Warning: The content on this page is going to be personal, nitty gritty, and well embarrassing at times. So if you dont want to know the in's and out's of my dieting life then look away, click fast!!! To the other braver souls, welcome to my journey, and my adventure...
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Week 12
Ok, I missed last week, sorry my bad. It was an interesting week to say the least. I spent most of it sick, not fun, and the rest of it trying to catch up with my cleaning.
I did manage to loose a big chunk of weight last week, but it was mostly because I got sick the night before weigh in and was unable to keep anything I had eaten down.
So this week I immediately gained three pounds when I finally started to eat again. What a way to herald in feeling better, lol. How unfair. So I spent most of the week trying to be super good so I could at least get back down to where I was. I almost made it. My weigh in this week was just a pound heavier than my sick weigh in week. Considering that I lost 3 plus pounds the week I was sick, not too bad. I had to loose 2 pounds and then keep them off.
So my official weigh in today was down 20.6 for this week. You might notice that this entry is different.. That would be because the document that I use to hold all of these entries is now corrupt. This morning is just getting better and better, lol. So I am starting over from scratch with this. My formatting will be a tad bit different and well I guess I will be experimenting for a while. Please be patient.. Things should settle quickly. :0)
On other news I detest my hubby. Well I am really happy for him, but really??? How unfair is it how fast men loose weight? He is doing amazing and will be ready to start his transition in a few weeks. A few weeks!! Men..
We move in about 9 weeks so he could be almost finished by then if he chooses to do it sooner rather than later. I on the other hand have about 10 more pounds that I wanted to loose before I transitioned. We shall see if we can swing me staying on plan for a while longer. But Im not holding my breath on that one.
I didn’t manage to work out much the week before last from being sick. But I am jumping back on the wagon this week. 4 times this week!! that’s a goal for this week. I also am going to try a few new recipes. We love the ones we are using right now but I am getting bored with making the same few dinners night after night. So I will let you know how that goes.
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Week 10 (march 13th)
Official weigh in, down 19.6 pounds)
*side note, had my little one take pictures of me this morning. She was super happy to be helping and couldnt stop jiggling around.... soooo no amount of flash could get it to focus completely. :0) I guess the hubs will have to take some next week. I am changing outfits too, my old clothing is getting too loose to really see where I'm at. But I took a pic in each outfit to get a side by side for you. (and enjoy the pic of my little photographer love that little bundle!)*
Well, I thought I had lost more… actually I did gain about a pound in the middle of the week, so I did go down almost 2 pounds. I was kind of hoping for more. But I will take it. I am going to do the 5 &1 for one more week. This week is gonna be hectic and I just cant take on trying to figure out a new eating plan. Plus, well right now my brain isn’t working all that great. It was a rough night in the house, sick little ones, no sleep for mommy and the time change this weekend just kicked my butt. I also have doc appts I have been putting off till today, errands to run, bills to pay oh and a house to clean, dinner to make. Just another slow day in the life of, right? Right.
I'm really close to my goal though, I just want to see the 40’s on that scale!! I would adore getting to the low 40’s before I transition but honestly I don’t think it will happen, and I don’t have the time. I do plan on kicking my butt (maybe back on plan completely) when we get to MT so I can loose whatever I gain while driving across the US. But I don’t see myself being on it all that long. We wont have a steady income at that point so it will need to be a quick fix-up situation.
I’m not really bummed about my weight loss for this week, I hoped for more, but I did work out 4 times this week and feel more incharge of what is going on right now with my body. I am going to try a new workout recommended by my coach this afternoon and see how that goes. I see sore muscles in my future. The ball is this weekend too, so that stress looms ahead. I have to plan out my housework and chores to make sure I have time to do final prep for that. I am excited to go out with the hub’s but I am not excited for all the time that it will take from my normal work week to get it done. Plus… its gonna take hours on Sat to get ready.. Uggh.. I need a hairdresser, makeup artist and maid… oh and while Im at it, a house keeper and cook would be lovely
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Week 9 (march 5th)
Official weigh in down 18 pounds
So after a week of trial and error I have managed to loose almost two pounds this week. (I promptly gained back a half of one because I was a ba-ad girl.. But that’s another story for later)
After talking to my coach, nutrition support, and my coaches, coaches, coach… we are all stumped. We only came up with two options to get me past this plateau of mine. And yes, everyone thinks it odd I already hit a plateau, ahh the joy of being the weird one. First thing to try is going to be to work out 4 times this coming week for 30-45 minutes. Nothing too strenuous because even that would kick me out of fat burning mode. But get my heart rate up for that length of time.
