Day 10

Checked the scale… lost 15.6 lbs.  and checked the measurments.. 14 inches less of me.

It may sound like a lot but it isnt in the scale of things.. I have ALOT to loose… someone asked me today.. what is my goal.. i said.. 10 pounds… just ALOT of times.. if I say.. I want to lose 180 lbs.. that seems insermountable… but 10 lbs at a time.. is something that is more within my grasp. 

Home is .. tentative..

Work… state came in today so it will be a hell week. 

Diet is going pretty well now.. no cheating.. no real feeling to cheat.. it always seems that when I get hungry .. its time for a snack.   So it works out ok.  The most cumbersome part is carrying everything back and forth to work.  I dont like to premake the shakes.  They separate a bit.  So I took a stick blender to work and keep it in a drawer..

Ok.. are you bored listening?  Laughs.. I guess I am just not a good blogger.

Will update when something happens worth blogging about.. but so far so good.. a step on the path.

Day 8:

For those loyal readers that I have I am sorry that there was no day 7.  While the diet goes well, home life was not good yesterday.  And not good is putting it mildly.  BUT I did no cheat or eat anything that I wasnt suppose to even with all the stress and turmoil.  Did smoke like a chimney, but i didnt eat anything I shouldnt have. 

Today we were out and about today and the only thing   I did have a hot dog as I was craving one for the past couple of days.. Had it plain.. no chili, no cheese , I did have Ketchup but I will forgo that next time, it was (if you can imagine) too sweet for me.

Next week is back to normal.. kiddo goes back to school.. gotta love spring break….. when its over so I am going to buckle down at the gym and start putting some extra effort in there. 

Decided I wasnt going to do the jump on the scale everyday.. I am not in it to watch every quarter of a pound.. I already see the difference in certain parts of my body not noticable to anyone else probably but I see it so that is a good thing. 

Went to the store today and bought the supplies and shakes and snacks for the coming week, so I am all set.

As for the home situation.. time will tell.. Shrugs..

Day 6

It was a good day.   A few hunger pains… and right now Hubby is sitting across from me eating his cheetos and I find myself only slightly annoyed.. *grins*

I did find one Herbalife product that I am NOT found of and that is the Shapeworks soynuts.   Can you say.. ohhhhh heck no… a friend at work tried them and said.. ohhh kind of like sunflower seeds… I said yeah a bit.. I dont like those either.

Tried one of the protien bars and it wasnt all that bad.. more chewy than I had anticipated but not overly all that.  They held their own with the ones from the store I think.. will have to compare labels.

Well I have nothing whitty to add.. Just know that today wasnt half bad.  I onlyl have about an hour and a half or so to go… perhaps I can make it though.  So how about You?

Day 5

Well the final supplies arrived today for my Herbalife diet.  So should be even easier now.  Now I am using:

The Formula 1 shakes

Protien powder

Cell Activator

Cell u loss

Snack Defense

Daily Vitamin

Total Control

Herbal Tea Concentrate (which by the way.. ohhhh man I cant drink straight.. never was a tea drinker.. add in the on the go lemonade or rasberry crystal light.  No extra calories or anything just flavor)

So its alot of pills each day but to be honest I actually feel better than I did last week.  Less heartburn, less bloating.

So now with the PMS.. should be interesting to see what the weightloss is… not one piece of chocolate in 5 days.  Poor Hubby.. cant do the .. its ok.. i love you dear, have chocolate… Didnt even have a piece of leftover cake. 

Did spend an about 30 minutes talking to my half brother in Brownsville Tx.  It is totally weird.. I havent seen him since he was like 12.. and now he is all grown at 34.. Saw a picture and was like WHOA… when did you grow up??? Gotta love facebook.

Ok.. it is past bed time.. well almost bed time.  I made it through the day fairly easily.  Kinda of hungry at the moment so I am sucking on water to get it to pass.  All in all … was a good day.  How about yours?

Day Four:

It’s my birthday, happy birthday to me.. happy birthday to me… yeah me… omgosh.. where has the time gone.. can’t believe I am soo old… decided to go light on the diet today.. but was careful.. more than usual.. but I will be having a piece of cake tonight.. after all .. Husband made me a cake.. whooo hoooo and sprinkles…

Received the new e cig today.. so tomorrow will be a better none tobacco day *I hope* 

Actually missed going to the gym today.  should have gone.. but.. alas.. ITS MY Birthday and I didnt want to go.. *grins*  It is nice to see my ankle again.. the swelling in my feet is alot less.  Each day will be better and better.   I actually find that I like the lighter feeling in my stomach on the Herbalife.  I dont get that FULL feeling yet I feel full if that makes sense.

Well off to watch a movie and have a piece of cake.. Have a great day tomorrow and know.. each day is new and fresh and rady for all you have to put into it.

Day three. 

Well I survived the first day of work on the new eating plan.  I was prepared and had all me shakes done and snacks prepared.  Was a bit cumbersome but it worked.  I was able to get through the day.   Even went to the gym. 

I have a bit of a headache but think that is from the nicotine withdrawal.  The Ecig just doesnt provide me with the same aspect as a cig does.  not fun… Dieting, PMSing and cutting out the smokes… all the day before my birthday.. what on earth am I doing.   

I did get a visit from one of my closest gf’s Holly.  She brought me a cute card and some lucky bamboo for my birthday tomorrow.  She is sooo thoughtful and considerate.  Such an angel.  I am blessed to have a friend like her.

well I have only 2 more hours to get through and tomorrow will be another day.

