BYOC

I missed the last couple BYOC Fridays. I started posts for them but then kids and husband and life got in the way of getting them done. But I am here TODAY...and TODAY I am doing BYOC!

1. Because I’m going hardcore on Monday to lose my last 15 before vacation I’m curious….what’s the oddest diet you have tried? Or which ones have you tried and were any successful?

The oddest diet I ever tried was grapefruit juice and boiled eggs. That's all I ate for 4 days. It was a very long 4 days. It took almost a year before I could even smell a boiled egg again without getting sick. The grapefruit juice gave me really bad cankers. I gained 5 pounds. Yea...BIG FAT FAIL!!

The diet I was most successful on was Weight Watchers and Curves. I lost 45 pounds. And I felt I doing it in a healthy way. Then I hit a plateau, got frustrated and quit. And I gained all the weight back and then some.

The only thing more successful than that was Phen-Fen. Hello!! That shit was golden! 80 pounds fell off me in less than 6 months, I had energy for days...I was scrubbing floors at 3 am. I was invincible on that crack. Then I had to stop because I couldn't find a doctor to give it to me after 6 months. And yes, I have what is considered mild to moderate heart valve damage for it...basically a good heart murmur. And you know what? Up until I got my band, if I could have bought that on the black market I would have. In my hoodie, pulled up to the curb of a corner in the ghetto, looking for my fix. Even knowing the risks I would have done it. Yea, that scares me.



2. Do you prefer baths or showers?


Showers. I  just can't get past the idea of sitting there in a pool of water with my sweat and dirt and dead skin surrounding me. And when I stand up it clings to me. I just don't feel clean in a bath...and how the hell do you wash your hair in the tub?? BUT, I have soaked after a good long shower and that was ok, but then I had to shower again. (OCD much?)  I also have very low blood pressure...who'd thunk a fat girl would have low blood pressure?? The LBP makes it so that if I sit in hot water I get light headead, nauseated and dizzy. Even if I sit in a hot tub I have to keep getting in and out, but mostly just put my legs in up to my knees.


3. What is your favorite breakfast food?

Scrambled eggs with sausage all cooked together, with hash browns and toast. YUM!

4. What’s your least favorite word?

My least favorite word....right now it's MOOOMMMMMM. Because my 12 year old is bugging me to get off the computer so we can go to the movie.

My 19 year old also says *Whatever* a lot. I have really come to hate that word when he says it.


5. Repeat question…make someone a Superstar for a day! Whose blog or comment spoke to you or stuck with you the most this week and why?

Scarlet's post about your last straw to make you realize you need to lose weight really hit home. (Somebody please help me figure out how to do a link please.) It made me cry and really made me start thinking about what it took to get me here. I think I feel a blog topic coming on. Thank you Scarlet!!


So we are off to see Toy Story 3 and Sorcerer's Apprentice at the drive in. It was either that or Karate Kid and Grown Ups. We have 2 drive -inns in town...don't hate me. We have seen Toy Story 3 and Karate Kid so I guess I'll have to suffer through Toy Story again to see my heart-throb Nicholas Cage. I really don't like cartoons...never have, even as a child...but I will persevere for Nick.