Alright, then option 2 is going to be to start doing a 4 and 2.. What, you ask, does that mean? Well right now I eat 5 and 1. Five medifast meals and one lean and green meal a day. So I would be switching to 4 medifast meals and 2 L&G’s.
So here goes experimentation time, lol. I will be doing the 5&1 this week while working out consitantly.. That will be hard in itself. Time just seems to slip away from me each day.
And if I don’t have a loss of more than a pound then I will switch to the 4&2.. I would give the workout plan more time, but like I have said before, I have a limited timeline to work with here. I need to be transitioning in may, or earlier…. Crap just had a thought, we are moving the first week of June…ughhhhh… well there is no way I am going to be fully transitioned before we move. Dagnabit!!!!! At the minimum it takes 8 weeks to fully transition. Oh well, I guess I will deal with where ever I am in the transition phase, when we move. But, we cant afford the cost of the move and have both my hubbs and I on plan, eeekk. Hmm, well this will take some thought then, lol.
Onto a happier topic, I lost almost two pounds this week. I didn’t deserve it though, I was a ba-ad girl yesterday. We had breakfast sausage sandwiches for breakfast, then stopped at the bucks for coffee’s (we were good though, small skinnies) then we had lunch out, and they f’ed up our salads… so extra calories there with the salad dressing. THEN we came home and I had to have chocolate, so enter some dark chocolate m&m’s, dinner was another breakfast sausage sandwich.. Uhhhh that looks really bad when written out. See? Told you I didn’t deserve it, lol.
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Week 8 (Feb. 27th)
(total 17pds lost)
Again a disappointing weigh in this week. We are, my coach and I, trying to tweek my program to get me to start loosing more. I shouldnt have stopped loosing this quickly. I still feel great, energy, feel good in my clothing, but the scale just isnt reflecting that. I mentioned that if my body is done then I will just start transitioning and she would hear nothing of it, lol. I love that girl!! Anyhoo we are gonna try talking to the nutrition support team and see if they can help me out.
If you havent listened to the phone calls that happen weekly, or even called into support with a question you have. Feel free to, they are great, super nice, and know ALL, lol.... (say that "all" slowly with importance, it will make the sentence sound even more important, lol)
Hopefully next week will be better. I also have committed myself to working out 3 times this week. I have been trying to do it for about two weeks but life keeps getting in the way. Even today I have afternoon appts. and will have to sneak my workout in.. somewhere, but I AM going to do it. I need to take this next step for my health, it will be better for me in the long run.
I tried eating an extra meal for three days in a row and that didnt seem to help, I have been super stressed with stuff lately and we think that might be whats putting me out of fat burning stage. Its weird how little things like your lifestyle will affect your bodys internal workings so much, but its true. I just need to find that nice balance of everything so I can get back into weight loss stage.
I have a timeline that I have to follow regardless of where the scale drops to. I need to be transitioning before we move. The countdown has already begun on that too. Here's to praying that next week will show more results than this week.
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Day.. Hmm Ive lost count lets just say its Feb 20th
The beginning of my 7th week. Lets start labeling these by weeks. ya, good idea!
(official weigh in, lost 16.8 pounds)
Well, I'm bummed. I was certain I would loose more than just one pound this week. I even weighed in yesterday and I was at least a pound lighter than this morning.. I must have not drank all of my water yesterday. It was a blur.. Of chores and errands so I could have missed my total but still.. grrr. Well I’ve decided to drink all my water and then some today and weigh in again tomorrow. Really.. I honestly felt that I was gonna have a two pounder week!! Uggh..
