Losing weight, one diet at a time; one month at a time…
Archive for January, 2008
Losing Weight Again
Jan 30th
1200 calories a day will produce some weight loss for me. I am doing “prepackaged” foods. I only had to think once this week and that was when I went shopping for the food. That’s the goal – less thinking for me!
Monday I had a Weight Watchers Blueberry muffin for breakfast and Tuesday I had Bran Chex. Monday’s lunch was a tuna salad kit that had crackers and peaches. Lunch on Tuesday was a Lean Cuisine pepperoni pizza. Dinner on Monday was spaghetti ala Roo (my mother made dinner); Tuesday I had sweet and sour chicken made by Hormel. Snacks consisted of 80 calorie cheese sticks, assorted 100 calorie packs of cookies and muffins; low fat yogurt, fruit and diet lemon Snapple. I’m trying to drink enough water and that’s about it.
But, all in all – it’s a lot better than I’ve done in the past six months. So I’m pleased with myself. I will continue to persevere. That’s all I can do.
My Apologies
Jan 24th
I never meant to leave the title of my previous post “Screw Jenny”. It was a joke and a placeholder title. I have a great deal of respect for Jenny Craig and the program that I have achieved a great deal of success with in the past.
Lizzie Bean VS Jenny!
Jan 24th
I’ve been going back and forth about starting back on Jenny Craig this year. After analyzing why I want to do Jenny vs every other weight loss program out there – I realized that it’s completely about not having to think. Soooooooo, I’m going to save myself the $500 a month I would be spending on Jenny Craig food and prepackage my own food. I’m going to make up a weekly food menu – which was something I loved about JC and purchase or package all the food I will need to fulfill the weeks menu.
It may be brief, but today I’m back…
Jan 21st
It’s been a long, long fall and now we’re well in to winter and I’ve yet to write a post; concentrate on my health in general, let alone losing the 20+ pounds I’ve added to my small-to-adverage frame over 2007. I should correct that – I didn’t gain 20+ pounds, I just didn’t lose any of the weight that I set out to lose last year. I did lose it for short periods of time, but it all came right back.
The issue really isn’t about being motivated. I will never be motivated all the time – it’s a fact. But, I need to take my health more seriously – especially with my family history. I received innumerable comments – most of which were very encouraging.
I thought last year was full of stress – even positive stress can wreak havoc on the body; but this year is proving to top last year and we’ve only made it through three weeks of January. This year, my fathers’ cancer has returned; we’re both (the Emperor and myself) full-time self-employed – meaning we have to carry our own health insurance! and rely on our clients to pay us; we’re selling our house; we have an agreement on a new house, so, we’ll be moving – ugh!; my son is dealing with some issues due to VERY poor choices he made over the past year; there may be more happening, but my poor brain is fried.
I keep coming back to the thoughts of starting up with Jenny Craig again. It’s a comfortable plan, because it’s so familiar to me and I’ve always done well and enjoyed it. It is expensive though. But, I think it may be what I need just to get myself back on track.
That’s where I am today.
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