The Last Supper

Today was the last day of so many things. It was not only the last day of my long week, but it was also the last day that I will be eating mass amounts of carbs for an infinite period of time. Imagine the pile of food that I brought home for our last meal...I brought my sister Quinn a bag of Taco Bell and I stopped by my favorite hawaiian barbecue take out place. My order included chicken teriyaki, two scoops of white rice, a scoop of macaroni salad and six cream cheese fried crab rangoons. Quinn's order had a chicken burrito, Doritos, a crunch wrap supreme all complete with a "small" Dr. Pepper. If that isn't carb overload I don't know what is.

If you know anything about my family you know that we are big eaters. I was raised in a home where we thought about food constantly. At breakfast we would all be thinking about what was for lunch and my mom would always be planning the next home cooked 6 course meal in her head. We had so many amazing meals complete with just about any kind of food you could think of. I learned to love to cook and bake. But as I am getting "older" (I know I am not that old only being 23 but still) I feel that I want to take control of my weight as a young woman. My family has a history of diabetes and heart disease and that is not something I want to have to deal with as I grow older.

Now, don't get me wrong I am not a person who is a horrible eater, but I am a person who has room for improvement like we all do. So, long story long we are going to take on the Atkins diet. The first two weeks will be called the "induction phase" and then from there we are able to add other foods into our diet. We are hoping that this will translate into a lifestyle change and eventually we won't have to call it a diet anymore.

Our first step tonight on our weight loss journey, even though we technically haven't started, was to get rid of all of the things that will tempt us in our apartment. We put all of the carbs in bags and are planning on donating them either to our cousin's fridges or to a food bank this weekend. We don't want to have anything around that could potentially tempt us. Our fridge looks so bare and just plain sad looking. Tomorrow I am looking forward to bulking it up again with new tupperware and our good foods.

Quinn and I will both be blogging daily about our experiences. We hope that you will stick with us on our adventure of shedding pounds and hey maybe you might learn something along the way!

Cheers
     Brittany