsewhere), trim up these pictures, and make a collage to hang in front of my gazelle. And then, maybe I’ll look at that recipe for millet casserole again.
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