Day two:

Not too bad of a day at the moment.  Did have an urge to have some Cheetos that the Hubby was snacking on… and he handed me the container and said have some.  when I mentioned that He was suppose to be my support and help me not to cheat.. He went into a long drawn out statement about Him not being able to drive..(He had his license taken away about 7 years ago.. long story..) and how how it is Himself that keeps him out of the drivers seat.. no one else.   So.. I guess I know where my support ISN’T.

Well I didnt have any cheetos.. by MY own choice.

All that I have left to face today is Dinner.. which I can eat so  and then the time till bed.  Think I can handle that.

Was tough being Easter.. no chocolate.. no orange jelly beans… (pouts) oh how I love orange jelly beans.  At least I wont miss peeks or cadbury eggs.. (gross) We didn’t do any big Ham dinner or anything.  I believe that EASTER is a religous Holiday and I am not that religous, not like when we were kids.. no frilly spring dresses, with lace ankle socks, or white gloves and patent leather purse and shoes.  Oh how I remember it well. ohh no I have slipped off track.. whoops..

I have noticed two differences .. with relation to the diet.. my right ankle is no where near as swollen as it usually is.. hope my left one catches up.. and I am peeing like a race horse… guess that is a good thing..

Well if you are still reading.. all two of you.. thanks.  I hope that you had a great Sunday and that the week ahead will be a wonderful one.

Well the day has almost come to an end.  I am proud to have made it through day one.  And I didnt cheat.  At least not in a bad way.  Though it has been a bit more tense than I would prefer.  I did have an additional snack after dinner.. but I chose some celery and a few cheese slices.  But note.. not the Resses Klondike that Hubby had or the Ice Cream Sandwich that the kiddo had, or any of the chocolate or fritos or cheetos that are in the house.  So.. all in all not a bad day. 

Tomorrow is another day.  Think the difficult day will be Tuesday.  Hard to be on this eating pattern on ones birthday.  I mean.. cant really blend up the cake now can I *grins*

Did get my laundry done, well almost and sorted out clothes in my closet got rid of what I hate and never wear and set my outfits for the next week.  going to change our my purse.. and go watch Thor.. ThunderGod.. or some such movie.

Thanks for reading and hopefully following the journey.. if I can stay true.. well not if.. exactly.. just dont judge too harshly if I have little detours along the path.  What is life without a few detours..

Well.. I decided that even if the rest of the program had not arrived, I still had the extreme basics to start.. so today was the day. 

I had breakfast as I was suppose to a Formula 1 shake to which I added some frozen strawberries that I had in the freezer.. not too many just enough for taste.  I didnt have the nonfat milk so it was a regular milk one.   It didnt taste bad at all. 

I made a bottle of the Herbal Tea, added a Wylers light cool rasberry singles to go as I am not a big tea person.  Then off to the Gym. 

I love the Gym that I go to — Mellodies Gym here in town.  A bit of a sleeping dog.  Not the state of the Art hoydie toydie gym like the other one, but a place where even a person of my size and shape is made to feel welcome.  People say hi to me when I show up.  The owner has stated if I miss too many days in a row she will be calling me (gotta love it).

I dont have the stamina right now to do alot but I am working at creating the habit.  I walk at a steady pace on the treadmill for a bit.  I break a sweat.. (which actually doesnt take alot for me) but I am working up.. trying to add a little bit more each time.  I have a routine that I used to use for the machines and weights.  But as I said, I am starting out sllllowwwwly.  Then my favorite part.  The sauna.. not the steam kind but the dry heat.  Oh it feels wonderful!!!

It makes me laugh at times, I live in Florida, HATE the summer, its much too hot for me, but I will gladly go to the gym as long as I can spend my 20 – 30 minutes in the oven (as my daughter calls it.)  Go figure.

After the gym, I went to the supermarket.. yes in my capris and tank straight from the gym.  I can almost hear my mother screaming at me.  She never goes anywhere like that.  After all .. you never know who you will meet.  I am too hot and sweaty to care about meeting anyone.  I have things to do and I am on a mission. 

I picked up some frozen fruit for my shakes to create variety, and picked up some items to use as my snacks,  I get two a day and I am going to use them that is for sure.

Came home made a snack, then off to the closet to go through some clothes.  Its lunch time now so.. its shake time and more pills.  Will be interesting to see how the rest of the day goes.   At the moment.. not feeling too shabby.  Yes I am a bit hungry, how can I not be.  I am going from I cant tell you how many calories a day, but basically eating ANYTHING I wanted and lots of it to a more structured routine, but I am not starving.   Well off to Lunch.

Over the past few weeks I have become very upset with myself about the weight that I have attained.  The highest I have ever been.  I am not a good one for counting calories or arranging meals all day to take to work.  They dont sell phen-phen anymore… so the next best product I have used in the past was Herbalife.  So.. I signed back up.. doing the Distributator route as it saves 25% off the price.  I also ordered several of the other products as support.. so two steps to go and then the new life philosophy will begin.

 

April 10^th 2009 

 

 Today the Dist kit arrived from Herbal life.  Step one down.. now for the second part of the supplies..

 

I am trying to keep a positive attitude.. I know that this is something that I need to do.  I have reached the point where I don’t want to be.. I have been overweight ALL of my life but this is nuts.  How do you change the love of food to the focus that food is suppose to be nutrition that it isnt a replacement for love or emotion.

 

When I am sad.. I eat.. when I am happy I eat.. when I am bored I eat..

 

So the steps begin.. one at a time..