I'm Mimi and this is my anonymous weight loss blog. I'll post updates on my progress or lack of it, current health information, recipes, articles, workouts and quotes.
My diet history & why I eat low-carb.
I have PCOS & anemia and because of them I don't follow a mainstream diet. Some of my posts include controversial information and topics. If this bothers you then please don't follow me.
Stats
Build: Large
Height: 5'10.5"/179cm
HW: 298
CW: 232*
GW: 170
*I'm currently not weighing in. After a 2-month plateau I switched to measurements.
Diet: Limited sugar and starch (ie. low carb) and currently on Phase1 of Jillian Michaels' Body Revolution (2nd round with the program).
karliewithak replied to your post: I finished phase 1, unfortunately it didn’t go…
I got sick through phase 1 too around week 3 and 4 and I repeated those weeks and now I’m on week 6, hope you go well with the program!
Thank you, I’ve seen a lot of people mention getting sick at different times during the program. It’s such a strange coincidence. Good luck with the rest of the program!
@10 months agoIt’s so wonderful to have a computer again! Thank goodness for refurbished; all the technology for half the price. Unfortunately all of my much older equipment isn’t compatible with the new version of Windows. I guess I’ll just be without a scanner and printer for a while. I did, however, buy a bottle of the raspberry ketones I previously mentioned. I’ve been using them for about a week now and haven’t seen any changes. It may take some time to tell if it works so I’ll keep everyone updated.
I’m really proud of myself for sticking to my workouts (I’ve only missed a couple of days) and eating plan without a support system. A couple slips here and there but at least it wasn’t a meltdown. The best part is that I can honestly see results in the mirror. Jillian’s drill instructor approach just seems to work well for me. The only possible thing that I can complain about is the dreaded PCOS belly isn’t going down like I was hoping. It’s moving at a snails pace compared to everything around it, thus making me look like a very pregnant lady. To be fair everything around it was basically just chunky looking in comparison. I just keep telling myself that it will go down eventually. It’ll just take diligence and a lot of patience.
@1 year agoThe lovely owner of the local health food store (who happens to have PSOD), has informed me that there’s apparently a newish supplement called Raspberry Ketone that her doctor is encouraging patients with PCOS to try. She said it’s been featured in a few places but I can’t recall hearing about it before. It’s suppose to help with balancing insulin, increases your energy and helps the body break down stored fat. I hate so called miracle pills but it’s rare to hear of one getting a doctor’s endorsement. They’re pricey but I want to splurge and pick up a bottle. I figure if it works it’ll be worth the price, if not lesson learned. You’re suppose to see results within 2 weeks on 100mg-200mg per day. When I buy it (probably after i buy a new computer) I’ll document it just like I did with the other supplements. I don’t have high hopes but it would be nice if this one actually works for me. I’m still keeping thorough records of my progress with Jillian Michaels’ program so can compare it to what I’ve done so far with diet and exorcise alone.
@1 year ago with 5 notesSo far I’m loving Jillian’s program. The routines are easy to follow and if you’ve used workout videos before there are no surprises. The challenge is more in keeping up with the pace. They move through the routines quickly to keep your heart rate up. At around 30-37 minutes long it’s easy to find time for my workout every day. 
Yeah, I’m the perfect example of an apple shape.
I’ve put on 6 pounds but I’ve lost at least an inch on most of my measurements, with the main exception being my upper arms. Not bad but there’s a reason it’s a 91 day program. It would be nice if my weight drops back down again by the end of the 30 days but at this point I’m thrilled with the changes in my measurements.
There is a commonly repeated, regurgitated yet FALSE idea being passed around mainstream fitness. That myth is:
“If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose fat”
This. Is. Wrong.
Our bodies are not calculators. Hormones, genetics, what you eat and how you workout affect fat loss WAY more than how many calories you consume. Not only is there no accurate way to test how many calories you burn but eating at a “caloric deficit” will often cause your body to burn muscle as opposed to fat.
Your body is a lot smarter than you give it credit for. Muscle provides much more energy and nutrients than fat, which is why when taxed, your body will often consume your muscle.
How do you stop your body from eating muscle? Style of training.
Look at long distance runners, very little fat, but also very little muscle. Their bodies consume the muscle for energy because you can’t run off fat for a marathon. Now look at sprinters. Ripped right? They cary a pretty decent amount of muscle, and they are just as lean if not leaner than most distance runners.