On other news, hubb’s started the diet this week. He makes me sick.. Really sick, he isn’t starving or having the cravings that I had when I started. How unfair??? Oh and last night he dragged me into the bathroom (keep in mind it was 11pm) so he could jump on the scale and show off that he has already lost two pounds! AND at night.. Grrr, men suck! All of you!!! But I am really happy for him, he seems genuinely excited to be getting healthy.
I have been reading the book Dr. A’s Habits of Health. It is a super good read, I would recommend everyone read it. Its scientifically backed up and written like a friend talking to you. I started reading some out loud to Jim the other night and he prompted me to read for a whole two hours, my throat was sore but he really enjoyed learning along with me. He’s not a big reader so I knew he would never sit down and read the whole book. But he really did like learning about how to be healthy, why we are the way we are, and the science behind it all.
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Day 44 (official weigh in down 15pds)
So lost about a pound this week, but I did finally start and man is it a relief to have that over with! I should pick up with the weight loss (hopefully) this week. I have lost over 15 pounds in 6 weeks so I am not complaining too loudly, but I worry that my weight lose will slow down even more from here on out and I have set a time limit for myself so I am fully transitioned by the time we move. That would give me about two more months to finish my goal of 30 pounds lost. I also did my measurements and have lost about an inch or two everywhere I measure on my body, so that’s positive too. I took a picture too.. I still don’t see any difference but then I think I will be the last person to really claim to notice a change. I am officially a health coach now!! I have we website (www.livinguptotheadventure.tsfl.com) I am excited to help other people get health for life!! My hubby will most likely be my first client, he has seen what I am doing and now wants to join in on the fun. I cant wait for us to share this journey together.
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Day 39 wed
For the first time on this diet I really don’t want to weigh in. I didn’t want to on Monday and I am really not curious right now. Im sure some of it is emotional, isnt how it always goes with women? But I am just bummed, I don’t seem to be loosing at the rate I should be. We have gone over everything I do and don’t eat and it doesn’t seem to make a difference. I guess I should just be happy if I don’t gain weight, right? My coach is surprised at how quickly I slowed down but Im not.. Pessimist, told ya. She is still really upbeat and positive this is only a small speed bump and things will pick up after my period. Oh well, Im still committed to being on plan, no real desire to cheat yet.. I could if I wanted to but right now Im not motivated properly to cheat, don’t even know what I would cheat with. And Im in the middle of this challenge.. So another month and a half to go. We will see where I end up.
Day 34 Friday Man yesterday sucked. I messed up my eating schedule so much!! I missed a morning meal and then had to take my oldest to the dentist, which turned into a 3 hour mess (not her, it was the clinic's fault) and so didn’t eat till on my way home. I ended up having to eat three meals between 7:30pm to 10:30pm… and I only ate cause I had too. I really just wanted to go to bed, not eat.
Today I jumped on the scale and as I expected I had gained a pound, but I did eat three times in three hours, so its to be expected I am sure. Hopefully a more “normal” day today will get me back on schedule today. I am going to have to start being better about eating on time, or at least close to it. I get distracted and time just flies by.
I had hoped to blog and update pictures, links and clean things up but I ended up doing nothing but complaining about being tired while eating, watching tv with my hubby. By the way we saw a movie called “Ingredients”. It was a well written documentary about local produce vs. large production produce. I personally love to purchase my veggies and meat locally (not here because this part of the USA is a prepackaged hell hole, but that’s a story for another time) but this movie brought to light really why we should be frequenting our local farmers markets!!! Here is a link to the movie’s page http://www.ingredientsfilm.com/ I would recommend cruising their site or seeing the movie if you get a chance, good information. It inspired me to plan more to my dream garden. Some day I will be growing everything my family puts in their mouth!! Some day, :0)
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Day 1 Jan 2nd 2012
Wow what a day it was too. I pretty much hated it all and couldn’t wait to finally head to bed (which I did early because I was so exhausted). The first meal was.. Well horrible. I talked to my coach and I will give it another go, but ick.. Seriously it was nasty and not the way you want to start a diet either. The apple cinnamon oatmeal was horrible. The flavor wasn’t what I expected and then the consistency was just wrong.. Really wrong! I chugged it to just get it down but had to wash it down with some ill flavored coffee, sigh, the things you give up on a diet. The rest of my meals weren’t half bad, I was rather hungry by the time rolled slowly around to my next meal, so Im sure that had something to do with it. But I had the oatmeal bar, chicken rice soup, soft cookie, and the peanut butter bar.. along with my chicken breast and spinach for dinner that completed my intake for yesterday. I did manage to drink 100oz of water, two cups of coffee and three cups of caffeinated tea (to offset the headache I was getting) I took some Tylenol in the evening too.. I am currently pms, starving, dieting, cold and feel like I’m getting the flu. Add my personal family stresses and you get a small sample of my day yesterday.
