Who am I kidding?
Last week I tried to make myself feel better by doing 2 weights... yep, one with WW and the other with JC. They were both truthful - WW was 2.3lbs higher and JC was .6 lower than my weight the week before.
Well, it backfired...
I really need to be truthful with myself.
I am struggling with the JC food regime. I thought it would get me more organized but now I am finding it very restrictive. When I want to go out I do not want to carry a box with me of food I can eat. When I want to make a nice dinner I want to be able to eat it too instead of "food for you, food for me"
I am thinking I made a BIG mistake! and on top of it spent a lot of money with this BIG mistake.
I haven't even taken the armband out of the box to track my calories in and out... its been a month. what have I lost in a month?
Well as of today (going by my official weight loss with WW) 2.8 lbs.
I should have lost double that.
Don't get me wrong... I have lost a lot of inches which I am happy with... 7.5 inches down to be exact - that accounts for a lot too.
If I go by the weight I gave JC last week I actually gained 1.3lbs.... If I go by the weight I had from WW I lost 1.6. My weight as of today, Wednesday is 176.8.
I am no longer going to play with the numbers. Even if I am down on a Thursday when I talk to JC... it will all even out in the end - and I AM going down. Its a slow process but it IS happening.
At my WW meeting today we were told a true story... A lady made it to goal and was asked what changes has she made to get her to this moment? Her reply was: "My mind."
I really have to change my mind not just for weight loss but attitude and anything else that may be hindering my progress.
I think the most frustrating part is when I slip and others raise their eyebrows (or make a comment). I have to let it go...not let that bother me... not retort... I feel sometimes ppl watch me and want me to fail... to say "see, everyone fails at losing and keeping it off" . I so want to prove them all wrong. But my body seems to be proving them all right.
Okay, with that said I have my grocery list in hand and will be headed to the store soon after this to get more fruit and veggies in the house. Good news, strawberry season has started :)
This journey isn't over til its over...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
End of Week 3
Another week has gone by and I think I am getting more in tune with my eating schedule. I still need to stop making stops at eating out. Its just plain laziness on my part. I am a sucker for subway but when I go - I don't know if its habit or what but I always order a foot long when I really only need a 6".
I have tried to vie away from any other fast food place so I figure that is a real NSV for me. On Thursdays we treat our employees for a lunch out... I am now trying to eat my lunch at home before we go and only have a beverage when I go.
One goal I need for this week is to get more water in. With the cold and wet weather we are having I find it hard to get my water in. I don't drink much else... the odd time I will have a glass of ice with diet cola... never have liked coffee or caffinated tea. I sometimes like herbal tea but I prefer hot chocolate - even now I am getting to the point of not really wanting hot chocolate either. Yeah, I am weird lol.
I measured myself again this week - I lost 3" - the boobs are shrinking fast! Go figure... the part I want to keep! My waist is shrinking too so that is good - keeping in proportion.
I have 2 weights... I always WI at WW on Wednesday and I was feeling really yucky yesterday morning... the scale showed at home and at WW that I gained 2.3 lbs - so it put me at 178.4 - that was yesterday....
I weighed myself this morning at home and I weighed 175.5 a loss of 0.6 In all honesty that is the weight I gave JC when they called. I have always found it frustrating I can be down on Tuesday, up Wednesday and down Thursday. Once again, my body is weird!
I am happy with the week - I know what I can change and have to watch out for... so I am going to get off this computer and get to it! lol
oh, and I ended the week with a stint in the pool last night doing water exercises. My body isn't in the forgiving mode today but I will work through it. :) Hoping to make it a regular thing - going to the pool or walking.
I have tried to vie away from any other fast food place so I figure that is a real NSV for me. On Thursdays we treat our employees for a lunch out... I am now trying to eat my lunch at home before we go and only have a beverage when I go.
One goal I need for this week is to get more water in. With the cold and wet weather we are having I find it hard to get my water in. I don't drink much else... the odd time I will have a glass of ice with diet cola... never have liked coffee or caffinated tea. I sometimes like herbal tea but I prefer hot chocolate - even now I am getting to the point of not really wanting hot chocolate either. Yeah, I am weird lol.
I measured myself again this week - I lost 3" - the boobs are shrinking fast! Go figure... the part I want to keep! My waist is shrinking too so that is good - keeping in proportion.
