A Few Firsts

Date: 10-13-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 189.9
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 8.3
Total Weight loss: 29.7
Pounds left to lose: 14.9

This blog entry is going against the grain a little bit. I am going by my scale at home which I have noticed is about two pounds lighter than the biggest loser scale. I will post my biggest loser stats as of yesterday.

Date: 10-12-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 193
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 5.2
Total Weight loss: 26.6
Pounds left to lose: 18

It has been two weeks since I posted. The day before last Monday’s weigh in, I came down with the local flu bug around here. I barely got through work on Dayquil and luck. After work I was straight to pajamas and bed. Blogging was not on my priority list (sorry!). I severely went off the plan but not in the worst way. I didn’t cheat at all. I didn’t eat anything that went against the plan. I just simply didn’t eat much. My appetite went away completely. Eating every two hours was simply not an option. I managed to get my morning shake in everyday and one other Medifast meal. For dinner I had to eat something because by that time at night the Dayquil/Nyquil was making me nauseous and giving me the shakes. I scrambled up three eggs and no green serving. Choked it down and called it good. I also would throw in a sugar free popsicle sometimes at night to help soothe my throat and give me some extra calories. I also found sugar free cough drops too. With the extra calories of the cold medicine (yep you heard me!) I wasn’t really as high on my intake as I needed to be but I that is how I managed. So far I am only a few days back on my schedule and no issues. I thought this might mess me up a bit and planned on gaining back a few of the pounds I shed but so far no gain. I will keep you posted as I keep up with my regular intake. Guess being sick didn’t affect it as much as I imagined.

Another first for me this weekend was an overnight trip and my first dining out experience. I was pretty worried about having to be a little picky about where we could go out to eat. I brought a variety of food just in case I got a craving for a certain Medifast meal. I continued with my morning shake each day and found it to be easier to live off the bars mostly. On the go it’s a little difficult to have oatmeal or some soup although not impossible. I just found the bars and honey mustard pretzels to be the most practical.

I found eating out to be rather easy and nice change to my previous restaurant habits. The breakfast skillets did look delicious, and the honey BBQ boneless wings were hard to stare at. Over all I enjoyed my dinner just as much, than if I had ordered something fattening. Most important lessons:
· It’s okay to be picky. If you see something in a dish you know won’t be good for you, order it on the side or ask them to exclude it.
· Always order any dressings or toppings on the side. This leaves the portion in your control. Normally on my mixed salads I just eat the amount of dressing they top my salad with. This time I knew how much I was drizzling over top and didn’t go overboard. I also knew I was within the right amount of dressing that I should use.
· That crispy fried chicken topper looks so good for a salad. Make it grilled. I promise it will taste just as good!

Keep up the good work. I know I am starting to feel more confident every day about my ability to stick with this. I still have my moments of overstress and anxiety. Let’s all just keep taking it one day at a time.

<3
Tiffany