Average Grod's Average Blog

I finished my experiment this week on Easter. I had originally
wanted to go until next week. My family was celebrating my brother's
birthday as well as Easter and there had been talk of doing it next
week but that fell through. I decided I would celebrate along with
everyone. 5 weeks or 35 days isn't bad. I went about 10% of a year
without caffeine. Right now I get pretty sick if I over indulge in
anything. I have been eating 4-6 times per day but those "meals" can be
as small as 100-200 calories, sometimes just a banana or other bit of
fruit. I was up to 15 pounds lost at one point but total as of today is
11 pounds lost over 5 weeks. I am having no problem keeping that off
and I'll be continually losing over the Spring and Summer. I am at a
total of 28 pounds lost since I had my surgery almost 2 years ago.
Definitely slower than I had hoped but definitely heading in the right
direction. I have reclaimed a couple shirts that were fitting pretty
snug and I am going to have to buy new jeans, pants, shorts and belts
if I lose ten more pounds or risk shedding them mid step.

 

I had been looking forward to a cold Coke (I prefer Pepsi but
after 5 weeks any sugar and caffeine would do and it was available). I
couldn't choke it all down. It was WAYY to sweet and was making me
pucker and gag. I had a Starbucks Iced Coffee with
my dinner but I got pretty sick to my stomach and felt like I was going
to puke. I was dizzy for about 10 minutes afterwards. There was Easter
candy and cake at work as well today. I had 3-4 small chocolate eggs
throughout the day but I avoided the cake. I still haven't tried fast
food and I am in no rush to. I have a feeling the first time I do I
would be wise to stick to something very small like a regular
cheeseburger and even then I am afraid that it will just shoot right
through me on a slick of grease. Quite a pretty picture I know. I think
I'll be avoiding caffeine at this point as well. I am going to try and
go with a "no sugar outside of my house" lifestyle. I don't have much
of a sweet tooth and other than this week(Easter) we don't have candy
or cookies in our house so if I can just say no at work, which I proved
I can, I'll be fine avoiding excess sweets. I have found a new love for
all things fruits but it will be nice to eat things I have avoided like
yogurt, and graham crackers.

 

The kind of unnecessary crappy we force on our bodies is pretty
disgusting and I have been a model of what not to do. I am paying for
it now. I watched the movie "Super Size Me" for the first time while I
was doing all this and if you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it.
Along with Cigarette companies fast food companies have done an AMAZING
job of not only selling us junk that is killing us but convincing us
that we need it and can't be happy without it. The other day I got a
lot of weird looks because I was kneeling down and shuffling along a
couple grocery store aisles. I wanted to see what the world looks like
from my daughter's point of view. I am interested at what companies are
trying to sell to my daughter. Let me tell you there are a lot of high
fructose corn syrup filled cartoon shaped fat builders down there but
don't take my word for it. Look below your knees sometime and check it
out for yourself. She knows Shrek, Spiderman, The Disney Princesses,
Vegetales, Curious George, Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street, Foster's
Home for Imaginary Friends, Happy Feet, Gilmore Girls, Dora the
Explorer, and Chewbacca on sight and she is only two. I am positive
that we allow her to watch less TV than the average family and I know
that we control the content tighter than most yet the amount of stuff
she is exposed to is amazing. As far as TV goes she only watches PBS
and the occasional on demand Cartoon Network show with me. The rest
comes from movies or books. I'll step down off my soap box now. This is
all stuff that came out of my experiences of the past couple weeks.
I'll have some more stories about Emma soon and as requested a picutre
of her bike.