From Gourmet Gone Fast to Fat Girl Gone Skinny

I began this blog a few years ago and initally titled it Gourmet Gone Fast. I love to cook.. its a hobby an obsession and something I truely enjoy. Along with cooking... I truely enjoy eating. When I graduated from high school I weight 198. I was my happiest at that weight. Was it the "doctor recommended idea weight" well heck no.. but I was happy. Over the past years in the mix of being married, going to school, working my butt off, etc. I became a huge fan of quick meals on the go, most of which were fast food which caused me to gain a wopping 60 POUNDS! UGH puke! The last year was hard to focus on my weight.. I went through a divorce. The last thing I wanted to eat was some strawberries when i could have a 1/2 gallon of ice cream that would make me feel much better.

That however... was the old me.... now on to the new me. My sister Annette experiemented with the Affordable HCG Diet www.affordablehcgdiet.com last year. She lost a ton of weight and has kept it off. She is smokin hot :-) I have always wanted to get back to where I used to be. Its not easy. Working out for me is impossible! I have a heart disorder called Bradycardia. In order for me to get cardio enough to where i can loose.. I would need to get my heart rate up to 120 bpm. That is impossible... my resting heart rate is in the 40s and can typically only get it up in the 80s and 90s. I wanted to loose weight for me. I needed something to make me feel better about myself after going through a divorce just didnt know what. I knew I COULDN'T do the HCG diet with the whole 500 calorie thing. Wow was I wrong.....

My journey began December 30th, 2011 shortly after hearing about my dad having a heart attack and 12 days prior to my mom having gastric bypass. I had made up my mind that I was not going down that route no matter the situations. PERIOD. I had spent an evening at my sisters and we got to talking about weight loss. She gave me everything I needed to start the HCG diet (a full bottle of drops, B 12 vitamins, a case of Miracle Noodles, and her handy suggestions). I had made up my mind at this point that it was going to happy no matter what. I began my loading phase on the 30th and completed on the 31st to begin my phase 1 on the first day of the new year.

January 1, 2012: 259.0 pounds

Today is February 11, 2012: 236.2 pounds and I am down a total of 22.8 pounds!!!!

This is my new blog. Its my new lifestyle. Its the Fat Girl Gone Skinny way! I will include not only updates on my HCG experience and trials but also my daily life adventures. The Fat Girl Gone Skinny is not just about a weightloss journey.. its about a new and deveoping journey of me. Stay tuned for before and after pictures and some recent recipes.