To lose fat you have to give your body a reason to get rid of it, without going overboard. If you sprint, and sprint often, your body can recognize the fat is weighing you down, thus making the spring harder, and it will burn the fat over muscle. But if you throw you body into catabolic mode by taxing it beyond a healthy level, adios muscle.
Also, according to this “rule”, I could eat 2,500 calories worth of pizza and as long as I burn 2,600 a day, I will be lean. So false. You have to put the proper nutrients in your body to keep it running efficiently. 3,000 calories of nutrient dense food will make you leaner than 2,000 calories of crap.
Sprint, lift, eat, become lean and muscular.
Finally, someone else on the same wave length. If simply having a calorie deficit caused you to lose weight I’d be underweight by now, yet I’m not. In fact my body fights to keep the fat on if I dip more than a few hundred under my maintenance level. This results in frustratingly slow weight loss but I’ve decided to put a positive spin on it. If I have to eat this way long enough it will eventually become my permanent eating habits and that greatly raises my odds of being able to keep it up long after the fat is gone.
(via momoxstarx)
I finished phase 1, unfortunately it didn’t go well. I became really sick halfway through the first week and didn’t start to recoup until a few days into the next. I stopped everything I was doing and rested up. After a while things were going good again so I got back on track and then the symptoms started up again. I pinned it down to the raspberry ketones I had started taking. It was the only thing different from any other week. I don’t know if I have a sensitivity to it or what, I usually only feel this bad when I eat wheat or rice, but I won’t be doing a review on the supplement after all. Sorry to everyone who was looking forward to it.
I’m going to restart the program because I feel like the 1st phased was greatly half-assed and I didn’t get anything out of it. I just wanted to post this up because it’s a strong reminder that you have to take care of yourself. Weight loss isn’t worth wreaking your body.
Sorry about missing the 5th week wrap up, lack of technology and all, but I do have my summery of week 7 on Jillian’s Body Revolution. As you can see I’m still extremely doughy in the middle but it’s finally noticeably slimmer. I can look in a mirror and see a dip at my waist. Up until this point my biggest motivator has been my measurements. My weight has been roller coasting like crazy since the beginning; up 8 pounds, down 5, then back up 4. This is why you have to remember to measure before you begin a program. Honestly, there isn’t much that most of us are looking forward to more then seeing our weight start with the number 1 but your measurements will be a better indicator of your progress.
Personally I think this program would be amazing for people who only had to lose maybe 10-30 pounds or just wanted to tone up. My reasoning is, the larger you are the more you have to lose before you can see your progress. Where as if you’re smaller to begin with you get the benefit of actually seeing the changes early on and are more likely to stay motivated. This program is extremely challenging and without something to help keep you focused I can see a lot of people quitting before getting to this point.
So far my only big complaint with the program is that Jillian doesn’t offer enough low impact modifications after the first 4 weeks. She constantly shows how to make things more challenging and encourages the higher impact versions, but there’s little for people who have damaged joints. There were days I had to pull back on a few of the moves or completely substitute in an alternative from either the Hollywood Trainer or Turbo Fire.
Even though I have to sub in my own modifications Jillian’s workouts are still my favorites. They are the perfect combination of strength training and cardio for me. I’m guaranteed to be sweating by the end and I actually feel like I had a complete workout in less then 40 minutes. I might whine about the scale but the fact is I haven’t seen this much progress in a long time. It makes these grueling workouts worth while.
Going without a computer for the last month has been such a pain. I didn’t realize how much I had been relying on this community to keep myself in check. Even though I’ve slacked off on personal posts the last few months I still lean on the Tumblr community for motivation.
Unfortunately it’ll probably be another month before I can get a new computer and I’ve already had to fight off old habits. Obviously something needs to change because with the way people I like suddenly deactivate their accounts I can’t rely on this site forever. Tumblr its self could be here one day and gone the next. I know, perish such thoughts!
I’m going to take this rare opportunity to sit online for a couple of hours to download a bunch of stuff for myself, update my layout, fill up the queue again, and reply to messages. Sorry it’s taken me so long. I hope everyone is doing well.
@1 year ago with 1 note
I could have sworn I posted a start up entry but I guess between my computer going (and still being) down plus working overtime it looks like it never made it to Tumblr. I guess I’ll just have to do an extra long review on it. I was considering waiting until I finished week 4 but I might post up a review about the beginning so that readers aren’t bombarded with a wall of text.
