"I think I ate some bad carrots" and other dieting adventures.

it seems like everytime i try to start being healthy, then something comes up and makes it next to impossible. it's through observations such as the following, that i have decided that i was meant to be a chunky monkey forever.God just wants to keep me this way.lol.so i decide that i have to lose weight and i start a diet. i decide to ease into it and eat 19 grams of fat or less at each meal and keep my calories beneath 1800 at all costs. i decided that carrots and fat free dip were my snack for the week. sounds great, except i am a fat kid on a budget. i look in the fridge at the carrots in the crisper. i have no idea how long they have been there, but they can't really go bad right? i mean they are carrots, i have never assumed that they have an expiration date.besides i have better things to spend money on. (at least i thought.) that was a mistake. i discovered the peril of old carrots on a trip with my hubbie. i brought the dip and carrots. he ate the dip with chips. i get sick, and he is fine. my conclusion..... "i think i ate some bad carrots." he starts howling in laughter after i make that announcement. he says "is that even possible? only you could manage that one." he's right. i try to eat healthy and get sick. one point to the conspiracy to keep me fat cloumn.grrr.point 2 -the gymi decide to start exercising i go for walks at the park for as long as i can stand it, but the georgia heat starts to suck my will to live let alone walk three miles. the humidity was so bad that my lungs hurt. (this fat kid has asthma too. i know, classic.) well i live in an apartment complex. i will just start going to the gym. did i mention that i was poor as hell at the moment? i live in a complex that is just a little ghetto. want proof? well here i go.... so i go to the gym where the stair climber is broken and does not turn on as well as the bicycle, and the weight machines are missing so many pieces it is almost useless.i was hopeful because they had recently replaced the two broken treadmills with one new one. i get in there only to realize that despite the fact that we have a new treadmill, i can not use it becuase it has a different plug then the outlet in the wall. perfect. i check back a few days later and i can not even get into the gym because the air conditioner has broken and leaked all over the gym. so between the flood, old equipment and electrical problems i decided that the fat wins another point. i give up on the apartment gym.point 3 - my attmept at workout videos part1i have heard awesome things about yoga so i decided to give it a try. i look around for a cheap beginner's dvd and settle on one at fry's. i take it home and pop it in with blake. i don't even make it through the first five minutes until i fall out of one of the poses. i keep trying and keep failing. after ten minutes of not being able to do the poses.... i decide that yoga is not for me. i am in my twenties. i should be able to do this right? argh. another point in the fat column.draw- my attempt at workout videos part deux.let's chalk this one up to a draw. i did my research and decided that jillian michael's video is just the one i need to kick my but into shape.yeah! not so fast. i did not realize how mean that chick is, or how out of shape i am. i make it through the video, so kudos to me, but she kicked my arse and i was so sore for three days that i couldn't move without wincing maybe if i keep with it i will eventually keep up and not want to kill her so much.(there is a part of the workout where you throw punches, and i find myself imagining myself hitting her with each fruitless punch i throw. take that evil slave driver!) she is awesome though. i must admit that this is something i intend to stick with on a regular basis.Elizabeth's first point!yea for me. i lost 11 pounds in a month. granted i wish i lost like thirty pounds, but i realize that goal is a little crazy. in diet math... if i can lose 11 pounds every month until december then i will be a hot mama by christmas. you know the greatest part of losing weight....the shopping. i am so excited about the possibility of buying new clothes in a smaller size. for right now i am covered though. my closet consists of at least three different sizes. so for now i am just working my way back into old clothes.lets hope that they are still in fashion, because this girl is too cheap to get new ones yet.i'll write back as things happen. this diet is going to be a long journey. it has only been a few months and i already feel like i have battle scars.grrr. but i am an incurable optimist. i hope things will get better and that in time the points in the skinnier elizabeth column will far outweigh the points in the forever fat Elizabeth column.