Thin cut boneless pork chops. Broiled in the oven. Spiced with a dash of black pepper and garlic powder. Garlic powder is my one of my best friends in the kitchen. I tend to put it on everything.
Along with my pork chops I usually alternate between sauerkraut baked on top for 30 minutes and steamed zucchini and mushrooms sprinkled with…you guessed it Garlic powder!
Turkey burger that is pan fried. I use a non-fat olive oil cooking spray to coat the pan. Medium heat with some pepper on top. Cover with a lid and cook for probably 20 minutes. I think I usually flip them twice during the twenty minutes to make sure they don’t burn.
For some of us who like a bun with our burger I found a couple alternatives to help satisfy that fact that it is just a piece of meat sitting on a plate.
The last two minutes of cooking you can add your allotted portion of your favorite BBQ sauce. Sugar free is recommended but I just dab whatever I have in my fridge on top. Not smother, just lightly coat the top. This gives it an extra kick. If you want a little more portion control you can always keep the BBQ sauce on the side and dip it after it’s all done cooking.
Or
In a pan, put a teaspoon or a little more of smart balance butter. It’s 95 % fat free and doesn’t even count towards your fat serving. Melt the butter then add, a bunch of cut up asparagus. (Side note: Before eating any asparagus, make sure and take a potato peeler and peel the bottom half of the asparagus down a bit. This ensures it gets nice and done. I really don’t like any of my asparagus to be crunchy and raw tasting.) Then take a package of mushrooms. About a handful or two depending on the size. Pull of the stems and throw them away then cut them in half. I would start the asparagus off first for about five minutes. Cover with a lid and let steam on medium heat. Then add the mushroom halves. Cover and steam for another five minutes. Take the lid off when they are as steamed as you like and fry until it adds a little crisp. Measure the asparagus and mushroom mixture and pour over the cut up turkey burgers.
Black Bean Garden burgers
I found mine at the local Costco. These contain only veggies. Serving size is almost two full patties. These are mildly spicy and to me taste kind of like a fajita. The black bean taste is very strong, so obviously if you’re not a fan of black beans you probably won’t like these. I have not tried a wide variety of garden burgers, but I do not care for regular ones. If the idea of a garden burger throws you off, these are worth a try. They cook for about 22 minutes baking in the oven. (Real directions on the box) and are to be flipped half way through cooking. With about 5-2 minutes left cooking add a thin layer of teriyaki sauce on top. For some reason this just adds the extra flavor they seem to be missing.
Two great veggie sides are steamed broccoli or steamed zucchini. If you don’t use your entire portion of teriyaki on top of the burgers (you really only need a very thin layer) drizzle some on top of your veggies too.
Taco salad.
I buy a bag of pre-shredded lettuce, and have my allotted ounces of hamburger meat. Then I add some cut up tomatoes, salsa, and a dab of sour cream. This is altogether a pretty big serving. This is an on the run type of dinner. I usually get a huge amount of hamburger meat and brown it. Add the taco seasoning. Then weigh out the five ounce servings and freeze them. On a night you don’t feel like making dinner, take the baggie of meat and microwave it to reheat it and add the rest of the ingredients. It takes less than five minutes to make.
Chicken Cesar salad
This is also an easy make dinner. I buy romaine lettuce pre cut. One bag is usually a tad more than a serving size but it’s close. You can buy pre-cooked, pre-sliced, grilled chicken strips from Costco and microwave them for a quick heat up or toss them in a pan with some non stick fat free olive oil spray. In the beginning the entire diet was a big change, cooking for myself every night. I relied on the quick dinners for the first few weeks. I got tired of the pre-cooked chicken and now prefer to cut up my own chicken breast and season it, and cook it up in a little bit of olive oil. I also use a light Cesar dressing and it tastes just as good as the regular. I add three tablespoons of the dressing shake it all up and it’s good to go. This is also a good meal if you are going to a dinner party or a meeting to just bring along with you. I try and put the dressing in a separate container and add it when I am ready to eat so the lettuce doesn’t get soggy.
