I finally made it into ONEDERLAND!! I don’t recommend getting there like I did though.
This last week has been so stressful. Like I have said before, we own our own business. With the taxes and now supply bills due things have gotten rather tight. Then on top of that I get a nice little note from the state that tells me that my kids do not qualify for the insurance they have been on basically since birth. My son had to have an MRI on his brain yesterday and my oldest daughter has to have surgery on her ear in May. So on top of figuring out how I was going to pay the bills this week, then I had to figure out what I was going to do about insurance. UGH!!
After sitting on the phone for most of Monday I basically was told that my son was automatically switched over to a different insurance because of his testing for epilepsy, but my daughters do not have insurance. I was told to go ahead and get the surgery done, then bring the bills back to their (the state) office and they (the bills) would bring my income down enough to then qualify all my kids for another year. SHEESH!!
Now onto the bills. I still haven’t really figured them out.
Usually stress makes me want to grab something fatty and sweet and crawl into bed. Not this time. I was so stressed out that the thought of food made me sick. I didn’t hardly eat anything for 4 days. Actually I am still building back up to my 1200 Cal a day diet.
I dropped 6.4 pounds this week. Not a good drop like I did it. I figure I will gain some of it back, just by getting back to my normal eating.
My neighbor and I decided to have a cook-out. This would help forgo the traditional ham dinner with all the fixins. It was my job to make macaroni salad, deviled eggs, garden salad, grilled chicken, and hot dogs.
Saturday I made the macaroni salad. I took a little taste to make sure it was good. It was. Then while the kiddies dyed eggs Saturday night I made the deviled eggs. BAD MISTAKE! After they were stuffed, I ate the rest of the stuffing. Then when the kiddies finally went to bed I had to play Bunny. Of course that led to a bite here and there. Chocolate is a weak point for me. After all that I felt so guilty.
When I went to bed I decided to weigh myself. OMG 208! That was a 4lb weight gain. I was so angry. I thought that if I couldn't eat a little off plan and not gain that much, then I was wasting my time and money on NS. I was so discouraged.
Around 4:00am I woke up having an IBS attack. I had not had one since I started NS in February. When the attack was done I was drained. I felt exhausted and lighter! So I again got on the scale. It said 203! That made me feel so much better. That was what I was shooting for during my weekly weigh-in.
After getting up and going through baskets with the kiddies, I had a few more pieces of candy. My youngest daughter caught me. So then I felt like I needed to go into my bedroom and pig out on the extra candy I have hidden under my bed. Why can't I control it?
Now, I just had to get through the rest of Easter and the cookout. I didn't. When it was time to eat I got in line with all good intentions. I got the grilled chicken and garden salad with FF dressing. Then I got 1 rib, macaroni salad, 1 choco chip cookie and 1 brownie. After that I got pork loin, baked beans, more macaroni salad, 1 choco chip cookie and another brownie. I felt miserable. I had ate so much.
After all the festivities were over, I made my neighbor go for our daily walk. We did our usual 1 1/2 hour. I felt a little better about myself for trying to counter act the harm I had done, but new that I had sabotaged my weekly efforts.
Well, weigh-in was this morning. Somehow I managed to weigh in at 202.2! WooHoo, down another 2.8lbs. and a total 30.8 since starting in February!
I have not posted since February. I am fairly new to blogging. So please forgive any "mistakes" I might make.
I started Nutrisystem on February 6, 2006. This was a big decision for me. The cost seemed high. I had thought about this for a long time. I had checked into other types of weight loss. Nothing catered to what I wanted. I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want surgery, pills or a quick fix. I wanted something that I could live with for the rest of my life. Nutrisystem is exactly that.
Nutrisystem is teaching me portion control. It is teaching me a new way of life. It actually works. I have lost 28.2 lbs in 9 weeks. I am feeling better and have more energy.
