Confessions!

UGH! I ended up drinking and eating on Sunday Night, and then because I was so hung over on Monday I ate bad, greasy type food. I was so bad. And I felt horrible. Becuz of the cheats and the hangover.

And then even worse, when I did weigh in on Tuesday! I gained 6lbs. YIKES! So no more 18lbs lost. I could cry!

I weigh in tomorrow. I have been 100% on the program yesterday and today! So I hope I'm down tomorrow......

Till tomorrow.....

JoAnn

I forgot to add something so sad.....

Becca (my daughter) told me at dinner the other day, that I had a fat belly.....

Another reason I HAVE TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT!

It was very sad, but I knew that day was coming!

JoAnn

Been awhile!

Well, good news. I went on Saturday, and was down even more. This past week I lost 6.25lbs. Bringing the total to 18.75lbs! Which is really amazing.

I love hearing that, and it's very, very encouraging, and makes me want to keep going.

I have had a challenging weekend. Yesterday Randy's dear aunt's bday party, we had 3 choices off their menu (assisted living restaurant): Tuna Casserole, Polish Sausage, Sour Kraut, baked beans, and then Cashew Chicken Salad/fruit/muffin. I chose the cashew Chicken salad, and yes it was full fat mayo. I only had 1/2 the chicken salad, some of the fruit, as I knew if I ate all of it, it would be over my portion of fruit, and then I had a 3/4 of a 1/2 of a muffin. LOL! Yes, I gave Carson half of it, then I snuck some of the muffin which turned out to be almost all of the 1/2....(it was really good) :(

Tonite I am to go to my Work Christmas Party, (yes it is Jan 27th). Randy was to come with, but Brandon got sick last night, and it looks like I will have to go alone, or not at all. :( I'm bummed Randy can't come with, as it was going to be a fun night out. But I have been planning to drink beer/alcohol at this event, but now I'm hesitating cuz I don't want to mess up the great loss I'm doing. It's funny how life works that way...I was so looking forward to cheating, and now I'm thinking I shouldn't, etc.

We'll find out what happens after I decide what to do! HA HA!

JoAnn

I'll give another example of food diary!

Breakfast: 2 eggs (1 protein)
Thermo boost drink
Snack: 1/8th a canteloup (1 fruit)
Lunch: Thermo Snack (Chili) in a wrap, and on a salad with tomatos. (1 protein, 1 starch, 2 vegi), 1/8th canteloup (1 fruit) I used lite salad dressing on my salad, so that is my fat for the day. (1 fat)

This is what I'm projecting after this:
Snack: 1 cinnamon crunch bar (thermo snack)
Thermoboost drink

Dinner: Chicken Breast, and 2 vegis. Probably frozen broccoli, and then grape tomatos. (1 protein, 2 vegis), and 8oz milk.

Cleansing Tea.

Yea! Down another 1.75lbs!

That makes a total of 14.75. Yea. After last weeks .75lbs for the week, I was so worried.

I've lost a total of 14.75lbs since Jan. 1st. So far I cannot tell from my clothes. I must have been wearign them way too tight. :(

I hope soon, I can go down a size.....wouldn't that be nice. :)

Day 21.

Day 21. No pop, no caffeine in the morning. Nothing. I can't believe I've done it so far. Most of my cravings are gone....I'm doing ok.

I got on the scale today, I wish I would see it go down, cuz I'm starting to worry, that I'm stuck already! Leave it to me to plateau after only 21 days. :(

Oh-well! I know I'm doing my body good by eating this good, etc.

Till tomorrow when after I weigh in.

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Grand Total?

Today I weighed in. I was down again. Hmmmm. It wasn;t much. Maybe just 1/2 lb. But I was down.

For a total of 12.5lbs since January 1st. Which is very, very good. Although this week I'm seriously bummed. I was promised 3-5lbs a week, and only lost .75 since last Saturday.

I'm really wondering if my body just wants to stay right here. This is where I've been stuck for so long. I never could get past this level even during weight watchers, and while I was working out, etc. So frustrating.