I have plenty more that I cook on a regular basis. For now this is all I have the time or patience for. I will add another blog recipe list coming up soon.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Medifast Routine Update. 2009 a Year in Review.
Date: 12-29-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 174.6
Goal Weight: GW2:155
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 3.3
Total Weight loss: 45
Pounds left to lose: 19.6
I have added a second goal weight of 155 pounds. Ugh, basically twenty more pounds to go. Sounds exhausting! This will be my last blog post of 2009. It’s weird to think that another year has come and gone by so quickly. This has been such a big year of change for me. Wrapping up in 2009 I am so happy in the place I am. I went back and read the very first blog that I posted. I was healing emotionally and all I wanted was the outside shell to match the beautiful and strong person I felt like I was on the inside. Now I feel like I do. Although I still feel like I have some tweaking to do on the outer and inner me. I think I am always going to be a work in progress.
It feels great to finally reach my first goal weight. I knew all along that I wanted to lose a bit more. Although I have found throughout every aspect of my life, small goals are easier to obtain. Although I don’t think they should be used to lessen your potential. Make sure once you reach a small goal, make another one. I have always believed to make a change in your life you need to start somewhere. No matter how small that first step is.
The holidays have been a test of my strength that is for sure. For the most part I did stay on track but there were a few times that I strayed off my plan. I think there are always going to be times when I stumble. I use it as a lesson and move on.
Recently I added two new things to my Medifast order. I tried the chili cheese puffs. They honestly taste like a watered down version of chili cheese Fritos. They were delicious! It was so nice to have something different. I am really honestly sick and tired of the honey mustard pretzels. I don’t think I could eat one more if someone wanted to pay me. Also the way I go through my routine has changed. I will list it below to show how I have changed since my first blog post.
Meal 1: 6:30 am- Still have my Chocolate shake in the morning. That was premade the night before.
Meal 2: 9:00 am- In the past I would have some Medifast Oatmeal. I found that my break at work is just too short to make my oatmeal, eat it, clean up, and be back at my desk in fifteen minutes. I was rushing my break and rushing eating. To change it I just decided to eat a bar for my morning break. I usually go with a fruit and nut bar because it is somewhat like a granola bar. I am not too picky about which bar I choose. I just grab one and put it in my food sack.
Meal 3: 12:00 pm- For this meal I used to choose between an array of soups. Honestly after four months, I don’t care for any of the soups aside from the Chicken Noodle. It seems that it is from person to person. My aunt on the other hand doesn’t really care for the Chicken Noodle and likes the Chicken and Wild Rice. After talking with others there really aren’t any clear favorites on which food is the best. It’s all depending on who the person is. So if you’re just starting out try things out and find what you like best. Don’t take someone else’s word for it.
Back to my original thought: For my lunch meal each day, I usually go back and forth between the Chicken Noodle soup and Oatmeal. I tend to stick with Apple Cinnamon or Maple and brown sugar for the oatmeal choice. I usually just wake up and decide which I am going to have for the day. Although the soup does take a bit longer to pack because I pre-make it in a thermos and it helps all the noodles and veggies get nice and soft.
Meal 4: 2:30 pm- This is when I would have one of my side snacks such as a pretzels, or cheese puffs, or a bar. This is the only meal of the day that doesn’t land on my break time at work. So it needs to be something quick that I can keep at my desk without drawing much attention to it. Eating at our desks is frowned upon here, so I usually keep in my drawer. It actually helps me to eat my meal a bit slower than I normally would.
Meal 5 (5:00 pm) and Meal 6 (7:30 pm): I usually interchange these depending on my work schedule. Lately for meal 5 I will just grab a bar if I have errands to run after work. I also have a three day a week workout schedule. Right now it’s Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I work out from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm fast walking at an incline and sprinting as I go along. I push myself a little further each time. On these days, I like to eat dinner a bit later versus eating a big meal before working out. Starting in a few weeks I will be doing a photography class at night on Tuesdays and will need to switch my work out to Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. Hopefully starting spin class on Mondays instead of treadmill. This all depends on how my leg pain is doing. For Meal 6 I will do my lean and green. I will follow up this with a recipe post on my favorite lean and green meals to date.