A lovely inforgraphic that tells the confused and non-believers how low carbing is for us…
People often worry about me when they find out I eat low carb but I’m actually in better health because I don’t eat regular bread or pasta. I get all of my nutrients and then some from the foods I can eat. I’m losing and keeping off the weight, I have fantastic blood pressure and sugar levels, and only have a handful of my PCOS symptoms.
I have no qualms with people who eat starchy carbs. There are many people like my brothers who are lucky and missed the genetic grenade. Their bodies have no problem processing normal moderate amounts of them. It’s the people who live off starches and sugar that worry me. Even if they’re not overweight they’re drastically increasing their risk for type-2 diabetes (as well as a handful of other problems) and most don’t even realize it. I’m appalled by the amount of people I’ve met in the health and fitness community who believe eating fat causes diabetes.
(Source: veruca-assault, via losingit712)
karliewithak replied to your post: I finished phase 1, unfortunately it didn’t go…
I got sick through phase 1 too around week 3 and 4 and I repeated those weeks and now I’m on week 6, hope you go well with the program!
Thank you, I’ve seen a lot of people mention getting sick at different times during the program. It’s such a strange coincidence. Good luck with the rest of the program!
I finished phase 1, unfortunately it didn’t go well. I became really sick halfway through the first week and didn’t start to recoup until a few days into the next. I stopped everything I was doing and rested up. After a while things were going good again so I got back on track and then the symptoms started up again. I pinned it down to the raspberry ketones I had started taking. It was the only thing different from any other week. I don’t know if I have a sensitivity to it or what, I usually only feel this bad when I eat wheat or rice, but I won’t be doing a review on the supplement after all. Sorry to everyone who was looking forward to it.
I’m going to restart the program because I feel like the 1st phased was greatly half-assed and I didn’t get anything out of it. I just wanted to post this up because it’s a strong reminder that you have to take care of yourself. Weight loss isn’t worth wreaking your body.
It’s so wonderful to have a computer again! Thank goodness for refurbished; all the technology for half the price. Unfortunately all of my much older equipment isn’t compatible with the new version of Windows. I guess I’ll just be without a scanner and printer for a while. I did, however, buy a bottle of the raspberry ketones I previously mentioned. I’ve been using them for about a week now and haven’t seen any changes. It may take some time to tell if it works so I’ll keep everyone updated.
I’m really proud of myself for sticking to my workouts (I’ve only missed a couple of days) and eating plan without a support system. A couple slips here and there but at least it wasn’t a meltdown. The best part is that I can honestly see results in the mirror. Jillian’s drill instructor approach just seems to work well for me. The only possible thing that I can complain about is the dreaded PCOS belly isn’t going down like I was hoping. It’s moving at a snails pace compared to everything around it, thus making me look like a very pregnant lady. To be fair everything around it was basically just chunky looking in comparison. I just keep telling myself that it will go down eventually. It’ll just take diligence and a lot of patience.
Sorry about missing the 5th week wrap up, lack of technology and all, but I do have my summery of week 7 on Jillian’s Body Revolution. As you can see I’m still extremely doughy in the middle but it’s finally noticeably slimmer. I can look in a mirror and see a dip at my waist. Up until this point my biggest motivator has been my measurements. My weight has been roller coasting like crazy since the beginning; up 8 pounds, down 5, then back up 4. This is why you have to remember to measure before you begin a program. Honestly, there isn’t much that most of us are looking forward to more then seeing our weight start with the number 1 but your measurements will be a better indicator of your progress.
Personally I think this program would be amazing for people who only had to lose maybe 10-30 pounds or just wanted to tone up. My reasoning is, the larger you are the more you have to lose before you can see your progress. Where as if you’re smaller to begin with you get the benefit of actually seeing the changes early on and are more likely to stay motivated. This program is extremely challenging and without something to help keep you focused I can see a lot of people quitting before getting to this point.
So far my only big complaint with the program is that Jillian doesn’t offer enough low impact modifications after the first 4 weeks. She constantly shows how to make things more challenging and encourages the higher impact versions, but there’s little for people who have damaged joints. There were days I had to pull back on a few of the moves or completely substitute in an alternative from either the Hollywood Trainer or Turbo Fire.
Even though I have to sub in my own modifications Jillian’s workouts are still my favorites. They are the perfect combination of strength training and cardio for me. I’m guaranteed to be sweating by the end and I actually feel like I had a complete workout in less then 40 minutes. I might whine about the scale but the fact is I haven’t seen this much progress in a long time. It makes these grueling workouts worth while.
