Starting my blog again since I havent been here since the end of April. Kinda sorta quit Jenny Criag, it got expensive & then I just fell off thru the summer.
A month ago I joined a health club - and a 16 week program & have been working out like a feind. Yesterday I was working the elliptical so hard that I almost thru up! How great is that?
So I am here to log what I have been doing. Not sure exactly what weight I started at, I changed scales, but who exactly knows? I really don't care either, I just want my clothes to feel looser & eventually I would like to see the freakin' scale move.
I take a Phentermine every morning, got them from the net.
With the Phen I am drinking a glassful of this flax, cactus, oatbran, dried greenstuff I got at the Mexican market called Nopalina - It is supposed to help you Go & Clean Ya out. It counteracts the constipating effect of the Phen
Breakfast has been a Protein Shake, with a Banana or Berries.
10-11 or so I eat some cottage cheese & maybe a little yogurt, or veggies & light ranch.
Lunch has been sorta light, yesterday Taco Bell was the choice I had & had a 7 layer burrito. Sometimes a sandwich. Staying away from anything fried, trying to eat enough protein with the meal to keep it balanced.
3:00-4:00 I drink a Advocare Spark: Its this drink from the healthclub with vitamins, amino acids, caffine & its s'posed to help with your workout. I like it, it gets me UP during my usual afternoon crash. Also, i try to eat something protein-y like another shake, cottage cheese, or balance bar.
Workout - 4:30-5:30 usually - 3-4 x a week
Dinner: again trying to be light and incorporate enough protein to keep it balanced.
8-9: if i am hungry I will eat something proteiny again. The other day I made SF FF pudding & added protein powder to it.
Weekends I do not beat myself up, I eat and drink & basically take a day off. I guess this is sort of like the body-for-life program - modified to fit my lifestyle.
I feel good, I just realized I haven't had to take an ibuprofen for a headache for at least two weeks.... this is amazing!
I want to blog it so I remember exactly what I have been doing so I can keep it up.
I lost a pound. I am a little joyous that I did not go up again.... worry does me no good. I am not being perfect, but I am making strides & my diet is definately healthier and I am eating in much better proportions that I do normally on my own... so therefore, I will see results.
Not looking forward to weigh in. I am not staying on track very well. I am craving food & lots of it. I went thru a situation just now for lunch; my workmate & I were going back n'forth - should i go to a chinese buffet or shouldn't I. I opted to not go & eat my JC food instead - but i am feeling unsatisfied - like I want to eat a horse!!! I want to eat a horse!!!! hahah.. So i ate my lunch, then had some applesauce & cottage cheese & then a little while after ate my snack too--I am just trying to get rid of the cravings I feel & overwhelming need for food.. i feel the void & need to fill it.
It doesnt help that I am feeling depressed for other reasons--this
Not looking forward to weigh in. I am not staying on track very well. I am craving food & lots of it. I went thru a situation just now for lunch; my workmate & I were going back n'forth - should I go to a Chinese buffet or shouldn't I. I opted to not go & eat my JC food instead - but I am feeling unsatisfied - like I want to eat a horse!!! I want to eat a horse!!!! Ha-ha... So I ate my lunch, then had some applesauce & cottage cheese & then a little while after ate my snack too--I am just trying to get rid of the cravings I feel & overwhelming need for food.. I feel the void & need to fill it.
It doesn’t help that I am feeling depressed for other reasons--this hits me mostly every month - PMS depression - sadness - feelings of my life being worthless. Funny how for 3 weeks out of the month I am just an average person getting on with life & one month I become sad and filled with pity and longing for something other than my existence. We women have it rough.
SO looking at this positively - I did not go to an Asian Buffet, and chose to eat my proper JC food along w/ a couple snacks to keep me going. Now I will douse myself with water & get on with work.
I haven't checked in here in almost a week. The holiday was hectic and I ate off the plan mostly over the weekend.
Friday night I went to Milwaukee to visit a friend, Then late after not drinking anything but water - she wanted something to eat & I ended up eating a late night taco and some chippies!
Saturday went well I worked out and stayed on the plan, but on Easter Sunday forget it! I went to my sis-n-laws - all the food was so good... I did eat a ton of vegetables tho - made a point of it. Then I had a nice piece of cheesecake . OH WELL.
So here it is Tueday & my weigh in was tonight, I have about 4 dinners left a couple lunches and a couple desserts... I called to reschedule my appointment for Thursday weigh-in.
This is good two-fold:
i can eat my left over food up
i can weigh in now on Thur instead of Tues /// because weighing in after a week of being good during the weekday will be better than weighing in after a weekend of being bad.