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 174.6
Goal Weight: GW2:155
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 3.3
Total Weight loss: 45
Pounds left to lose: 19.6
I have added a second goal weight of 155 pounds. Ugh, basically twenty more pounds to go. Sounds exhausting! This will be my last blog post of 2009. It’s weird to think that another year has come and gone by so quickly. This has been such a big year of change for me. Wrapping up in 2009 I am so happy in the place I am. I went back and read the very first blog that I posted. I was healing emotionally and all I wanted was the outside shell to match the beautiful and strong person I felt like I was on the inside. Now I feel like I do. Although I still feel like I have some tweaking to do on the outer and inner me. I think I am always going to be a work in progress.
It feels great to finally reach my first goal weight. I knew all along that I wanted to lose a bit more. Although I have found throughout every aspect of my life, small goals are easier to obtain. Although I don’t think they should be used to lessen your potential. Make sure once you reach a small goal, make another one. I have always believed to make a change in your life you need to start somewhere. No matter how small that first step is.
The holidays have been a test of my strength that is for sure. For the most part I did stay on track but there were a few times that I strayed off my plan. I think there are always going to be times when I stumble. I use it as a lesson and move on.
Recently I added two new things to my Medifast order. I tried the chili cheese puffs. They honestly taste like a watered down version of chili cheese Fritos. They were delicious! It was so nice to have something different. I am really honestly sick and tired of the honey mustard pretzels. I don’t think I could eat one more if someone wanted to pay me. Also the way I go through my routine has changed. I will list it below to show how I have changed since my first blog post.
Meal 1: 6:30 am- Still have my Chocolate shake in the morning. That was premade the night before.
Meal 2: 9:00 am- In the past I would have some Medifast Oatmeal. I found that my break at work is just too short to make my oatmeal, eat it, clean up, and be back at my desk in fifteen minutes. I was rushing my break and rushing eating. To change it I just decided to eat a bar for my morning break. I usually go with a fruit and nut bar because it is somewhat like a granola bar. I am not too picky about which bar I choose. I just grab one and put it in my food sack.
Meal 3: 12:00 pm- For this meal I used to choose between an array of soups. Honestly after four months, I don’t care for any of the soups aside from the Chicken Noodle. It seems that it is from person to person. My aunt on the other hand doesn’t really care for the Chicken Noodle and likes the Chicken and Wild Rice. After talking with others there really aren’t any clear favorites on which food is the best. It’s all depending on who the person is. So if you’re just starting out try things out and find what you like best. Don’t take someone else’s word for it.
Back to my original thought: For my lunch meal each day, I usually go back and forth between the Chicken Noodle soup and Oatmeal. I tend to stick with Apple Cinnamon or Maple and brown sugar for the oatmeal choice. I usually just wake up and decide which I am going to have for the day. Although the soup does take a bit longer to pack because I pre-make it in a thermos and it helps all the noodles and veggies get nice and soft.
Meal 4: 2:30 pm- This is when I would have one of my side snacks such as a pretzels, or cheese puffs, or a bar. This is the only meal of the day that doesn’t land on my break time at work. So it needs to be something quick that I can keep at my desk without drawing much attention to it. Eating at our desks is frowned upon here, so I usually keep in my drawer. It actually helps me to eat my meal a bit slower than I normally would.
Meal 5 (5:00 pm) and Meal 6 (7:30 pm): I usually interchange these depending on my work schedule. Lately for meal 5 I will just grab a bar if I have errands to run after work. I also have a three day a week workout schedule. Right now it’s Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I work out from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm fast walking at an incline and sprinting as I go along. I push myself a little further each time. On these days, I like to eat dinner a bit later versus eating a big meal before working out. Starting in a few weeks I will be doing a photography class at night on Tuesdays and will need to switch my work out to Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. Hopefully starting spin class on Mondays instead of treadmill. This all depends on how my leg pain is doing. For Meal 6 I will do my lean and green. I will follow up this with a recipe post on my favorite lean and green meals to date.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Do you hear a violin in the distance?