I hope this week I start losing.....

My eating today:

Breakfast: 2 slices lite bread toast, with spray butter
3/4 cup pineapple

Snack: Thermo Boost drink, 1/2 cucumber with apple cider vinegar.

Lunch: 5oz browned ground turkey breast with spicy Mrs Dash, on top of 2 cups lettuce, 1 cup tomato and green onions, with 1 tbsp taco sauce. (it had lower sodium than my fat free dressing, so I went with it, ha ha)
3/4 cup pineapple

Snack: A Cinnamon Crunch bar. (it's my favorite bar, by far)

Dinner: Chicken breast with spicy Mrs Dash (baked)
1/2 cup cauliflower

Snack: Thermo Snack of Double Chocolate Pudding.

So far I haven't had one cheat yet. Not one. :)

Day 18. WOW! That's terrific, huh?

I'll let you know how my weigh in goes tomorrow.

Woops, I've been MIA!

Tuesday, I did experience a gain, and I wasn't happy! HA HA! Even though I expected a gain cuz of the 3lbs lost on Saturday.....I still was very disappointed. I hadn't cheated, not one bite of anything illegal! (ha ha)

But I did experience a big loss....so I was down that 1.5lbs plus another pound. For a total of 2.75. I didn't ask how much total lost, but I am just glad I lost. HA HA!

I will not wear jeans to another weigh in. I think that was a big factor. And the fact that I hadn't had a BM in several, several days was another.

So.....I'm still going strong. I feel pretty good. I really wouldn't mind eating something fattening, but I guess I am still thinking this is worth it.

I talked to the counselor today about my water intake, and turns out I am probably drinking too much, so I have to cut back. I have no idea how to do that one? I drink at least 4 glasses of my big cup a day, each cup has 26oz of water. Then I have 16oz per thermo boost....so That's another 32oz. She said this was way too much. And I swear sometimes I have even more. She asked me if I could have diabetes, but my blood sugar levels were fine in November.....I just love my water. HA HA!

Oh-Yea, I discovered I love, love the cinnamon crunch bars. Omgosh.....so good! I wish I wouldn't have bought any of the other kinds. Yuck! Compared to the cinnamon crunch!

As for my clothes...they don't feel any looser, I've probably lost around 15lbs. And nothing. My shirts may be looser, and my face thinner, but so far my stomach and waist are about the same. ;(

Well, I better run. I have a sick kid.

JoAnn

WHOA!

I weighed in this morning. And I had lost another 3lbs. WOW!

I will admit I didn't eat two thermo snacks yesterday. So I won't be surprised to see a gain on Tuesday when I go back in. Last night I had to work, so I was saving my bar for afternoon, and a crunch-o for when I was at work to snack on. Well, Life happened, and Carson ended up with the pukies.....

Around the time I was going to have my thermo-bar. So I was making a mad dash to clean up, help him (he was freaking out) and get ready for work. I just didn't have time for that bar.

Luckily I made time for my leftover chicken and spinach that I had made extra from lunch. But I never got the thermo snacks in.

I figured I would bring the cruncho's....but on my way to work I realized I had forgot them....and I was already late so I couldn't turn around.

But hey, as of this morning I was down 11.75lbs! Isn't that amazing? I'm truly shocked. I mean truly in disbelief.

So far I am loving this program.....however I did ask if I could have chipotle and they said, nope! Not a big shock. But man I want it. :(

I cannot forget to make this again!

Today for lunch I made a chicken breast (yes, that's a surprise, huh?). Then I sauteed spinach, mushrooms, and green onions with garlic and my salt I need. I put 1 full tablespoon of lite mayo on a 40 calorie tortilla. And put part of the chicken breast and spinach mixture on it. It was absolutely delicious!

Too bad I had 1 starch at breakfast, I could easily have had 2 of these. YUM! Also I used a 1/2 tsp of olive oil as my other fat, I couldn't tell the difference, so I won't waste my fat on that again! 1 tablespoon of lite mayo is so much more worth it. HA HA!

