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Well
I've cooled off a bit on the diet and had the odd glass of
wine (just one or two - honest).
Meaty
madness
But
to make up for not being so full-on with my meaty madness
I've spent four evenings a week at the gym - and I love it.
Look I know size isn't everything
and us post-feminist women should realise that our fat
fascism needs to be kept in check. But if I feel crap
and bloated then no one can persuade me I have to learn
to love my little tyres of flab.
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| Stacey
Webb |
Unfortunately
some of my remaining flab has turned to muscle and consequently
weighs more than it used to - hence I have put on two pounds.
But
no matter I am more than happy with my firmer slimmer build
since I began my regime three weeks ago.
I
would never have thought that I could make such a dramatic
change to my body in such a short space of time and not only
that I feel great too.
My
cravings for fruit have really diminished (although someone
peeled an orange in the office the other day and I was gagging
for a glass of freshly-squeezed).
I
went out at the weekend to get a few bits for my hols and
I can get into a whole dress size smaller than a month ago.
Size
isn't everything
Look
I know size isn't everything and us post-feminist women should
realise that our fat fascism needs to be kept in check. But
if I feel crap and bloated then no one can persuade me I have
to learn to love my little tyres of flab.
A
woman friend of mine gave me a really hard time last week
for being such a devotee of my new eating habits. "Get
a life," she said. "A woman of your intelligence
should be able to transcend these social constructs."
Whatever
(pronounced with a valley girl drawl) - I feel better - I
look better and now this beach babe is heading for Barcelona
with some tight tops and short skirts rather than large floaty
dresses. God I'm so shallow :-)
by
Stacey Webb
| Bill
Mielke from Canada writes: |
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I'd
like to wish Stacy well in her diet efforts. Second,
I'd like to mention that I'm now entering my eighth
week of the Atkins diet and I'm down 24 pounds and 4
inches around the waist line.
My blood pressure is down to normal, somewhere it hasn't
been for over twenty years without having to take medications.
I've found my energy levels are up, unlike what the
"doomsayers" in certain circles have professed would
happen.
I have spoken with people who were on Atkin's, and have
failed. Often they have not read the book in it's entirity
or have only heard what the diet is by "word of mouth"
and were far off the "real" Atkin's, they were almost
assured failure in their goals.
The
people that I've spoken to that have read the whole
book and not just "picked" out the menus, have all succeed,
some for years.
Atkin's
really isn't just a diet but as a lifestyle. Treated
as a lifestyle, I believe most people will suceed in
their health goals.
Once
again, all the best Stacey.
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