Date: 12-15-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 177.9
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In:+0.5
Total Weight loss: 41.1
Pounds left to lose: 2.9
It’s been a while since I spilled my true emotions out here in my blog. Today I contemplated not even writing this blog. I hate the fact that there is a plus sign in the loss column. Someone pointed out to me that it’s important to let my blog readers know that this isn’t a walk in the park and that it can be encouraging to hear of my struggles as well. I know lately I have tried to keep an intensely upbeat attitude toward this all. I think it just reflects on the fact that I have felt so happy lately. Even in the face of my own doubts and struggles with weight loss, I find that pretending nothing gets to me is part of how I make it through in the end.
I am immensely frustrated today. I am half way through the month and the holiday season. You all know how it works, especially in a department that is 3/4ths women. Cookies, pies, cakes, any kind of treat you could want are surrounding me all day long. Normally sweets don’t really appeal to me. When you have a platter of them beside you, and all day people are coming up to take some and tell you how delicious they are. It gets draining and it wares at you. I don’t have the option to remove myself from the situation because it’s literally everywhere I go around here. Yet, I have kept my cool and haven’t had one bite of any of them.
Despite my willpower in the sweets department. I have indulged here or there in a diet coke and vodka. I can see tiny places where I haven’t been sticking so rigidly to my plan. I know that with all of the parties and invitations that I do want to partake here or there. I had started with December in mind that this was a month of maintaing my weight and probably not about losing big numbers. In the past month since being home from vacation I have lost 7 more pounds. I know I should be proud of that. It’s just frustrating that now I lose in a month what I used to in a week. To find that I have gained even half a pound is twice as disheartening.
Deep down as I get thinner and thinner a fear is building inside of me. Literally with every day of people telling me how great I look and how thin I have gotten (This is where you roll your eyes and tell me to just be happy I am getting compliments! That’s what I would say to me.) It makes me afraid that someday I will gain it back. Even gaining part of it back scares me. I feel like I am really looking great in comparison to what I used to be, but I am still not THAT thin. I still wear a 14 size jean and on occasion can slip into a 12. I know in reality I haven’t seen this size in SO many years, but compared to someone who is truly thin I am still a chubby girl. That is hard to face, especially when you are out there as a single girl trying to find someone. *Cue my inner Dr. Phil* I know you shouldn’t want someone who likes you based on your looks alone.
Despite my frustrations, I have never been more motivated. I really want to reach my goal and I won’t stop until I do. I just wish this bumpy road could be smooth sailing to the goal line. I just wanted to vent a little bit and let all of you know out there this isn’t easy and I fight this battle with myself almost every day. As long as I am setting goals and making steps to get to them. I am headed in the right direction. Starting the gym last week was a huge step to further myself and help me learn a new way to live and to maintain this down the road. Keep going, even through your frustrations. Don’t let them be an excuse or a weight to stop you and everything you want for your life and body.
<3 Tiffany
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 177.9
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In:+0.5
Total Weight loss: 41.1
Pounds left to lose: 2.9
It’s been a while since I spilled my true emotions out here in my blog. Today I contemplated not even writing this blog. I hate the fact that there is a plus sign in the loss column. Someone pointed out to me that it’s important to let my blog readers know that this isn’t a walk in the park and that it can be encouraging to hear of my struggles as well. I know lately I have tried to keep an intensely upbeat attitude toward this all. I think it just reflects on the fact that I have felt so happy lately. Even in the face of my own doubts and struggles with weight loss, I find that pretending nothing gets to me is part of how I make it through in the end.
I am immensely frustrated today. I am half way through the month and the holiday season. You all know how it works, especially in a department that is 3/4ths women. Cookies, pies, cakes, any kind of treat you could want are surrounding me all day long. Normally sweets don’t really appeal to me. When you have a platter of them beside you, and all day people are coming up to take some and tell you how delicious they are. It gets draining and it wares at you. I don’t have the option to remove myself from the situation because it’s literally everywhere I go around here. Yet, I have kept my cool and haven’t had one bite of any of them.