I work tonite. So we'll see if I can be good. (I know I can)

JoAnn

Today.....

I actually weighed in today, and am only down 1/2 lb. Which is still very good. 8.5 lbs in one week. I think I will take it.

Last night was so hard, we were going to go out to eat, and then Randy decided to work late, so I threw a frozen pizza in the oven for the kids. And I was just going to have a Chicken Salad. Well, serving the frozen pizza was tough. It made me want it so bad.....I did not cave, and I served to the kids, who in turn didn't even eat the pizza! Boy they don't know how good they have it. HA HA!

So I talked to the counselor today at the center, and she said that the cravings should go away, and that I should hold strong. Even one bite could make the craving stronger.....

So I'm still strong, and still haven't cheated yet. Even gave up all soda. And it's been ez. I am allowed to have any diet pop (up to 2 cans daily) that doesn't have carmel coloring in it. But I haven't needed it yet. I'm still very strong. Unusual for me, but I'm really doing it this time! I really, and truly am.

Oh-I made something new today. I made myself chicken salad, with chicken breast, celery, green onion, cilantro, and 2 TBSP lite mayo and rolled it into one of those 40cal wraps. Very yummy! I feel totally satisfied. Yipee! I love Chicken salad. I love it with cilantro too! YUM!

Till next time.....(maybe Saturday).

Down another 2lbs.

I'm beyond excited. I'm now down a total of 8lbs. In one week. WOW!

I've been following the program exactly, actually I have missed some things. Like a glass of milk yesterday! 1/2 a thermo snack, etc. But for the most part, I've done what they asked. I have not cheated.

So far it hasn't been tough...although this morning I woke up hungry! I wonder what that was all about?

Here is what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast:
2 slices lite bread toast
1 tablespoon lite margerine
3/4 cup pineapple

Snack:
Toffee Bar (thermo snack)

Lunch:
2 cups lettuce
1/2 cucumber
tomato/green onion pico de gallo mix
Chicken Breast (cut up on salad)
2 TBSP fat free dressing (Italian)

Dinner:
Ground Turkey Breast browned with tomatos/green onion, pico mix.

Snack:
Carmel pudding (thermo snack)

I forgot to eat 1 serving of fruit, drink 1 cup of milk. But that's about it. Funny, how I'm forgetting to eat things. I told you, I think this is alot more food than I used to eat on Weight Watchers. I definitly wasn't eating good. I had my points but they weren't quality foods.

Till next time! (I weigh in tomorrow again)

Nothing new to report today!

I weigh in tomorrow. I'll check in tomorrow!

Still doing great....trying to figure it all out.

So far so good. Everything is really pretty ez, so that is good. I am finding it difficult to get all the food in. I'm not hungry. I am eating a ton..... Alot more than I used to. Just really low fat, and very low sodium. I do like it so far....

I went to my weigh in on Saturday Morning cuz I wanted to discuss working that night, and going out to eat on Sunday. So I got weighed, and sure enough I was down 6lbs. WooHoo! Isn't that terrific?

We discussed techniques on how to handle work? How I will eat raw vegis instead of french frys (I'm a server at a restaurant), and how I would bring a Thermo Snack to help me. It worked out great last night. I work again tonite, and tomorrow night, and Tuesday Night. So this well be big test....

Also today, we went out to lunch with FIL, wife and SIL and boyfriend. I ordered a Salad with only tomatos, grilled chicken, and egg. With fat free honey mustard dressing. So I think I did good, even though I know the grilled chicken had seasoning on it. But still a very good choice!

So far all is good though, and I've been happy with it. I am worried about how much food I'm eating though. It seems like a TON! So how can I lose weight eating all this? So strange?

I'm officially on my Plan.

It's plan 2.

Here is my eating plan:

2 Proteins

4 Vegetables

2 Fruits

2 Starches

1 Fat serving

2 Thermo Snacks

80 oz water

8oz Skim Milk

I tried to post a Comprehensive Food List above, but that doesn't seem to be working.

I have to get used to blogger and how it works. HA HA! If you click on the list above it will get larger.....FYI!

