Another Great Week!!

It's so funny that I can actually feel myself losing weight. Seriously. I knew before I ever got on the scale today that I had lost at least 2 pounds. Sure enough, I lost 3 pounds. That's right 3 pounds flushed away. I am so excited and I feel so good. Only seven more pounds and I get a treat. I still haven't decided what it is going to be but I think I have ruled out the alcohol. I'll just want more. Same with a sweet treat. I think it is going to be an ethnic dish. Italian, Chinese or Indian. I am only talking about one meal.
I made curry last night but it just wasn't the same without rice and naan. I probably should avoid Chinese because I will definitely want an egg roll AND fried dumplings. I feel like I am on such a roll I should be some what "good" when I cheat. No point in throwing all this hard work out the window. I don't want to gain 2 pounds from one meal.
This is really exciting! A good week like this makes me want to keep it up!

I AM DOING THE HAPPY DANCE!!

OMG! I cannot believe today's weigh-in showed a 3.7 pound loss! It's so funny because all week I kept saying I felt like l lost 5 pounds. I knew that wasn't the case but I had hoped for 3--and I was beyond pleasantly surprised. I don't expect that much each week and as disappointing as 2 pounds might seem it is really best. But an occasional bigger loss is like getting a bonus in your paycheck.

One thing this diet is doing for me is making me leave the table when I start to feel full. I do believe my stomach is shrinking and once I am down to my weight I will be able to eat smaller portions. That is one of the keys to keeping it off--I am sure. Eating right and exercising are the other two keys and I seem to have no problem with lean and green. I also go to the gym--so I just might have this.

Feeling Good!

Well, I may not have lost as much weight as I had thought but I must say I am feeling good. I feel thinner. I bought a few things from Chicos in a smaller size and I have been getting dressed for work each day--even though I work from home--and that makes me feel good. I have to remind myself because I get lazy and like to sit around in my pjs all day working on my computer. Getting dressed makes you feel good.
Tomorrow is the big day--weighing in--and I am excited. I will be happen if I lose 2 pounds. I might want it to be more but realistically 2 pounds a week is great. That will put me under 190. I have not been there in a long time.
This diet has actually been good since I have everything prepared for me. I just grab some "meals" and head out the door. And now that I have removed the sugar from my diet I no longer crave sweet things. I can watch someone eat cake, ice cream, cookies. . . without wanting to indulge myself. How exciting is that. Another thing that has been great is that I can say I have had enough before I am full. Before this diet I wasn't full until I was stuffed.
We'll see what tomorrow brings. I'm sure I did 2 pounds--at least!

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

This is my breakfast--nearly every morning. I have 3 silver dollar pancakes--served on a salad plate so they look bigger. This is probably one of the best meals. I also get to use sugar free syrup. If this stuff does not teach portion control I do not know what will. Coming soon--pictures of my other meals.

To Weigh or Not to Weigh

Since I started my Medifast, I am not supposed to weigh myself everyday--like I usually do. It is torture to refrain. I "feel" like I have lost weight and I want to see it to confirm it. On the upside of that it is a pleasant surprise when you see bigger numbers. We all know that the first week is always the best. Such a drastic drop is encouraging. The following weeks the numbers decrease and it can almost be discouraging. After all we are eating the same tiny little meals and doing the same exercising. I constantly have to tell myself 2 pounds a week is great. After all that would be 8 pounds a month. Nothing wrong with that except for the fact I am pretty sure I can pack it on a hell of a lot easier than that. Surely I could add 10 pounds in just one week so why can't I take it off that easily? This is pure torture.
Let me tell you a little about Medifast. While the food is--well let me say digestible. It isn't too bad. I especially like the bars and drinks but they do not feel like meals. Now granted I get 5 a day plus my dinner but I licked more off a spoon than I get for an entire meal--normally. I do not feel like my stomach has shrunk yet. It has been two weeks and yet I am still hungry between meals at least half the days. I keep telling myself I can continue this for 3 months. Three months of torture would definitely be worth it in the end--right?
By the way my weigh in day has been moved to Monday's because I accepted a challenge with Medifast and that competition started this past Monday so I have to weigh in Monday's from now on. Also, when I did weigh in this Monday there was actually an increase of .3 pounds since Thursday. I don't know how but John seems to think it is just water retention. I hope so.

It's Over!

The Ides of March have come and gone and I did not make my goal. I started out in the usual way--all gung-ho, ready to take on anything. I lost 5 pounds and gained 2. Actually I gained 5 and lost 3 making a final loss of 2 pounds, but really does it matter?

My good friend and partner decided to try Medifast. I told her she was crazy. What is the point of having someone "make" the food? You have to learn to plan and prepare. She didn't care. She knew a friend who lost 75 pounds and looked and felt great. This girl's husband lost over 100 pounds. They owed it all to Medifast. This is how it works. You eat "their" meals 5 times a day and make your dinner. Dinner is called Lean and Green. Six ounces of protein and vegetables. The vegetables do not have to be green but they cannot be sugary or starchy. All this sounded stupid to me. Everyday I would pick her up and we would do our running around. Every two hours she would grab a snack out of her purse and eat. There was no planning, no preparing--just grab her snacks and go. Dinner of course she had to cook. My friend lost 5 pounds the first week, 3 pounds the second week and she said she never felt better.

So now it is confession time. I ordered my Medifast and it arrived Wednesday afternoon. I hesitated to start Thursday because Mom was coming up--but I did it anyway. It's not bad--the food. The portions have been extremely small. Really? Why would I ever eat such small portions? How could it ever fill me. Well, I am drinking more water which helps. And you eat every two hours. This is only day 2 but I feel like I have lost 5 pounds--I haven't--yet but I feel like it. I don't want to think about doing this long term but if I could just lose 20 or so pounds it would be a great start.
Call me a cheat but I have got to get this weight off. I am sick and tired of being fat. My fat days are over!!

The Ides of March is Upon Us!

What does that really mean? While trying to decide on a new post, I thought of this saying. We see lots of advertising using the term “March Madness.” Is that what the ides of March is all about? Chaos and madness? I have always thought it had a negative connotation but in advertising I would say mad is good. Crazy sales!! Low prices!! It’s a good thing, right? So I would say it is a good thing when talking about dieting. I am going to go crazy with my diet! I am going to lose a ridiculous amount of fat—that’s crazy!

Well, I actually had to look it up. Did you know back in Roman times the ides of March merely was a reference to the middle of the month. That’s it, the 15^th of the month. Well I guess you could say the middle of the month is upon us. Look out March the 15^th is coming and I am getting ready. I am going to lose 8 pounds by then. That’s right 8 pounds. That might seem a bit much for 2 weeks but you know how it is when you get as big as me. The first week is always fantastic—if you really do it right. I should be able to lose 5 pounds in the first week. Three pounds the second week might be a bit ambitious but I am going to do it! Cuz I am crazy!!

By the way, the negative connotation that comes with the ides of March came from Julius Caesar’s assassination on the 15^th of March. Shakespeare’s reference in his play “Julius Caesar” “portrays the atmosphere of madness, pleasure, and pandemonium.” (from wikipedia). So that seems to sum it all up. The middle of the month is upon us and we are going to go crazy with our diets and it will be a pleasurable atmosphere.