Does it really work?

So today I had another appointment with the accupuncturist. It went really well until he had asked me about my appetite from last week. Well I was very honest, I had been craving sugar like a mofo!!! And what happened when I left?  Well I have little needles in my ears… tiny, but kind of odd. As a result, I don’t have those same sugar urges like before, but this is only the first day so we’ll see.

From my understanding, there are a lot of people out there who use accupuncture for weight loss. My accupuncturist explained to me that he concentrates on other aspects of my health and the treatment for weight loss is just a side thing. But my question is does it really work?

Where does time go?

Okay… please tell me if it’s just me… or did I forget to blog for the past couple of weeks. I think that once you begin your life, the clock is on timewarp!! I think this is something out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Okay I may be a bit over dramatic on that one.

I must say life has flown by these past couple of weeks. I still haven’t jumped on the wagon as I thought I was, but I did do something great for my health. I went to an accupuncturist for the first time.  I don’t have another appointment scheduled until Friday, but I’m not sure I can make it. I want to go back again. I might call tomorrow morning to see if there are any openings.

You see, for a long time know I have struggled with allergies, the weight gain (you know about that one), the anemia, on and on. The accupuncturist introduced me to N.A.E.T . I’m not going to explain it here, that’s what the link is for. But when the accupuncturist told me that I was allergic to iodine, I was totally stunned. You see this is something I forgot to disclose… but becuase of NAET he knew. So that was last week. I have since added more supplements to my diet including CLA and Chromium Picolinate… lets see how this will help the weight loss.

Another Weightloss Blog

I wonder how many people are out there that decide writing a blog will help them lose weight?  Is this some sort of drive to think by writing down what we eat, how much we exercise, makes us more accountable for our actions? I am not too sure… heck I don’t know why I’m doing this other than to jump on the band wagon with a thousand other people who are on the same quest as I am.

Now like a lot of people, I haven’t been overweight all my life.  At 5′4″ the most I ever weighed was 132lbs. But all that seemed to change after my first marriage. Though I did not work out as much as I was when I was single, I still remained active. I have never been one to sit down and polish off a quart of Dryers, or pig out on chocolate. So I wondered how I ballooned up to 160!!! STRESS!!!! Bad marriage, new city, away from friends leads to one unhappy person. This all started approximately 7 years ago, almost to the day. Okay, so that is the first 28 lbs!

After getting out of that horrible marriage I moved to a different state, and I was thinking a happier lifestyle. Well, partly. I ended up getting married again to a wonderful man, my match exactly. Prior to our wedding I joined Weight Watchers and was able to drop down to 149!! Yippee a size 8.

After getting married my husband and I discovered gourmet sodas. Ohhhh that was a bad idea. I’ve never been one to drink soda, I’ve always been more of a Kool-Aid or Crystal Light kinda gal. BANG!!! Can you believe I jumped up to 186!!! Oh my HECK!!! (yes I’m LDS)…lol.

So here I am… I moved back to California in June, and decided that I couldn’t be back home weighing as much as I do. When I arrived I set out to start a weight loss program, that hasn’t exactly happened. I am very busy though, and with all the activity I have managed to drop 9 lbs, weighing 177. I’ve taken up 3 notches on my belt, and overall starting to feel much better.

So here I am, ready to dedicate myself to getting back into a size 6 or 8. It sucks being fat (yes, I sad the F word) , and I refuse to hit 40 and look like this. It was bad enough going to my 20 year reunion and everyone seeing me like this, but I refuse to turn 40 and be a size 12!!!