So far so good. I feel like I'm eating a ton. I haven't been hungry today at all. So everything seems to be working. Last night when I weighed in, I was down 3lbs, and this was from Dec 29th. So that was promising. :) Even though I pigged out that weekend, and drank alot of alcohol. Hmmmm. I probably lost more than 3lbs. :)

For lunch today I had the largest salad. It was pretty good. 2 cups of lettuce (1 vegi), 1/2 cucumber (1 vegi), tomato/green onion/green pepper (it was enough to count all 3 as 1 vegi), and 4oz of turkey tenderloin (and yes I bought a scale, so I know it was 4oz. LOL!)

Breakfast was a bit more pathetic, as I had not gone to the store, and I'm past my 6 egg max from my 3 day's of prep....so I had a toasted Lite bun (2 starches), and 1/2 large orange (1 fruit), oh and a full (1TBSP lite margerine). I never coat my toast that much. It was pretty yummy!

I now have a pretty good stock of stuff, so tomorrow should be better. :)

My energy is up. I don't feel any headaches from lack of caffeine, nor lack of sugar. Everything is rocking! WooHoo! For me!

Thanks for reading! (if you are)

Till next time.

Day 3, and it's the final day of the 3-Day Prep!

I wouldn't be lying if I said yesterday was tough. But today seems much better. I'm not as hungry.....and hopefully I will be fine till tomorrow....when my true program starts.

Usually when I start a diet, I do very well. I start losing weight, and everything is going really well. And then when I've lost x amt of weight, then I start falling off the wagon. I start thinking...one bite won't hurt. That bite eventually turns into the whole thing. Yes, I start gaining weight again....and I keep thinking, I'll nip this in the bud. But I don't!

This time though, I have committed myself, our money, and all my energies to keep plugging thru it. My first goal is to be a super good girl till our vacation at the end of Feburary. I'm hoping to only drink one time at my Christmas Party on Jan 27th. And I hope to be 100% on plan with food till then. No cheats. Nothing. I don't know how realistic it is, but I'm going to try!

Still feeling good. Oh-I also get my measurements done today. So I can't wait to actually start losing weight. I really can't!

I guess till next time. Nothing to really report here.

I'm on day 2 of the prep diet.

I'm getting my body ready for weight loss. I guess that is the reason for this 3 day prep diet.

The sheet actually says: The purpose of this phase is to prepare your body for rapid weight loss. The three-day food plan is designed to stimulate a thermogenic response in your body and get it in the right chemical balance so that when your nutritional program begins you will lose your weight in the safetest, fastest and easiest way possible. A cleansing effect occurs by reducing starchy carbohydrates, sugars sodium and caffeine from your diet. Most clients see an immediate weight loss result during this phase as your body and it's systems begin to burn storage fat for fuel energy. You will start your indivdual Nutritional Plan on Day 4.

So basically, I eat 2 eggs, 1/2 orange for breakfast. Unlimited proteins, unlimited raw green vegetables, 1/2 orange for lunch. 80 oz of water per day (2 thermo boost count towards this) and 1/4- 1/2tsp Morton's Lite Salt. And then at night I have some Cleansing Tea.

I'm doing ok, although I'm pretty sick of raw vegetables. And the fact I can only have *green* ones.

After lunch today I actually thought I really wanted something sweet, and it was a pretty good craving. I went and read my sheet, to see what I could eat that was sweet, and saw that 1/2 an orange for lunch, and ran for it. Something sweet! HA HA! I normally don't like oranges. But oh-well! I ate it. :) It was sweet, and it worked.

I haven't got on the scale since I started......I was weighed on December 29th when I had my initial consultation. And I'm sure it went up a couple lbs since then, since I had a weekend of eating and drinking.

This morning, I think the cleansing tea was working really well, if you know what I mean! HA HA! I barely could bring Brandon to school.....I had alot of hot flashes, and pain, but now that is all gone. I hope I don't get that tomorrow too! What a pain that is.....

Well, so far so good! If you have any questions. Please ask!