Day 2
Well today went much better than yesterday. The food was better received and I didn’t feel as bad all over. I managed to drink all the water needed and didn’t feel the need to have an extra snack. It makes me hopeful for whats to come. I am hungry.. All the time my head keeps telling me to grab something from the kitchen, but my stomach doesn’t growl so I don’t think I’m really that hungry, think its all mental. :0)
Day 3
So today wasn’t bad. I felt more energized at moments but still fell asleep twice throughout the day. It was weird, I was good to go, then I was out like a light. I did throw up though, just dry heaved while I was waiting for my breakfast (oatmeal muffins, which weren’t too bad but I’m gonna add baking soda next time). After I heaved I felt better, but tired.. I had coffee and water and felt better. The muffins stuck to the cups and I had to force myself to not eat the paper, lol. By the end of the evening though my stomach was growling and I was actually in pain so I grabbed a bag of the cheese puffs, which aren’t all that bad, and I told myself I would only eat enough to stop the pain and so all said I only ate half the bag. Not bad, and only about 55 calories added onto the daily total.
Day 4
I felt decent today took a super hot shower and was starving by the time I got out. Come 2 hours and I am thinking about food, 2.5 hours and Im starving. I didn’t feel like napping after the shower though, so that’s good. I had a doc appt for my hubby so the whole family went along for the ride. We girls shopped while he was being checked out and that screwed with my eating schedule. By the time we were on our way home I was snippy with everyone around me and ready to eat!! I did take a meal with me but for some reason the simple act of walking around a store seemed to burn it off quicker. Also my cup I had been using for water broke and I always intended on buying a camelbak bottle, but my water intake was screwed up today. I did find a bottle at the store and bought it, I filled it up when I got home and managed to drink 60oz of water in a three hour span, not even trying to do it, it just happened. :0) I am in love with this bottle.
Day 5
Today was rather smooth. I finally started my period so I felt crampy and weighted down from that but it didn’t have anything to do with the diet. I spent a good chunk of the day on the couch, wrapped in a blanket with a bed buddy, but again.. Just because of cramps. I felt like I had more energy when I was up and about. I wasn’t driven to nap when I came home from picking up my daughter like I had been before. All in all things are looking up.
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Day 6
So today was mellow, didn’t do much, hung out with the family and chilled. I was exceptionally tired and worn out. Cramps and what not adding to my desire to hang on the couch. Nothing extraordinary to report.
Day 7
I was hungry all day today. I messed up my schedule while out grocery shopping. But I felt crampy, pissy, and tired. I also feel fat and bloated. I hope its only to do with my period. I tried kale chips, yum!! And I added PB2 to my brownie and seriously that is too good to not be cheating! But those were the hightlights of my day. Was glad to be done, bummed to be weighing in tomorrow I know I haven’t lost anything in a couple of days, I just feel bloated and fat.. Wish I didn’t have to weigh in for another few days, after my period is closer to being done. I have always been stagnate in my weight loss right around my period and for about 2 days before and 2 days after I actually start I never loose weight or even gain a bit… seriously bummed.
Day 8 (official weigh in day, I lost 7 pounds)
Today was a bummer day. I don’t know why Im sad I didn’t loose more weight, my coach kept reminding me 7 pounds!!! But no matter what I l told myself I was still bummed. Now keep in mind Im on my period and I cried at a toilet paper commercial too, lol. So that might have something to do with it. I think I was just hoping for… more.. I don’t know, its stupid I just couldn’t get out of my funk. Then my husband decided to be in his own little world on the computer all evening which just irked me more, sigh.. Im getting sidetracked. I tried the cappucino drink again and it still didn’t work right. I like the flavor but the consitancy is just icky. I tried shaking it up, hoping that would mix it better, but so far no luck. Im gonna look up some recipes and different ideas to do with it.. Or it wont get used. That goes for the apple cinnamon oatmeal, yes Im still complaining about that stuff.. The muffin thing just isn’t working for me. I still get a gag reflex when I eat it, I have to find a different recipe to try to get those things finished off. I doubt I will order it again, and of course I ordered two boxes of it, lol. I had the maple/brown sugar one without any problem. Actually liked it, but the apple one just is wrong.. Seriously wrong.
