65 Gram Diet Update

So I did an update on my diet program, the 65 Gram Diet. I've lost six pounds so far doing nothing extra (no pills, no exercise routines, just budgeting my grams of fat).



Anyone hearing about this diet for the first time, the diet is very simple to follow. You just look at the fat content on everything before you eat it (if it's at a restaurant the information is typically online or available from the staff upon request). You can have whatever you want, as long as you budget your entire day's intake to be 65 grams of fat or less. I posted a different vlog that goes into more detail about the 65 Gram Diet here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EjZP433CWc

Here's how my fat count went yesterday:
Otis Spunkmeyer Chocolate Chip Muffin - 11 Grams of Fat (GoF)
Small Whopper Value Meal at Burger King with no Mayo - 39 GOF according to BK.com
= 50 Grams of Fat for the day.


If you're friend's with me on Facebook, you guys might also notice a lot of animation posts coming up. I decided to split and make a separate vlog for my grad school postings, which is animatimon.blogspot.com. So I'm not trying to shove someone elses blog down your throat out of the blue, but any actual blog only subscribers are welcome to check me work out over there. Thanks! :)

Review of PixieKids Toys

I love their Food of the Month program, and you can find them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PixiekidsToys If you have kids from 1-10 they will love these cool eco-felt food items.

Review/Warning: Greek Avenue aka Elite Greek

As a part of my review videos I thought I would look back on a terrible experience I had with a shop called GreekAvenue, also known as Spiritwear, GreekClothing, and Elite Greek(s). They have great looking deals, but once you pay that's the end of the customer service. I placed an order almost a year ago and never got a thing, and never even heard back from a representative. Thankfully my credit card reversed the charge, but you can see more negative reviews of this company on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=298660091724



Now that you know, don't throw your money away!

65 Gram Diet

Since I gave out a litter teaser in my last post, here is the diet that I pulled together myself using ideas and systems that worked for me in the past.

It's really nothing spectacular or new, but I haven't found anything exactly like this described anywhere without making the diet/lifestyle extremely more complicated. This is easy, free, and not particularly restricting, so I hope a few people might try it and tell me what they think.

When I originally did this diet plan in 1998, and coupled it with exercise Monday-Friday, I lost 100 lbs between January and December. So, there are some long term advantages without having to give up your sweets or carbs or dairy. :)

Dieting Update

Like I said I got too busy last week to post on the blog, but here is my 17 Day Diet update:



I will say that this is not an easy diet to follow if you are not already eating healthy. I don't know that I would recommend it for most people, because it does not address cravings in your system, which I would imagine creates a very high failure rate. I mean, if it was that easy to beat your cravings, we would all be a lot thinner and healthier, right?

That being said, I am not giving up on "dieting" I just think I need to get the idea of a diet out of the picture. A diet is a temporary routine to help you lose weight, but the real key to long term success and weight loss is to change your eating habits permanently. It's not easy to break your cycles, but I am not giving up yet!

I'm going back to my old system of eating that worked very well for me in the past, but then I decided that all of these media hyped books and strategies on weight loss were surely a lot better and smarter than what I was coming up with. The problem is, none of these experts have found anything that works for me, and I've found these diet plans too difficult to stick with. So, I am initiating the "65 Gram Diet" which is really a lifestyle, and I'll post up a video with more details on that shortly.

Thanks so much for reading!

Loris' Lovables Customized Hats Review

I have gotten so busy sending my kids to school this past week, and gearing up to start grad school, I forgot to make this a public video!

This is my review of my order from Loris' Lovables, a super cute hat making place where this lady makes them all by hand and out of yarn. She has tons and tons of samples on her Facebook page that you can get to by clicking HERE.




I've also decided that I will start doing more reviews on a more regular basis from smaller companies and home businesses. So, if anyone out there would like me to review your product, get in touch with me and I will give you more details on that. I will note that, at this point, I won't be reviewing items from direct sells companies like Avon or Scentsy, because there are usually compliance issues with me doing that. So small companies and businesses making their own products, I'm looking for you! :)

A Bit More on Sorority Recruitment

Since college season is coming up for thousands of people, and a lot of ladies will rush sororities, I thought I'd get these videos up (hopefully) in time for that season.

As a little disclaimer, I am speaking primarily from the perspective of the NPC sorority organization, but I am not endorsed, paid, or in any other way affiliated to any college or sorority (other than being a member of one, of course). I also catch myself using some terminology that's not really accurate any longer, like "rush" which is now preferred to be called "recruitment," and "pledge" versus "new member," "pledge sister," or other terms. I have studied Greek organizations for years, and those are the terms that are sort of stuck in my head, and also the same terms a lot of people still use and think of outside of the Greek system. However, I mean no disrespect to any organization, this is just my way of speaking combined with my own experiences.

So take care and I hope these are helpful to someone out there. There are a lot of misconceptions about what Greek life is, how recruitment works, and what's important, so please do your homework on the different groups.

How Formal Recruitment Works at Some Sororities:


Thinking about what sororities to look into, recommendations, and other bits:

^ It's in a roller coaster background because that's how recruitment can feel, lol!