I have 2 weights... I always WI at WW on Wednesday and I was feeling really yucky yesterday morning... the scale showed at home and at WW that I gained 2.3 lbs - so it put me at 178.4 - that was yesterday....
I weighed myself this morning at home and I weighed 175.5 a loss of 0.6 In all honesty that is the weight I gave JC when they called. I have always found it frustrating I can be down on Tuesday, up Wednesday and down Thursday. Once again, my body is weird!
I am happy with the week - I know what I can change and have to watch out for... so I am going to get off this computer and get to it! lol
oh, and I ended the week with a stint in the pool last night doing water exercises. My body isn't in the forgiving mode today but I will work through it. :) Hoping to make it a regular thing - going to the pool or walking.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
End of Week 2
I wouldn't say I am on a roll but I would say I am going in the right direction.
I also would say I am starting to get a little more organized and making sure I have the food for the day ready for me when I get up so I know what I will be eating throughout the day.
ooh now that was a run on sentence!
This past week I did two 5 km walks... WW and the Running Room was having a challenge and I joined in with our group called the Happy Hoofers. My Mom wanted to participate too but was unable to do it on the date scheduled. So we did it together the day before. I probably should have paced the 5km out but instead I guesstimated and we ended up doing 7.5 km - but that's okay! More steps for step challenge to Eastern Canada and to Mexico.
On Sunday I went to the Running Room and walked the 5km with the group. It was a good walk and I had to put little effort into it so that tells me I am in not too bad of shape :) I could have walked faster but one of my walking partners was struggling so I chose to stay with her.
I've been cutting down blackberry bushes and power washing our house so I claim that as activity too!
All in all it wasn't a great loss that I had but it WAS a loss and I will take that 2 weeks in a row. I lost 0.8 lbs. I am now 176.1 I was hoping to get below 175 but next time.. cause after 2 bbq's and a couple of binges I stopped hoping :^P
Not just counting weight losses... I lost on the measurement end of things too - the first week I lost 3.75 inches and this past week I lost 0.75 inches.
Question tho... why is it that the boobs disappear first! I would prefer the stomach or waist... I have a flat butt so I would like to keep some of that! hehehe
On to week 3... my food arrived today but I haven't opened the box yet. Will do that first thing in the morning.
I also would say I am starting to get a little more organized and making sure I have the food for the day ready for me when I get up so I know what I will be eating throughout the day.
ooh now that was a run on sentence!
This past week I did two 5 km walks... WW and the Running Room was having a challenge and I joined in with our group called the Happy Hoofers. My Mom wanted to participate too but was unable to do it on the date scheduled. So we did it together the day before. I probably should have paced the 5km out but instead I guesstimated and we ended up doing 7.5 km - but that's okay! More steps for step challenge to Eastern Canada and to Mexico.
On Sunday I went to the Running Room and walked the 5km with the group. It was a good walk and I had to put little effort into it so that tells me I am in not too bad of shape :) I could have walked faster but one of my walking partners was struggling so I chose to stay with her.
I've been cutting down blackberry bushes and power washing our house so I claim that as activity too!
All in all it wasn't a great loss that I had but it WAS a loss and I will take that 2 weeks in a row. I lost 0.8 lbs. I am now 176.1 I was hoping to get below 175 but next time.. cause after 2 bbq's and a couple of binges I stopped hoping :^P
Not just counting weight losses... I lost on the measurement end of things too - the first week I lost 3.75 inches and this past week I lost 0.75 inches.
Question tho... why is it that the boobs disappear first! I would prefer the stomach or waist... I have a flat butt so I would like to keep some of that! hehehe
On to week 3... my food arrived today but I haven't opened the box yet. Will do that first thing in the morning.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
End of Week 1
Drum roll please..........ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Okay, I did pretty good on this first week. I will admit I did not follow it 100% (eating all JC food) but I did eat how they set it out... breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack -bed and I increased my water (fluid) intake. There is only 2 beverages I tend to pick from and that is water or diet cola but the diet cola is mostly water anyway cause I always fill my glass to the top with ice so that a straw can not fit and put pop in it. I measured it once and I am only getting about a 1/4 of a cup of pop depending on the size of ice cubes.
It has worked well for me to have food available (ready to heat & eat) at my finger tips. When I did chose something else off the "menu" it was healthy as well. I am a Subway nut... so that is my eating place of choice when out. Hubby has always liked McDonald's but he is slowly turning himself around... I am trying to cook more at home so that helps him too.