Day 9
Today wasn’t so bad. I did oops and eat an extra medi meal. I seriously thought that I had forgotten to eat lunch.. I was certain of it all the way up till dinner and how full I felt after it. And then recounted what I ate all day and realized I ate too many, oops. I did make tuna melts for dinner though and that was delish!! The fam. had it with bread and fries, but mine I just put on a cookie sheet topped with cheese and cooked away, still very filling and yummy. I did have more energy today, even worked on my manuscript, so the extra calories definitely helped. But I don’t want to depend on that either. I need to clean house tomorrow so I will see if I can push myself through the chores without needing assistance from food intake, if not I might do an extra meal again, just to get caught up. I don’t feel overly hungry but I am also not doing much and get winded really easily. We shall see. For today though, it was a mellow day, food all turned out pretty good.
Day 10
Good day, I forced myself to get all my chores done. I didn’t need any extra meals either. I also made a super delicious lasagna that was recommended by, and I think created by, my coach. I cant tell you how good it was!! The portions were huge too, I had to leave some on my plate, which was really really hard to do. I just couldn’t finish it. :0) I totally felt guilty too so tomorrow I am gonna be super strict and follow plan just like I should.
Day 11
Not a bad day all around for diet. Hubby acted weird all day so that mentally threw me off.. Come to find out he and my best friend (who is also my coach) secretly planned for her to come out for my birthday!! Love those guys. Anyways, diet wise everything is going well, Im mostly bummed that I haven’t lost more so far, and that I’m running out of my favorite things to eat. I am already starting a mental list of things I want to buy. I am on the challenge so I have to buy at four weeks… which is still two weeks away, but my list is already growing. :0) I was hoping to loose at least 2 pounds this week. We shall see. I have lost one so far, but hopefully by the time Monday rolls around I will have lost another. I have 4 days, we shall see.
Day 12
Good day, My bestest is helping teach me some of the funner sides of eating my lean and greens. We made cordon blue which was simple and tasty and then brussel sprouts roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper and garlic, then drizzled with reduced balsamic vinegar. Both super yummy but I had too many sprouts and ended up tossing them up around 2am the next day, oops. I didn’t loose any weight though, if anything I gained two ounces!! How unfair. I better loose sometime this week or Im going to be irate, I havent cheated so there is no reason for my body not to give up all this fat, seriously!
Day 13
Another good day, I tried to not eat as much of my lean and green at one time so that I could keep it all down and that seemed to help. We had grilled chops with green beans, bell peppers, onions and yuminess.
Day 14 Sun
Fun day, went to the beach and froze off a butt cheek, if only, that would be lovely if it were true. More truth in that I froze off my ears. I did have a small Starbucks skinny mint chocolate latte. Only 100 calories and I am sure I worked most of that off trying to walk back up the beach to the safety of the buildings. But its my first official cheat on the diet, and it was prompted by my coach.. So I blame her, lol.
Day 15 (official weighin day down 9.8 pounds)
Not bad, was hoping for a grand total of 10pds lost, but I am only 2 ounces away. Hopefully I will be closer to 12 pounds. Food wise I am learning a lot of fun variations to add to my meals and or lean and greens. Yum!!!
Day 16
So I gained a pound!!! I haven’t cheated so I can only assume its because of the amount of fun stuff I have added to my diet. I also havent gone to the bathroom in days. Not intentionally but I find that since Im putting less in my body, and better stuff, I have less that needs to leave my body. But that being said hopefully in the next few days I will go and that will prove that I am still loosing, or at least haven’t gained anything this week.
