First Month Done!

It's been an adventure this first month on Jenny Craig.  First off the biggest realization is food portions and eating every 3 hours is key.  What we are served going out for dinner or at home are huge portions of food  - I'm astounded when I go to a restaurant and see the size of meat, pasta servings, etc.  no wonder there's a number of us so over weight in North America.  All the TV shows dedicated to food just glorifies eating and some programs entice you to want to try everything.  Darn that new program "You Gotta Eat Here" - it's Canadian with so many featured restaurants that could be just a drive away, but I'm not gonna do it.

My review of Jenny Craig is positive - not having to think about what to eat, weigh or measure everything is awesome.  I'm into the groove of having fruit, cottage cheese, milk, salads and fresh non-starchy veg's every day.  I still crave something at night so I always make sure to switch out the Jenny Craig snack (cheese popcorn, cupcakes, snack bar, etc.) so that I have that as my treat at night.  Doing this has saved me from slipping off the path.  In the past 4 weeks I have had 2 bags of microwaved popcorn that were not on the plan during week moments, but I haven't dipped into the chips, cookies or other treats that I always have in for my boys.

I've eaten out once every week, not as a treat but for events but still stuck with the guidelines of the program.  My biggest downfall was last week going out to dinner to celebrate a retirement - food wasn't a problem but I did have light beer, a few bloody Caesars and wine - not a good combination, wasn't pretty the next day, but I was still down in weight.  

Results after my first month - 15 lbs and 5 inches gone.  

I'm seeing progress and feeling great.  Helps that I'm carving time out during my 10 hour workdays (I have a problem with work/life balance) to go for a walk every lunch hour - before I just grabbed something to eat while I worked at my desk.  Some weeks it's been 3 out of 5 days I've walked, but this past week it's 5 out of 5 days.  Work life is always consuming, but right now there is a lot going on so to carve out "me" time takes planning and I'm doing the planning - being out of the house 13 hours a day makes it challenging - I feel guilty when I get home at night to say I'm out for a walk or head to a gym when I haven't seen my family since the night before, so I cram a little into my work day.  I'll get better at this.

On the fun front - HBO's Girls is my new favourite guilty pleasure.  I love this show - God to be in my 20s again and the things and life I'd do differently. 


I'm off to tackle month 2 starting with week 5, hoping planning to be doing the same celebration in a month.