I'm still here

I'm still chugging along with JC. Now it is just a convience food for me. I've been working 9 to 12 hours a day with my job from my home. I'm too pooped to exercise after all of that.

The next 2 days I have off. I'm going to the spa. It will be a nice treat.

I must say, that I have been stuck at the same weight for the past 6 or more months. Maybe I am at the Typical weight loss of JC?

I'm back

Hi all,

Thanks Michcal for kicking my butt for posting again. Where did April and May go? Life has been extra busy with work. I'm doing 2 jobs at this time, so when I get home I'm too exhausted to post.

So what is new? I never went to Hawaii with my parents. Dad had collapsed at the bank a week before we were to leave. He's 86 years old. They brought him to emergency and found that he had an irregular heart beat, and needed a pacemaker. So we had to cancel our trip. He's doing well now. I changed my vacation from going to Hawaii to goin ....to Winnipeg. Yup, that's right, just like the commercial. I'm in Winnipeg right now as we speak.

I've put JC on hold this week. Trying to do portion control. I hope to stay the same then rather gain this week. But you never know.

I took a photo the other day, and it's on my computer at home. I'll have to post it when I get back.

I hope all of you are doing well. Trix and Michcal, I've been checking out your blogs, so keep it up. Trix, thanks for the links to your workout videos I may have to purchase some.

Can we say Temptation?

Gee I have so much to tell you.

Friday, I went out for supper at Vintage Chop house. I did really well. I ordered the salmon and couldn't eat it all. I could only eat 3-4 oz of it and had my veggies and a little rice. I drank only diet coke through out the night. Which was good....cause I paid $35 including tip that night. For 10 people...the bill came out to $800. Yikes! They were ordering appetizers, expensive meals and several bottles of wine. It's a good thing that I am on JC.

So...I went to weigh in on Saturday morning....thinking I lost less then a pound. I stepped on the scale and found out that I lost 1.8 lbs! I was very excited!

Saturday afternoon, I went out to the gym with my friend Lona, and I did a very fast walk on the treadmill for 30 mins, followed by some weight lifting. I felt it the next day, in my thighs and below my shoulder blade on my left hand side. (more on that later)

Saturday night....yeah....Saturday night. I come to hall sit for my church, to find out that the function is this fundraiser to help these 2 15 year olds to go to the world championships for ballroom dancing (Latin dancing part) I got to watch them several times through the night. They were awesome! There was over 250 people there to watch. Now on the down side. Holy temptation, batman. I come into the hall after their set up. They had....over 300 chocolate bars on the tables....for people to eat. Plus 2 plastic containers full of them for people to walk in to take. No one is around...and I'm saying to myself. Holy Crap....and then there was this angel and devil thing happening on my shoulder. You should have one...no...maybe they keep track...I shouldn't....you want to lose weight...yeah...but I have such a craving. No..I say...don't do it. So...I left the room. Well...the hall renters come in later about an hour later....and they ask me how I like the set up. And I told them....about my chocolate craving. They say....take one. I say no...I'm on a diet...I shouldn't. Well....I last 2 more hours and broke down. I took a Caramilk bar. And savoured it. I won't tell you about the other junk food that I had either. Imagine 40 extra large bags of chips (the ones you get at Costco)  and a barrel full of mixed nuts. I'm not kidding either. I did pretty good....probably only ate the equivelent of JC snack size treats. But, boy, oh boy....someone was testing me.

Sunday, I went to a retirement brunch....I did pretty good at that. Took very small portions, and ate only 2/3rds of it. I went for a walk with Lona again at Glenmore Resevoir for 50 mins and we walked pretty fast....so that's good. My thighs were killing me every time we went downhill (stiff from the day before)

So Monday morning arrives. I'm getting ready and decide to bring up the laundry hamper from downstairs, so I have some clothes to wear today. I'm almost at the top of the stairs, and wham. Muscle spasm....right below my shoulder blade. I sat down and let it pass...took about 10 mins to do that. I landed up resting and putting heat on it. Then called into work to tell them that I was going to lay low. Maybe work in the afternoon. So I found a massage therapist and she worked on me. I found out that when you have a muscle spasm....you are supposed to put ice on it...not heat. So I did that when I got home. It still hurts when I move. Hopefully by tomorrow it will feel better. I did a little work from home, but not alot. I had my boss call me from Ottawa to give me my review. I got a raise....something I didn't know if I was going to get this year or not. It will give me another $100 take home a month. I'll take it. Wish it could be more....but I'll accept it.

JC is making a difference

Well it official. I have lost 1 dress size. I put on another pair of pants today that was a size 12 and they fit. I had some size 14 pants (and a large size 14) that I tried on this morning....and they were falling off. I think I'm going to have to go pant shopping this weekend, because looking back in my closet....most of my size 12 pants are yucky! I think I kept myself from updating my wardrobe, because I was hoping to lose weight and didn't buy anything new until I did. Well....unfortunately, I did buy new pants along the way up....for size 14 and 16. I'm thinking if it took me this long to lose 15 lbs, it will take me longer to lose the next 15. So I should go shopping for spring/summer clothes.

Last night I went out with a girlfriend of mine and she brought a couple of friends. They didn't recognize me, because of my weight loss and I also dyed my hair (closer to my natural color of brown) Again.... I got a lot of complements and I told them that I was on Jenny.

Revelation Week

So I had a revelation. I squished myself into a large size 12 pair of jeans at the beginning of the week, and I wore a black fitted shirt yesterday. Yeah!

