Cycle One in the Bag!

Today is day 7 of Cycle 1 on my Extreme Fat Smash diet which means I am on the last day of the detox phase. I have done unbelievably well this week! I didn't cheat once! I'm not going to lie, I've been having cravings like a mad woman, but I have never once given in. Even when faced with all kinds of yummy food at school and on tv. I'm not supposed to weigh myself until the 10th day but I just couldn't wait because I could feel that I had lost some weight. So when I got on the scale, to my surprise, I had lost 5 lbs in 6 days!!! I was so excited and it gave me the motivation I needed. I only worked-out one day this whole week because I was lacking in the motivation department but today I got the fever!! If I had worked out more I'm sure I would have lost at least a couple more pounds but now that I'm motivated, cycle 2 should be great! I'm taking boxing and kickboxing classes and my first went really well. I mean, I lost my energy half-way because I'm so out-of-shape, but it still felt good just to be there moving and doing something. I kept up pretty well. So tomorrow I will start cycle 2 and I look forward to my next weigh-in. 5lbs down and 45 more to go!!

More Confessions to Our Lady of Weightloss

Dear Lady of Weightloss,

I've been bad, really bad. The first three days of my Extreme Fast Smash were good. I was hungry, but I stuck to the plan. The fourth day I went to a birthday party and totally blew it. I haven't gotten back on the plan since but I'm not giving up. I'm going to have another go at it starting tomorrow. I'm also starting a kick-boxing class tomorrow. I need some serious will power. The season for parties and bbq's is just about here and I need to be strong. Sunday I am going wine-tasting for a friends birthday and I'm only going to allow myself a few sips. No cheese and I'll probably pack some carrot sticks. Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated!

Happy Anniversary Amore!

Around this time one year ago we fell in love in Milan. Happy Anniversary Chiquito Lindo! I love you more and more everyday. I've had the best times of my life with you and I can't wait to make more memories with you.

Confessions to Our Lady of Weightloss

Dear Lady of Weightloss,

I didn't start my Extreme Fat Smash lifestyle change yesterday like I was supposed to. I didn't have a chance to make it to the grocery store until today after school. But I did empty out my cupboards and refrigerator of all that is unhealthy and have purged my system of all the gooey stuff that was stuck to my intestines. Does that count? I've also been having Jamba Juice smoothies (Jamba light, less than 200 calories for 16 ozs!!) to get in my serving of fruits and fiber. I think it's a start. Tomorrow will be the official beginning of my new lifestyle. Wish me luck! Now if I could only get my ass to the gym............

The Extreme Fat Smash Diet

As some of you know, I was in the hospital last year for 5 weeks. Until recently, I still wasn't clear about what happened to me. Well, this week my doctor finally interpreted my discharge papers for me and it all made sense. The white blood cell count in my spinal fluid had skyrocketed and some other level in my spinal fluid had also gone up too high. That's why I began vomiting, my speech was slurred and I was having psychotic episodes. My brain was infected and I had encephalitis. I had somehow caught a horrible virus. During the course of my 5 week stay in the hospital they gave me steroids and I responded to the treatment well. After I was discharged, I was given a medication that made me gain a ton of weight. Over the course of 2 months I gained a total of 50 lbs. I begged the Dr. to take me off of it and he finally did. Now I have to do everything I can to lose the weight in a reasonable amount of time. It's not going to be an easy task because I also have something called PCOS or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome which makes it twice as hard to lose weight as the average person. But I know that if anyone can do it, I can :)

I decided that rather than take pills or pay someone else money to help me lose weight, I would invest $11 in the Extreme Fat Smash Diet book by Dr. Ian K. Smith. I watch him on Celebrity Fit Club and I figure if his lifestyle change plan can work for a bunch of spoiled celebrities, then it can work for me. I read the book cover to cover and I like it. It seems reasonable and no-nonsense. I'll get the right amount of carbs, proteins and fats that I need to get through the day. Of course, on a lighter scale. I will also be going to the gym regularly. There's no point in eating less if I'm not going to go to exercise.

It's going to be a long, hard journey. 50 lbs is no joke, but I'm in it for the long haul. I'm sure I'll fall off the wagon at some point (especially with gelato season right around the corner), but I'll just hop right back on. I'm going to make myself accountable by documenting all of it right here on my blog. If anyone has any tips, please, by all means leave me a comment. I need all the support I can get. I already have the support of one of the most important people in my life. Of course, that's Ale, my beautiful Italian. I don't know what I'd do with out him.

I'll be starting this new adventure on April 1st. I'm not going to set any time limits on myself, I mean I'd like to lose about 10 lbs a month but I don't want to be unrealistic. I'll just take the weight loss in stride, as it comes. Wish me luck!

Long Island Lolita

Remember her? Amy Fisher, the 16 year old Long Island girl who had an affair with a much older married man, Joey Buttafuoco, then shot his wife in the face. Well, this weekend I was channel surfing and they just happened to be showing the movie about it. The one with Alyssa Milano. So, I thought, hmm, I wonder what she's up to these days. I felt sorry for her when the whole thing first happened. Then every once in a while I'd hear something about her, at first not too bad. She got plastic surgery, she was writing an article for a New York publication, she got married, had a couple of kids. All normal stuff. It's seems she really grew up and was sorry for what she did. Well, in recent years things have changed for her, I found as I decided to do a search on the internet. Apparentley she and her husband separated at one point and she decided to rekindle the "romance" she had with Joey, yeah, can you believe that? Then, once her husband got wind of this he decided he was gonna sell their homemade sex tapes to a distributor for revenge. Well, it became the number #1 selling sex tape in the industry. Rather than save face and fight it, she decided to settle with the distributor and actually promote the DVD. So now she's a porn star and pretty darn tootin' proud of it too. Here's an interview (not for the faint of heart! Rated NC-17) I saw on Youtube wherein she is proudly promoting her DVD and sounding rather stupid if you ask me. She lost my sympathy vote. She's got kids for Pete's sake!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ta7EaU0tldQ

I tried to post the video here but for some reason only part of the embedded item would come out. Anybody know how to get the whole thing to come out? I seem to be having trouble with youtube videos lately.

Happy Valentine's Day Amore

To My Dearest Chiquito:

I want to be yours

Not for a day

Not for a year

But for a lifetime

I love you

Wish I was there to tell you how much

You are all that is beautiful to me and I miss you so much.

Ti amo.....Bacione

Piccola