Well, I have a call coming in at 10am from my JC "leader". Can't remember what they call them. Will see what today's conversation turns out as :)
Oh, suspense! I nearly forgot to tell you how much I lost!
I lost 2.7 lbs.
Not bad for watching portions and not binging eh?
Okay, I did pretty good on this first week. I will admit I did not follow it 100% (eating all JC food) but I did eat how they set it out... breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack -bed and I increased my water (fluid) intake. There is only 2 beverages I tend to pick from and that is water or diet cola but the diet cola is mostly water anyway cause I always fill my glass to the top with ice so that a straw can not fit and put pop in it. I measured it once and I am only getting about a 1/4 of a cup of pop depending on the size of ice cubes.
It has worked well for me to have food available (ready to heat & eat) at my finger tips. When I did chose something else off the "menu" it was healthy as well. I am a Subway nut... so that is my eating place of choice when out. Hubby has always liked McDonald's but he is slowly turning himself around... I am trying to cook more at home so that helps him too.
Well, I have a call coming in at 10am from my JC "leader". Can't remember what they call them. Will see what today's conversation turns out as :)
Oh, suspense! I nearly forgot to tell you how much I lost!
I lost 2.7 lbs.
Not bad for watching portions and not binging eh?
Monday, June 6, 2011
It isn't all its cracked up to be
Yes, I am doing JC... barely... but I have to admit it HAS helped to get me on track...
I will start with the pro's
For me... I'm stuck for 6 months with JC... that's how long I signed on for. I will await with abated breath for when they wean me back onto my own food.
P.S. I am glad to see a comment on here... I have not been able to comment on any ones page for some time... blogger is having issues. Heather - I would have commented many times on yours but all I am able to do is read it - for awhile I wasn't even able to do that...
I will start with the pro's
- I am portioned sized...
- I am eating more veggies & fruit
- I am drinking more water
- I am eating 4-5 times a day
- I am aware but not obsessing
- The food is there for me to grab when I am on the run (which is most of the time)
- I am learning things
- I am having a hard time with the "American food" because I am an avid believer of eating "at home"
- JC is American based
- They eat differently in America... for example
- some of the food is extremely spicy and in cream sauces which my stomach can't take so I have been having Tums quite regularly
- I have never eaten so much sweet stuff in my life
- Their prepackaged popcorn and other chippy snacks are so salty I can't eat them
- I have a gal that calls me once a week and I can contact her thru email too but so far I haven't been really impressed with her.. I love my WW leader... this gal (my support) lost 40 lbs but so far she hasn't impressed me. Wonder if I can ask for a different person?
- It IS expensive!
For me... I'm stuck for 6 months with JC... that's how long I signed on for. I will await with abated breath for when they wean me back onto my own food.
P.S. I am glad to see a comment on here... I have not been able to comment on any ones page for some time... blogger is having issues. Heather - I would have commented many times on yours but all I am able to do is read it - for awhile I wasn't even able to do that...
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Blogger issues
I know some of you are reading this... I really like it when people comment too.. but blogger is having major issues - for a while now. These issues are not allowing people to comment on blogs. I know cause I have been trying to comment on a few! grrrrrrr!
I guess that is what you get for a free service.
hmmmm
Anyway, I am on day 4 of this JC program. I have been following it as much as my busy-ness allows... which in most part is pretty close. I have stepped on the scale but I am not going to tell you until my official WI on Wednesday... scales go up and down like a leaf in the wind... the dust will settle in 3 days :)
I haven't started my fitness armband yet... but I do wear my pedometer religiously and I went 14,689 steps yesterday.. not bad eh? lol
okay I am off to make my lunch and see if my dear hubby would like me to bring him and our son something as they are out in the fields making silage.
I guess that is what you get for a free service.
hmmmm
Anyway, I am on day 4 of this JC program. I have been following it as much as my busy-ness allows... which in most part is pretty close. I have stepped on the scale but I am not going to tell you until my official WI on Wednesday... scales go up and down like a leaf in the wind... the dust will settle in 3 days :)
I haven't started my fitness armband yet... but I do wear my pedometer religiously and I went 14,689 steps yesterday.. not bad eh? lol
okay I am off to make my lunch and see if my dear hubby would like me to bring him and our son something as they are out in the fields making silage.
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