I did my measurements last week during weigh in, and my counselor was a little mystified if I was losing weight. She wasn't the one that weighed me the 1st day and she wasn't the one that weighed me the second time, but she finally measured me last week. On my 2nd measurement day the counselor said taht I lost 9 inches. Last week, I only lost 3 inches from my 1st measurement date. I haven't lost anything around my boobs or waist yet....but a little around the hips. What I finally noticed was that I've been losing on my mid-section. I'm visually able to see it now. Unfortunately, my stomach is the last to lose the weight from past experiences, so I'm going to have a hugh pot belly and a thinner rib cage. Pound by pound I will conquer.

So I think I've lost about a pound this week, which is good. I'm going out for St. Paddy's day for a couple of drinks. I'll have to go half water and half wine I think. I want to have a good weigh in tomorrow, last thing I need to do is retain water.
I'm expecting TOM today or tomorrow. I'm starting to track it on my calendar and try to see what my PMS symptoms are. So far what I noticed that Sunday and Tuesday, I was starving....and I ate more then I should. I've always noticed that the week of TOM that I get constipated for 4 days then at the end of it all, I can lose 4 pounds emptying myself in one day. It's like when I'm having my period something cuts off my intestines so I get plugged up. I'll see what I can do about that this coming week.

Another thing that I did, was on Wednesday I found a Tankini at Sears. It's not too bad fitting. Of course being the perfectionist that I am....I wasn't happy with my legs, hips or stomach or this little area by my armpits that I've always carried extra fat there. when I was 12 and 115 lbs, I had that fat. Why me? I've never noticed it on anyone else. I guess it makes me self conscious. I'll have to see if at the gym, they have any exercises that will tone the muscle around that area.

So tomorrow is weigh in. I'm looking forward to it.

Happy Birthday to me!

Well....I'm celebrating my last birthday of my 30's. Yup, I'm 39. Something that I cringe a lot on. You know, there are certain things that I want to achieve in life. And getting married and having kids is one of them. The clock is really ticking loudly! Bong, Bong, Bong!

My weight loss has been fairly slow the last few weeks. I've been going up and down the scale. But I will be good and stick to Jenny as much as possible, because I have a goal and I am going to be seen in a bathing suit in 3.5 weeks.

The past few weeks I've been noticing that I've been constipated on Jenny. I cleared that up last week, and I hope my body is done with that journey. TOM is coming on Friday, so it might be a difficult week, but I'll give it my best shot.

Hello to all that I have commented on their blogs to and who have commented on mine. I haven't spent a lot of time blogging these days. Life is just getting very busy these days. Time flys when you are having fun....right?

I found a new goal to look forward to

I just made arrangements to go to Hawaii at the beginning of April with my parents. Nothing like beening seen in a bathing suit when I still on my journey to lose weight. I plan that this will give me incentive to make sure that I work out 3-4 times a week and stick to my Jenny plan.

So my goal is to lose at least a pound a week for the next 7 weeks. Ultimately, I would love it to be 2 lbs a week, but I'm going to be realistic. If it happens, it happens.

It is making a difference

I had a successful week last week. I did my weigh in and lost 3.8 lbs.  Yeah! I'm so happy to see a nice big chunk of weight fall off. I got past the plateau that my body likes to keep at when i tried to lose weight before on other diets.

Today I went to the Super Bowl game and had a few chicken wings. I wasn't really hungry but really wanted to have something in my mouth. partically this was due because I was bored watching football and part of it was I just out of sorts and tired from the night before. if I hadn't promised some friends that I would show up at the sports bar...I would of stayed home and rested.

But now that is behind me. Since I was off this past couple of days with Jenny....i'm going to concentrate on sticking to the plan the rest of the week.

Changing over to the 1200 diet

So I went to my weigh in yesterday. My consultant wasn't there, so another consultant took me in. I really liked her. When I did my weigh in, I found that I stayed the same from the week before. (the week before that I gained .3 of a pound) My orginal consultant wanted me to stay at the 1500 diet, even though I was at the turn over stage of going to the 1200 diet. The new consultant suggested going to the 1200 diet. I wanted to see better results and jumped at the chance. So, today I started the new plan. I'm excited.

So what's the difference you say? They take out the cup of canned fruit, take out a milk serving and now there isn't any veggies with lunch. Where you might of seen 1 to 1 1/2 cups of veggies for dinner....they reduce it to 1/2 a cup. Otherwise....it's the same menu. Same 3 week menu. My orginal consultant said to me that there is a 5 week menu for 1200 calories. The new one told me that there is only 3 menus. Humph. I wish they would get their stories straight.

Another thing that I found out after my weigh in, was that I had my TOM. It knocked on my door about 2 hours later. Who knew. I used to be on the pill and I was regular with that. Now it can jump out at me anywhere from 24 to 28 days. Due to being so busy with work, I didn't even realize that I was going to have it, I thought I had another 2 weeks to go.

Oh well....my goal this week is to stay with the Jenny plan and get through those little changes to the plan unscathed!

Need comments from experienced JC'ers

I was wondering if I could get some feedback from those experienced Jenny Craigers. I've lost 10 lbs so far out of 40. This week, I'm finding that I am getting really hungry at night and find myself snacking on toast, an orange and 1/2 oz of cheese. Why would I be temped all of a sudden? I am literally really hungry at 9-10 pm. Have you experienced that before? What do you do? Also note that I have been walking 30 mins a day or doing some type of activity in the evening as well.

In the past I found that I usually give up at 10 lbs loss. So I really want to make this work. I'm finding it harder to lose weight in the last couple of weeks and now that I can be on track and stick to Jenny I'm not.

Girls....give me a pep talk!