My boyfriend started 'dieting' - only eating 2x a day & one of his meals is usually a salad w/ tuna or chicken, he already lost 3 pounds & I am going to be pissed off if he loses more weight than me! I am sure it will just fall off him. He basically is not fat - just BIG and Tall & has a big belly from drinking beer. He just has to change one thing about his diet and the weight will come off. My metabolism is so f'ed up after my life of dieting and my horrible genes that it takes me working out, eating alot less to even make a little dent!@#*&(@*#&)(@
I lost another .6 pounds.... Down total of 4lbs 2 weeks on JC.
Did not 'do' that good. I am really sticking to it today...no extra stuff w/ my meals, specifically cheese - cuz i like to add it to chili, soup and salads... I need to purchase some low fat cheese maybe//not really into it tho.
I think if I completely eliminated cheese from my diet I wouldn't need to follow any program... At work...gotta go!
I wanted to edit this because - weighing-in this morning as I usually do... I seem to forget that the JC scale is a little bit of a lie - i am not actually 219 b/c that is at the end of the day w/ clothes on - my true weight as of 4/13/06 7AM & naked is 214.5
I am scared! I never completely fall off the wagon, I just slide and have to catch myself - But this is not the way I am going to lose weight.
The weekend went pretty good, my overnight was fine but i did eat off the JC plan for one meal - it was at 4:00am, and i hadnt eaten since 6:30pm the night before. Obviously famished, me and my BF stopped at white hen and I ate a 1/2 of a ham & cheese sandwish & a few chips. We were too tired to go 'out' to eat at an all night diner where I would have eaten a 'cheesy omlette' like i discussed earlier. This is my life, i am out at crazy hours on the weekends and sometimes a protein bar will not cut the mustard.
The next morning on Sunday about 11:30, I did not eat my breakfast, went right to the JC lunch and continued w/ the program.
Yesterday, Monday - I followed JC really well all day long, until the evening last night when I was super hungry..... looking thu the cabinets (luckily I do not have too much food around the house), I ended up eating a cup of lipton soup w/ some crackers - - can you say SODIUM and WEIGHT RETENTION?
I hope and pray that I lost at least a pound for tonight. I am drinking a SL of water (that stands for ShitLoad lol) to try to rid my body of all the sodium in that soup. Wish me Luck.
Weekends are difficult for me, I have a pretty active social life and am around food and people getting food all the time.
This weekend I will be going over night on Satuday and am worried about porting along my JC food. I need to stay in the JC mode - I know that doing things on my own - I always tend to gain weight, and the only way I will lose weight is to stick with the plan no matter how difficult it will be - Especially Sunday morning - While everyone is out eating at the breakfast buffett - Will I be happy with my Jenny Craig French Toast with Raspberries?
Why is this such a struggle? Will someone please explain to me how feeling better about myself, looking into the mirror and liking what I see, having my self-esteem back, fitting into my jeans without a struggle - does not trump a cheesy breakfast omlette?
One week on JC - I have not been "perfect" by any means, but the scale showed progress and that makes me happy. I will continue chucking along.
If I can lose 2 pounds a week that will keep me positive. I believe from all the other 'diets' I have tried, why this will work and others have not are for these reasons:
Portion control, with WW or other plans like BFL, I was guessing ALOT. JC really keeps you aware of what a portion looks like & feels like
I like a one on one weigh in, not a group thing.
6 small meals a day keeps my cravings at bay, My nightly sugar freak-outs (handfuls of m & m's or cookies) have for the most part subsided. I need to keep my blood sugar level in order for me to not have these phisiological cravings
It's OK to be hungry. It is normal to feel hunger before a meal.
Those are just some thoughts I have recently, these things may change as the weeks go by.
Tomorrow will be one week on JC. I did not do too good saturday night thru sunday afternoon. We had the BF kids & a BD party & I didn't have the control I wished I would have.
My appetite was huge Sunday... So i appeased it for the most part. Now Monday morning I did not weigh what I weighed Friday, it was a pound more, but overall I have had a loss for the week.
Overall I am feeling pretty good about Jenny Craig, I think even if I slip up once a week, I will see a loss... and during the weekdays it is no problem for me to stay true.
It is my 3rd day here on JC. I am feeling good this morning & ate my deliscious blueberry muffin w/ milk & I am quite full from it. I fell asleep about 11:30pm, then at 12:15 my BF called & woke me, so after that I was wide awake, I was feeling terribly hungry.
My stomach was growling, I needed to take a tylenol PM & I knew I would feel like crap & maybe even barf if I tried to take an asprin on an empty stomach... so I went off JC. I ate 8 townhouse crackers & 2 slices of cheese. bascially I do not feel that bad about it right now, because my weight went down - but this is the first few days, in a few weeks when it the weight is not coming off as easily, it would not be a good idea to throw those extra calories in.
I haven't worked out either. at my JC facility they were not stressing he working out too much, saying just 'take more steps' or 'be more active', but I work out normally for the most part & I believe that I need to incorporate a good workout (45 minutes at least 3-4 times a week). I will do it, I am just getting used to all this eatin' right!