The lovely owner of the local health food store (who happens to have PSOD), has informed me that there’s apparently a newish supplement called Raspberry Ketone that her doctor is encouraging patients with PCOS to try. She said it’s been featured in a few places but I can’t recall hearing about it before. It’s suppose to help with balancing insulin, increases your energy and helps the body break down stored fat. I hate so called miracle pills but it’s rare to hear of one getting a doctor’s endorsement. They’re pricey but I want to splurge and pick up a bottle. I figure if it works it’ll be worth the price, if not lesson learned. You’re suppose to see results within 2 weeks on 100mg-200mg per day. When I buy it (probably after i buy a new computer) I’ll document it just like I did with the other supplements. I don’t have high hopes but it would be nice if this one actually works for me. I’m still keeping thorough records of my progress with Jillian Michaels’ program so can compare it to what I’ve done so far with diet and exorcise alone.
Going without a computer for the last month has been such a pain. I didn’t realize how much I had been relying on this community to keep myself in check. Even though I’ve slacked off on personal posts the last few months I still lean on the Tumblr community for motivation.
Unfortunately it’ll probably be another month before I can get a new computer and I’ve already had to fight off old habits. Obviously something needs to change because with the way people I like suddenly deactivate their accounts I can’t rely on this site forever. Tumblr its self could be here one day and gone the next. I know, perish such thoughts!
I’m going to take this rare opportunity to sit online for a couple of hours to download a bunch of stuff for myself, update my layout, fill up the queue again, and reply to messages. Sorry it’s taken me so long. I hope everyone is doing well.
So far I’m loving Jillian’s program. The routines are easy to follow and if you’ve used workout videos before there are no surprises. The challenge is more in keeping up with the pace. They move through the routines quickly to keep your heart rate up. At around 30-37 minutes long it’s easy to find time for my workout every day.
Yeah, I’m the perfect example of an apple shape.
I’ve put on 6 pounds but I’ve lost at least an inch on most of my measurements, with the main exception being my upper arms. Not bad but there’s a reason it’s a 91 day program. It would be nice if my weight drops back down again by the end of the 30 days but at this point I’m thrilled with the changes in my measurements.
I could have sworn I posted a start up entry but I guess between my computer going (and still being) down plus working overtime it looks like it never made it to Tumblr. I guess I’ll just have to do an extra long review on it. I was considering waiting until I finished week 4 but I might post up a review about the beginning so that readers aren’t bombarded with a wall of text.
There is a commonly repeated, regurgitated yet FALSE idea being passed around mainstream fitness. That myth is:
“If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose fat”
This. Is. Wrong.
Our bodies are not calculators. Hormones, genetics, what you eat and how you workout affect fat loss WAY more than how many calories you consume. Not only is there no accurate way to test how many calories you burn but eating at a “caloric deficit” will often cause your body to burn muscle as opposed to fat.
Your body is a lot smarter than you give it credit for. Muscle provides much more energy and nutrients than fat, which is why when taxed, your body will often consume your muscle.
How do you stop your body from eating muscle? Style of training.
Look at long distance runners, very little fat, but also very little muscle. Their bodies consume the muscle for energy because you can’t run off fat for a marathon. Now look at sprinters. Ripped right? They cary a pretty decent amount of muscle, and they are just as lean if not leaner than most distance runners.
To lose fat you have to give your body a reason to get rid of it, without going overboard. If you sprint, and sprint often, your body can recognize the fat is weighing you down, thus making the spring harder, and it will burn the fat over muscle. But if you throw you body into catabolic mode by taxing it beyond a healthy level, adios muscle.
Also, according to this “rule”, I could eat 2,500 calories worth of pizza and as long as I burn 2,600 a day, I will be lean. So false. You have to put the proper nutrients in your body to keep it running efficiently. 3,000 calories of nutrient dense food will make you leaner than 2,000 calories of crap.
Sprint, lift, eat, become lean and muscular.
Finally, someone else on the same wave length. If simply having a calorie deficit caused you to lose weight I’d be underweight by now, yet I’m not. In fact my body fights to keep the fat on if I dip more than a few hundred under my maintenance level. This results in frustratingly slow weight loss but I’ve decided to put a positive spin on it. If I have to eat this way long enough it will eventually become my permanent eating habits and that greatly raises my odds of being able to keep it up long after the fat is gone.
(via momoxstarx)