Despite my willpower in the sweets department. I have indulged here or there in a diet coke and vodka. I can see tiny places where I haven’t been sticking so rigidly to my plan. I know that with all of the parties and invitations that I do want to partake here or there. I had started with December in mind that this was a month of maintaing my weight and probably not about losing big numbers. In the past month since being home from vacation I have lost 7 more pounds. I know I should be proud of that. It’s just frustrating that now I lose in a month what I used to in a week. To find that I have gained even half a pound is twice as disheartening.
Deep down as I get thinner and thinner a fear is building inside of me. Literally with every day of people telling me how great I look and how thin I have gotten (This is where you roll your eyes and tell me to just be happy I am getting compliments! That’s what I would say to me.) It makes me afraid that someday I will gain it back. Even gaining part of it back scares me. I feel like I am really looking great in comparison to what I used to be, but I am still not THAT thin. I still wear a 14 size jean and on occasion can slip into a 12. I know in reality I haven’t seen this size in SO many years, but compared to someone who is truly thin I am still a chubby girl. That is hard to face, especially when you are out there as a single girl trying to find someone. *Cue my inner Dr. Phil* I know you shouldn’t want someone who likes you based on your looks alone.
Despite my frustrations, I have never been more motivated. I really want to reach my goal and I won’t stop until I do. I just wish this bumpy road could be smooth sailing to the goal line. I just wanted to vent a little bit and let all of you know out there this isn’t easy and I fight this battle with myself almost every day. As long as I am setting goals and making steps to get to them. I am headed in the right direction. Starting the gym last week was a huge step to further myself and help me learn a new way to live and to maintain this down the road. Keep going, even through your frustrations. Don’t let them be an excuse or a weight to stop you and everything you want for your life and body.
<3 Tiffany
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Back to the Gym
Date: 12-08-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 177.4
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 1.0
Total Weight loss: 42.5
Pounds left to lose: 2.4
Well my life seems to be progressing lately in all the right directions. I hold a little fear that at any moment it could fall apart. That seems the way my pattern goes. Fill in your metaphor of choice here. I’ll go with (Get on track and then I fall off the trail). Last week I was faced with a challenge to set some short term goals for myself and the New Year that is quickly progressing.
January is a time when everyone will be making vows to shed those extra pounds and make huge changes in the next twelve months. I have learned early that New Year’s resolutions are a way to put pressure on re-evaluating your life and often time leads to half assed commitments. Luckily I had help kicking my butt in to gear a little sooner than January.
This week I have made quick progress. Like I have said in previous blogs I am a tad compulsive at times, but once I am committed to something I ride it through until the end. I signed up for a beginner’s digital photography class, and I am starting day one of new gym commitment as well.
As part of my “new life” I joined the local gym and went for about 5 months straight at least four times a week. It did a lot for boosting my confidence and feeling comfortable in the gym. I found my fears of being surrounded by a ton of fit women were completely false. I found myself there, with a bunch of other people just like me. Looking for a change and taking steps towards it.
I can’t say it wasn’t a love hate relationship. Many days I didn’t feel like I had the energy. The first time I participated in spin class, I made it a whole ten minutes before leaving with tears of frustration in my eyes. I worked at it and got better. Soon it was something that I looked forward to. A place to laugh with my aunt and other gym friends. Last Christmas winter was really bad and I let the weather and laziness get to me. All my hard work went down the drain and I am starting over today as day one.
I have a new confidence knowing that I can make a decision to better my health and self image and stick to it. I am actually excited. I know that the gym will be a big part of my life when I stop doing Medifast. I am ready and willing to embrace this. I feel like all of the old garbage in my life that was sitting as a weight on top of my shoulders is starting to lift of and finally be resolved. I am walking into 2010 with new eyes and a new life to go with it. I have never been happier than I am right now. It feels so good to let go of my old body and all of the old negative feelings. I couldn’t wipe the grin off my face even if I wanted to.
