After feeling as though this journey is in vain (yes that
can be taken as useless and as narcissistic) I am so happy to report that I’m
down my first 20 lbs – it’s taken six weeks (OCD kicking in, where's my calculator?…3.3 lbs on average
per week) and I’m feeling the difference.
This ain’t no Biggest Looser success and I’m over that expectation.
I’m not feeling deprived, not craving anything – there seems
to be enough variety in the Jenny Craig foods that I’m good. I have had meals out, but I can order a
beautiful salad and be so satisfied (who isn’t when somebody else has gone to
all that trouble to wash, chop and prepare all those incredible crunchy
flavours). I’ve attended a 2 ½ day work retreat with copious amounts
of alcohol and eaten the resort food. I
enjoy a Caesar a few nights a week. I’m
able to live this way.
Now, it won’t go on forever, one can only eat prepackaged
food for so long, but I’m going to give this until the end of summer (I may
take a break in August as I’ll be on holidays for a few weeks – but I’ll cross
that bridge when I come to it).
My Jenny Craig counselor asks what my goals are for the
week, I’m always stumped by this, it’s to keep on track, feel the difference
but not let this be my all consuming thought.
I just realized that in the past, as I prepared for events, I’d pre-plan
what restaurant would be there or along the way. I no longer think about this. I remember driving to work events that
included an overnight and one of my recurring thoughts was “where am I going to
eat dinner tonight?.” This isn’t
happening any longer.
Long term goal - to
be a hot momma at one of my boss’ retirement dinner this coming November. I love him dearly and he’ll be moving out of
province so I don’t want his last memory of me as being the size of a house,
but rather being on my way to my Kirstie Alley bod. So that’s 18 weeks away (out comes my trusty
calculator – if an average of 2 lbs a week loss that would get me down 56 lbs –
if I retained my 6 week average of 3.3 lbs a week, that would get me down 79.4
lbs). Debbie Doubter just kicked in,
that would be all too awesome and near impossible. But I’m setting the goal and posting it here –
I’m committing.
November hot momma here
I come!
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