So, you've all heard me rant about trying to lose weight, and how much exercising sucks, and how much eating is awesome, and it's really been a grand time, but now it's time to get serious.
For those of you who read my most recent blog, I have a very special day coming up: only 585 more days! For those of you who didn't read it, shame on you!
Hint hint.
Well, anyways, up until now, I've pretty much been all talk. But now I have some real motivation, and I've been cracking down. Oh sure I've been running all right, but I'm still gaining weight: and not the good kind.
It all seems kind of pointless when you look at it like this.
So, if I want to look really great in that dress (which ever one it ends up being), I need to get into the real hard stuff: dieting.
Well, I thought I just trusted myself to do it right: I mean, I've done it before, right? Nope. Not right. Therefore, I needed to take action. I subscribed to MyFitnessPal, and downloaded the Ap for my iPad. I though I was eating well. . . yeah, a day in, and I knew how wrong I was. The math was all there.
2+2= Fat
So now I feel I'm on the right track. I'm still trying to get a good balance of stuff, but I end up with more things than others. . . Diet Dr. Pepper has vitamins in it, right?
Well, for extra guidance, I picked up a couple diet books. The next couple weeks I hope to read through them and give you nice people out there in computer-land a basic review of them.
The list of books are as follows:
Sounds a lot like "Eat This, Not That"
Now, I really want to lose more than 5 pounds, but I think that is a good start. It seems like a lot of "Don't eat fast food," but I hope that's not the WHOLE book. But who knows?
NEXT
In case you can't see, it's called "Cook Yourself Thin"
Now that Sam and I live in an apartment, I've been wanting to experiment with a little bit of cooking. I have only done some really basic stuff, like various noodles, and hardboiled eggs. So a cookbook would come in handy. The cover says "Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutes." Sounds great right?
Well I haven't read any of this one yet, but I have seen the pictures, and I have one reaction so far: Cook books are basically porn for chubby girls.
Moving on!
This one is called: The Petite Advantage Diet.
There isn't a real good reason I picked this book except that I'm pretty short. I'm the shortest one in my immediate family at 5'2" so I'm hoping this might give a few good tips based on my body type.
And FINALLY
Carrots 'N' Cake
This one is especially exciting to me because it's a lot like my blog! It's even based off of another person's diet blog, so I'm hoping that it will not only give me diet tips, but also blogging ideas!
Also, what sealed the deal was what it said on the back "If you need a health buddy to keep you on the track, open this book"
Well random reviewer, that's exactly what I, and most of America, need.
I think that's enough for tonight, so stay tuned for some book reviews!