Quote!
"No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change."
- Bill Phillips
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 177.4
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 1.0
Total Weight loss: 42.5
Pounds left to lose: 2.4
Well my life seems to be progressing lately in all the right directions. I hold a little fear that at any moment it could fall apart. That seems the way my pattern goes. Fill in your metaphor of choice here. I’ll go with (Get on track and then I fall off the trail). Last week I was faced with a challenge to set some short term goals for myself and the New Year that is quickly progressing.
January is a time when everyone will be making vows to shed those extra pounds and make huge changes in the next twelve months. I have learned early that New Year’s resolutions are a way to put pressure on re-evaluating your life and often time leads to half assed commitments. Luckily I had help kicking my butt in to gear a little sooner than January.
This week I have made quick progress. Like I have said in previous blogs I am a tad compulsive at times, but once I am committed to something I ride it through until the end. I signed up for a beginner’s digital photography class, and I am starting day one of new gym commitment as well.
As part of my “new life” I joined the local gym and went for about 5 months straight at least four times a week. It did a lot for boosting my confidence and feeling comfortable in the gym. I found my fears of being surrounded by a ton of fit women were completely false. I found myself there, with a bunch of other people just like me. Looking for a change and taking steps towards it.
I can’t say it wasn’t a love hate relationship. Many days I didn’t feel like I had the energy. The first time I participated in spin class, I made it a whole ten minutes before leaving with tears of frustration in my eyes. I worked at it and got better. Soon it was something that I looked forward to. A place to laugh with my aunt and other gym friends. Last Christmas winter was really bad and I let the weather and laziness get to me. All my hard work went down the drain and I am starting over today as day one.
I have a new confidence knowing that I can make a decision to better my health and self image and stick to it. I am actually excited. I know that the gym will be a big part of my life when I stop doing Medifast. I am ready and willing to embrace this. I feel like all of the old garbage in my life that was sitting as a weight on top of my shoulders is starting to lift of and finally be resolved. I am walking into 2010 with new eyes and a new life to go with it. I have never been happier than I am right now. It feels so good to let go of my old body and all of the old negative feelings. I couldn’t wipe the grin off my face even if I wanted to.
Quote!
"No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change."
- Bill Phillips
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Biggest Loser Conclusion Chapter
Date: 12-02-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 178.4
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 6.5
Total Weight loss: 41.2
Pounds left to lose: 3.4
The Biggest Loser is officially over. I got fourth place out of seventy-some people. I think that was pretty good and throughout the competition I lost 13.7 percent of my body weight. That was even after being on Medifast for a month previously. Fourth place is a hard pill to swallow. It’s one place short of winning a money prize! The top loser lost 21.7 percent. That is amazing and bravo to her for making such a big change in her life.
Currently I am only 3.4 pounds away from my goal weight. These past two weeks have brought another 6.5 pound loss. For some reason, now is when everyone is finally noticing. A lot of comments on how thin my face is looking, it makes me feel so great because I think I am finally losing some poundage from somewhere other than my chest and butt! (The two places a girl wouldn’t mind keeping it on. lol) Not to “count my chickens” but after I reach my 175 pound goal weight, I plan on making a new goal for 155. I think that would be the perfect size for me. I have a feeling these last 23 pounds are going to be quite the task to lose. My body is defiantly going to make me work for it.