Day 17
Nothing to report other than I am coming down from having my bestest friend in the whole world over so I was bored, lonely and munchy. I recognized it and didn’t give in but for the first time this diet I really felt like cheating. I occupied myself with a new concern, a military ball in March.. Uhh yea, hubby just sprang that one on me. He thinks that I am weird that I already made phone calls, accidentally got put on the committee to help, AND started to stress about a dress. Men.. They have no idea!
Day 18
I just hope I loose something this week. I get that some weeks I will only loose one pound and then others I will loose more.. But I would really like to have a few weeks of consistent loss before I start to have to deal with the yo-yoing. Uggh. I really feel like I am not gonna loose anything more than I already have. I havent been smaller than this in my entire adult life! This is what I have come to accept as my “skinny” self. I don’t believe it will happen. I cant imagine that my negative attitude is what is keeping me from loosing, its impossible.. But I cant help but worry.
Day 19
Ohhh yah, that’s right. I weighed in today and busted through that barrier like a champ! All my worry yesterday is/was stupid. Yes I need to work on my mental frame of mind but the science behind this diet isn’t going to change just because I am a doubter.
Get this, my coach is letting me borrow a size 6 jeans, her “too big to wear anymore” jeans I might add. Lol I was sitting in comfortably loose size 12’s so I nicely folded up her sign of faith and set them aside for a few months from now. Yesterday I got sidetracked and didn’t realise I needed to leave in 10 minutes to pickup my oldest from school. Of course I was still in my pj’s and so rushed through the house to get dressed. I grabbed the first pair of jeans I saw and threw them on. I was feeling chubby so wasn’t surprised when they were tight and uncomfortable when I put them on. When I came home and went straight for my sweats I read the label and realized I had put on those size 6’s!!! wow, I was flabbergasted, how could this be? Jump from 12’s to 6’s is just unheard of. I called my coach and she confirmed what I assumed, that the company runs about a size big. That my 12’s were loose so she figured I was a comfortable 10 and a tight 8!! Wow.. Only two weeks and I am going down sizes. That is my kind of diet! And then to weigh in this morning and have dropped 2 pounds overnight, again my kind of diet. ;0) Now just to make sure I keep it off till weigh in so I can officially say I have lost over 10pounds. Yippee!!!
Day 20
Got my next box of food yesterday and tried out my new blender, it rocks!! Super loud and it tried to vibrate off my counter but it still rocked. The ice cream had a real ice cream consistency to it. Im one happy girl. Today I tried the chai latte and it was yummy but you must do the paste method or you will regret it. For lunch I am going to make the tomato soup into a grilled cheese sandwich. Again… happy girl today! Plus I weighed in at the same as yesterday, I think its official to say I am at this weight now, not just a one day fluke. Well, at least I hope so. I am hoping to update my recipe guide with the new stuff I’m trying out. We will see if the kids let me concentrate enough to actually do that.
Day 21
Yesterdays meals were yummy, the tomato soup grilled cheese sandwich was spongy, almost quiche like. But still yummy. Im thinking that a little more water might just be right for this recipe. And Im still loosing weight. So that is good, Im transitioning into this new lifestyle easier than I thought I would. Eating all day long is easy, lol. I think this will be a good long term lifestyle.
Day 22(official weigh in down 12.4)
We filed taxes the other day and now are deciding where what is going. We are
budgeting in for me to become a coach (its $200 for the packet) so hopefully I can make it official by the end of Feb. Then my hubby can start and he can start feeling better about himself too. I also want to share this journey with him, have something in common. :0)
Part of me wants to shout this to the world that I am finally loosing, that I am on the verge of being skinnier than I have ever been in my adult life and Im not hating this lifestyle! But the side that has been burned too many times feels its too early. No one noticed at my brother's wedding and I had lost 20 pounds.. What is loosing 12?? So I want to keep this close and to myself so no one can put a damper on my progress. I have enough mental doubts of myself, I don’t need any outside influences. Do I wait till I am a coach, till I have lost more? Do I ever “announce” this? it’s a big part of who I am right now and I want to share it but with who and when and ultimately how?