The food comes to me every 4 weeks. Nothing needs to be refrigerated, and most of it tastes really good. There are a few things I don't like, but the majority is definately edible. I sometimes feel sorry for my family eating whatever I made for them instead of eating the great food I have. LOL
There are no "weigh-ins" on Nutrisystem, either. This is something else I didn't want. I didn't want to be humiliated every week. On Nutrisystem you (only if you want to ) "weigh-in" as often as you like. Nobody has to know how you did. They only know if you tell them.
The support on NS is WONDERFUL. The boards are great. Anytime I have a concern, just want to celebrate or need some pick-me-ups I log on and read. The people out there are so supportive. I could not have done this good without them. If there is something they can not answer, I go to customer support. I have called them or e-mailed them. There answers are exactly what I wanted or needed.
If you order Nutrisystem, select the autoship and weigh-in at least 2 times a month. If you do that, then when you reach 10lb weight loss they send you a little stuffed bear. This may seem silly, but it is very motivational. Then for every 10lb weight loss after that you get another one. Mine are some of the things I treasure most.
If you are considering a weight-loss plan or have any questions email me or go to the Nutrisystem support boards and ask. I promise you will get an answer asap.
After reading several blogs from friends on NS I decided it was time to do my own.
I am a not exactly a stay at home mom, nor am I a career woman. My husband and I own our own electrical contracting business. I go into the office 1-2 days a week, maybe!! I have 3 beautiful children and a wonderful husband.
I have only one real hobbie. That is scrapbooking. I love to take pictures (though not very good ones), and organize them in a book so that they tell a story. It really is nice to sit down with my kids and relive that birthday, vacation or holiday. It will be even nicer when I can feel comfortable having my picture taken so that I am also in those albums.
My weight has been a problem for me since I was about 16. My weight started to go up in high school and has just kept going. In 1999 I managed to lose 40 pounds using a diet pill, low calorie (1000 a day) and a low or fat free diet. In October of 1999 I got pregnant with my son. I knew that my diet was not healthy for him, so I ate and ate and ate. I developed gestational diabetes during my pregnancy. This was something that had not happened in my last 2 pregnancies. My doctor told me it was just a precurser of things to come. My grandmother has "old age" diabetes. By the time I had him I weighed about 210 pounds. I thought that after I had him I could lose the weight. Unfortunately life threw some curves and my diet was the last thing on my mind. Everytime I would go to the doctor for one thing or another the scale had risen. In my mind it was just a "few" pounds, not that big a deal. I eventually topped out at 233. The heavier I got the worse my body hurt. I never considered myself obese. I never even "saw" myself as obese. I can't play with my children. Getting on the floor was hard and getting up was torture. My knees ached, my back hurt and I was just so tired in general. I am not sure what my "snapping point" was. I just knew that I wanted to play with my kids like my husband does, not watch. I want my family to be proud of me. I don't want diabetes. I don't want to be fat.
I had considered other methods of weight loss. Everyone of them had some sort of down side that I could not live with. With pills, I knew that as soon as I stopped taking them the weight would come back. With Weight Watchers or other plans like those, I knew that as soon as I had reached my goal and didn't have the support anymore I would gain the weight back. With surgery, I knew that I would have a long recovery, plus I would not be able to eat healthy (I had a friend that did this and she still cant eat much) Most importantly with surgery there is always that "danger" in there as with any surgery. I wanted a plan that would teach me. I wanted a plan that would support me, and I needed a plan that I could live with. I had seen several commercials on TV for NS. I would look on their website. After several months and a few pounds more I finally decided that this was the plan for me. It gave me everything I was looking for. It is a lifestyle I could live with. I am learning so much and the people on the boards are WONDERFUL. I could not have picked a better way to change my life.
I am looking forward to my future. I can't wait to be able to shop in the regular clothes, or more excitingly the junior section (Now won't that be nice, a thirty eight year old mother of three looking in the juniors section!!?? LOL). I can't wait to make good food choices instead of the ones that have lead me to NS. I can't wait to live.
