Category Archives: the fast metabolism diet

Ordinarily, one pound of weight loss wouldn’t be a big deal. But I’ve been at a plateau for a couple of days, and I was getting discouraged.

The past few days have been a little rough. Not only have I not lost any weight since Tuesday, but my face was breaking out like a teenager’s. Every stubborn clogged pore I had (and I knew where every one was, believe me) turned into a volcanic zit overnight. Also, I was super sleepy, possiblyContinue reading “Day 13 of the Fast Metabolism Diet: Healing Crisis”

I’m seriously thinking about doing this until the party on May 11, and then starting all over again the next day. No promises, but I’m thinking about it.

I’d estimate that about 95 percent of my female friends have been on a diet at one point or another, even the naturally skinny types with perfectly functioning thyroids and a running habit. One could be forgiven for thinking, since we ladies spend so much time on diets, that we love being on them, despiteContinue reading “Day 11 of the Fast Metabolism Diet: Do Women “Love” Dieting?”

I have PT at 9 this morning, which put me in a bind in terms of making my Spanish egg white scramble. There’s a lot of chopping and prepping, and if I’d been thinking, I would have cut everything up last night, but instead I got up this morning and went, “Whoops.” I ate myContinue reading “Day 10 of the Fast Metabolism Diet: Time Management”

This morning, I stripped off all my clothes before weighing myself, and I am not ashamed.

I’m not a great cook for the same reason that I’m not a great driver: I have trouble paying attention to things that are going on in the real world if I have a thought that’s more interesting.

The number on the scale wobbled lower this morning by a few tenths of a pound, and I was tempted to take that as my number, but I’ve decided to be the bigger person (smaller person?) and wait until tomorrow.

I woke up this morning feeling like a hippo. With great trepidation, I approached the scale … only to find that I’d stayed steady since yesterday. Although, of course, I’d like to keep losing more than a pound a day, I’ve decided that this is pretty good, under the circumstances, which are that I gotContinue reading “Day 6 of the Fast Metabolism Diet: The Curse”

I’m down 5.4 pounds now, and everyone is trying to get me to go for a drink. I’m perfectly willing, as long as no one minds me drinking club soda. And they don’t mind — as long as I do it far away from them.