Day 23
Ok… so I gained a ton overnight!! I am bloated, forgot to take beano before I had the lazagna I made last night. Which was super yummy!! Im hoping that I just need to get past the bloating. I put on a pair of old size 12’ves this morning and.. They fit, grr. They are old school levi’s so maybe they are cut small?? I doubt it. I told you before, I have accepted that I am already at my skinny weight. Its ok.. Its not what I hoped for in a goal, but being consitantly in the low 60’s is ok. I would have liked to at least see the 50’s on the scale once. Don’t get me wrong, Im not giving up. I like this eating style, and lets face it. I started a challenge and we both know that I cant leave anything unfinished. I will stay on the diet and be good for the next two months, but I wont be surprised when I don’t loose anymore. I warned you I was a pessimist.
But I know for sure that I am not touching my scale till at least Friday. I shouldn’t be touching it at all during the week, I know better, and now I will do better.. I cant keep being negative every time I step on it, and that being everyday? Ya.. I need to give it time.
Oh and Im having oatmeal muffins this morning for breakfast with a small dollop of homemade berry jam in the middle. Yumm!!
Day 24
So.. didn’t weigh in today and it was a struggle not to! I hate not knowing.. Not that it would change how or what I eat as I am already set in to what I am going to consume today, but I am horrible with the unknown. Its pathetic, I know. I have bigger more important things to worry about than that but I keep thinking about it. I intentionally drank a liter of water already, had breakfast and am about to make my second meal for the day, all to stop me from sneaking a peak right now! I know I will weigh more as I have added food and water to my body, but I still am thinking about sneaking upstairs and just “trying it out”. See? Told you, pathetic.
Ok, so I have forgotten to mention this before, because I usually am writing in the morning, as Im eating breakfast.. Hence the not starving then. Lol. But the last few days in a row I have been counting down the seconds till I eat again, even eating early. Im not sure whats going on. Im waiting for word back from my coach.. Maybe Im going insane!! Lol Well she said to add my optional snack or an extra meal if I need it. She also said she has days herself that she seems hungrier. At least its not just me. :0)
Day 25
So I took the plunge last night and created a blog. Well I already have a family one, which I haven’t updated in over a year.. But who’s counting? Anyways I created this one to focus on my diet, sewing, and cooking crafts. I hope to help others through the process and to vent to the void about how mine is going. My coach started one too, hers rocks.. I havent told anyone other than her that I started one too, I don’t want to take her thunder away. I will eventually add this journal to it, my recipes, and then announce to everyone I have this new site. I should also post to the family one too, lol.. I guess… I am also in a bind because I feel awkward posting about this stuff when Im not a coach yet. I hope to get my package in a few weeks and then test and get started, but right now Im just a client.. Who just started… who is blogging about it. Onto my diet.. I am still starving. I didn’t add a meal yesterday, it just never worked out I needed it. But I have a bunch of errands to run today so I am thinking at some point while Im out and about I will need those extra calories. Well in all honesty I plan on getting a bucks coffee.. So there are 100 cal’s right there.. Hmmm . Either way I plan on trying to go without eating extra if I can, if not then I will make the changes to not starve, and then tomorrow get right back up on the plan “horse”. Oh and I was a good girl today and didn’t even look longingly at the scale, lol.. See? I can change!!
Day 26
Simple, laid back day today. Nothing overly cool happened. I made steak and chicken fajitas for dinner. I had mine on a bed of spinach and the family had it in tortillas. Yumm all around. I did miss my last meal because we made a quick trip to the ER because my youngest decided to stick a lego up her nose, but that’s a story for another time. http://thelawsonlink.blogspot.com/2012/01/lego-man-attacks.html
Day 27
That’s what I get for looking, I don’t feel like I have lost an ounce this week, and there is your proof!! My coach keeps telling me to not check but on my weigh in day.. I just suck at not knowing, lol. My fault. I really should listen to her, she only has my best interest at heart!!
I spent my day, well most of it, playing with pyr puppies. They are so cute!! I want one so badly too, sigh, I cant get anymore for the time being.. But I might wear my husband down one day. :0) http://thelawsonlink.blogspot.com/2012/01/puppy-love.html
food wise I messed up my schedule and forgot to eat at lunch, so I ate as soon as I remembered and then ate dinner early so I could feel a little fuller. It will all work out, I will just have two medi meals after dinner rather than one. I am sipping on the dutch chocolate milkshake right now!! I made it with my fun medifast blender and man do I love that machine!!!