These past two weeks back on Medifast went great. I have found that taking that little break has made me a little more lax about things. Not eating things that are off the plan, but just less anal about every little thing. I still weigh my meat and would really like to get to the point where I can eyeball it and know that is around the right serving size. These last few weeks or months (however long it takes) I am going to use to help myself to transition off. Not the official transition. Just being able to eyeball my proportions better and knowing when I do eat something that is not completely healthy for me to do it in small doses. Everything in your life should be done in moderation. That can be difficult for someone who is sometimes a tad compulsive at times. “Hey, don’t point your finger at me! “J
I have settled in a few not so great ways. Since being back I started to get the “I’m not eating bad food for me, so what’s it going to hurt to….” Fill in the blank. Before when I was in my stricter version of this diet, I only allowed myself to have one or two diet cokes a week. Also some popcorn with Smart Balance butter on the weekends as an extra snack. I recognized myself getting back into old habits of just feeling like I want to eat, even if I wasn’t really hungry. Chase away the boredom. I started having a Diet Coke every night and also started eating the popcorn every night. Most nights I would end up feeling bloated and regret having the extras by bedtime. These technically aren’t things to break the bank. They don’t even fall off the diet. They simply aren’t necessary for me and I indulge anyways. I recognized this on Monday night and have resorted back to being a little more, strict. It will help me in the long run to break bad habits now. I counted is as a transition back from having some guilty pleasures on my trip. That damn popcorn is just so good!
I just placed my next Medifast order and decided to try a couple new things. Get out of the usual routine I have put myself in. I will let you know how that goes in my upcoming blogs. I am going to try and still have an update every Monday. I know I haven’t been keeping up quite as well as I should be.
I don’t currently have any “before pictures” but I am going to try and post a current one of me 41 pounds lighter. If I can figure out how to do it!
And your quote I know you have been missing so much!
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.”-David Lloyd George
The Biggest Loser is officially over. I got fourth place out of seventy-some people. I think that was pretty good and throughout the competition I lost 13.7 percent of my body weight. That was even after being on Medifast for a month previously. Fourth place is a hard pill to swallow. It’s one place short of winning a money prize! The top loser lost 21.7 percent. That is amazing and bravo to her for making such a big change in her life.
Currently I am only 3.4 pounds away from my goal weight. These past two weeks have brought another 6.5 pound loss. For some reason, now is when everyone is finally noticing. A lot of comments on how thin my face is looking, it makes me feel so great because I think I am finally losing some poundage from somewhere other than my chest and butt! (The two places a girl wouldn’t mind keeping it on. lol) Not to “count my chickens” but after I reach my 175 pound goal weight, I plan on making a new goal for 155. I think that would be the perfect size for me. I have a feeling these last 23 pounds are going to be quite the task to lose. My body is defiantly going to make me work for it.
These past two weeks back on Medifast went great. I have found that taking that little break has made me a little more lax about things. Not eating things that are off the plan, but just less anal about every little thing. I still weigh my meat and would really like to get to the point where I can eyeball it and know that is around the right serving size. These last few weeks or months (however long it takes) I am going to use to help myself to transition off. Not the official transition. Just being able to eyeball my proportions better and knowing when I do eat something that is not completely healthy for me to do it in small doses. Everything in your life should be done in moderation. That can be difficult for someone who is sometimes a tad compulsive at times. “Hey, don’t point your finger at me! “J
I have settled in a few not so great ways. Since being back I started to get the “I’m not eating bad food for me, so what’s it going to hurt to….” Fill in the blank. Before when I was in my stricter version of this diet, I only allowed myself to have one or two diet cokes a week. Also some popcorn with Smart Balance butter on the weekends as an extra snack. I recognized myself getting back into old habits of just feeling like I want to eat, even if I wasn’t really hungry. Chase away the boredom. I started having a Diet Coke every night and also started eating the popcorn every night. Most nights I would end up feeling bloated and regret having the extras by bedtime. These technically aren’t things to break the bank. They don’t even fall off the diet. They simply aren’t necessary for me and I indulge anyways. I recognized this on Monday night and have resorted back to being a little more, strict. It will help me in the long run to break bad habits now. I counted is as a transition back from having some guilty pleasures on my trip. That damn popcorn is just so good!
I just placed my next Medifast order and decided to try a couple new things. Get out of the usual routine I have put myself in. I will let you know how that goes in my upcoming blogs. I am going to try and still have an update every Monday. I know I haven’t been keeping up quite as well as I should be.
I don’t currently have any “before pictures” but I am going to try and post a current one of me 41 pounds lighter. If I can figure out how to do it!
And your quote I know you have been missing so much!
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.”-David Lloyd George
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