Day 28
Spent the day with family today. We walked the dogs, the weather was nice, and the girls rode their bikes. Food wise, pretty good stuff. I think I have the oatmeal muffin recipe figured out finally. I also had tomato soup grilled cheese sandwiches. Yumm!! Another fun machine that I would recommend for this diet is the sandwich maker, it makes yummy sandwiches! it’s a nice change from having shakes and soups all the time. I really feel like I am having a sandwich! I drank a ton of water today, I think the last two days I have been a little short on the water and Im hoping that this weight that just wont go away will flush out with the water that I am pee’ing every five minutes!!!
Day 29
Finally seeing the 50’s!!! now if only it would stick till I weigh in officially tomorrow. This is only about a pound less than last weigh in but I will take anything at this point. I also think Im pms too, so hopefully that’s the reason that I am struggling to loose anything this week. Lets hope at least.
Day 30 Jan 30th(official 1 month weigh in down 13.4)
Ok, so I only lost a pound from last week. Honestly I don’t care, if that doesn’t speak volumes about how close I am to starting then I don’t know what does. Lol, Im more bitter about the lack of coffee in my house right now, but that’s a whole nother story for another time. I havent done my measurements yet today so hopefully I did loose some inches.. But again I just don’t care enough to get upset. I hope I will loose more next week, but again, I cant work up enough energy to do more than hope at this point. I havent cheated, even though these last couple of days I have struggled with that, so there isn’t any reason for me to not keep loosing. I have only been on this for 4 weeks now, not long enough to plateau and I still have enough fat on my body that I should be loosing more. Oh well, I guess we will see if I make up for this week, next week.
Day 31
Still dealing with the cravings today. I have managed to care enough to not cheat, but not enough to feel bad that I havent lost this week. I did measure myself yesterday, and I actually gained inches.. don’t see how that’s possible. I told my coach and she asked me to remeasure myself to see where I oopsed. Im sure its my fault, measuring the wrong part of my leg or something. Lol.
I tried to modify the tomato soup/grilled cheese sandwich recipe. I think it turned out nicely. I will add the new modifications to my recipes page.
I talked to my coach about my lack of more weight loss this week and she thinks that Im having too high of carb veggies… I need to have less carb’s for my greens essentially. I can do that, plus I need to go grocery shopping today so I will just pick up different stuff. No more bell peppers or green beans for me, sniffle sniffle!
Day 32
Today I started a tumblr page, its confusing still but Im sure I will figure it out soon. I hope to add more followers and hopefully help more people through that site.
Im still pms.. In a big way.. But I am a little more upbeat today. Yesterday just sucked… learned I hadn’t lost much, gained inches somehow, and then the dress form I have been waiting on (so I can continue to work on my ball gown) came in the mail AND it was the wrong one!!! Seriously it just sucked. Today I hope to get back on track. After I pick up my oldest from school we are going to head to Michaels so I can pick out some flowers for the dress, and then maybe to joanns to see if I can find some green vine material for the dress as well, oh and lace.. I need lace. Maybe that will lift my spirits.
Day 33
So I have lost a pound and a half from Monday. So that’s good, it’s a start. Hopefully I can double that before next Monday’s weigh in. I have been eating white mushrooms, fresh spinach and cucumbers for my greens. Hopefully that will do the trick.
I managed to get a few things for my ball gown. I cant hem it till I get the right dress form (as the one I have now doesn’t fit the dress) and I dont want it to end up crooked. I think I know what I am going to do for the flower, and if I have left over green from my brothers wedding then I know what I am going to do for the vine. I just have to draw out the pattern and create it. :0) the fun part, I love creating new things!!!
I had a yummy breakfast sandwich this morning. I will add the recipe, which of course I altered, and post it in my recipes section for you. It was like a egg/sausage sandwich that you would get at mcd’s!!! Yummsville USA!!! I also didn’t cheat today, wanted to, but didn’t. I am still pms and craving, but what I am craving I just haven’t figured out yet, maybe everything?? lol
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