Weigh In today

I had my first weigh in today and I am thrilled to have lost 4.8 lbs. I had a great meeting with my consultant who answered my questions and also asked me a few. Really walked through the past week, what worked, what didn't and gave me some ideas for different situations. While the first few weeks are not for pushing exercise...more for learning how to eat healthy, she challenged me to do some form of exercise 1 time during the next week. I chose 30 minutes on the Wii Fit. One time in one week....even I can do that!!!!

More Meals

I have really enjoyed the Jenny Craig food. I love eating three meals a day. I used to just pick or eat what the kids were eating. Now, my 12 year old daughter Olivia is my biggest cheerleader. She has always been a picky eater, but she wants to eat what I eat. What a wonderful side effect of the program. I really do feel like this is retraining my eating behaviors. That is one reason I try to always plate my food. I am training my brain to recognize a healthy meal. One day when I am ready to go on my own, I can count on her to eat the meals I make for the family...Now to work on my son :)

Remember, it takes longer to create a new good habit, than it does to break an old bad habit.



Today's breakfast was the Breakfast Scramble. I was dying to add the onions and mushrooms, but I thought it might just be too much to eat. Eggs, cheese, ham and potatoes. It was so good...really tasted the cheese. I added a banana for my fruit and of course had my glass of milk.




Love these!! Chicken fajitas. I sauteed my own onions and mushrooms (told you that you would see these a lot, I usually cook 1 med. onion with a 1/2 a package of cut mushrooms and split them for two recipes), then cooked the fajitas mix in the same pan. I heated the tortillas on top of the stove, since I was cooking dinner for the family at the same time and the stove top was warm. I used two teaspoons of fat free sour cream which counted as 1 of my limited free foods. (I rarely use these limited free foods. You are allowed 3 a day) I had asparagus as a side. I know it is a strange side for fajitas, but I have a lot of fresh asparagus and I need to use it up. I topped it with Molly McButter.



Yesterday's breakfast...French toast with berries. I toasted my french toast and microwave the berries just for a moment to have the berries a tad warm. Topped with only half of Jenny's lite syrup. So good that the family wanted french toast for breakfast, so I made theirs with my own recipe. I added a banana as my extra fruit for breakfast.



Meatloaf with BBQ sauce, carrot, broccoli and potatoes. YUM!! I added my own onions and mushrooms sauteed with Pam cooking spray. You will see the onions and mushrooms a lot...one of my favorites. I used to always saute them in lots of margarine. Now using the Pam, I am surprised that they taste just as great. I am going to try Pam flavored with butter, as long as it doesn't have any extra calories.

Some of the meals I have enjoyed so far

Chicken Salad meal kit I put the chicken salad on top of a bed of lettuce, and it comes with the crackers and applesauce.




Chicken and Corn Chowder Good, but I added some Molly McButter to give it that buttery taste that chowder is supposed to have.



A Sunshine Sandwich. My microwave was broken so I heated the egg and turkey ham in the oven. I toasted the english muffin. Added 1/2 cup of strawberries with Splenda and had my cup of skim milk...really wish I could have more milk...will have to ask about that. I didn't use the ranchero sauce that came with it only because I am not a big fan of ranchero sauce.

I did it!

I am now on the Jenny Craig program. I had a very long consultation in the office on Tuesday. I was very pleased with how that appointment went, the amount of time they spent with me and all of the ground we covered. I met my consultant who I will have my first appt. with next week and I started on the food on Wednesday. The food is very good, and I think the biggest problem that I am having is eating it all. I am stuffed most of the time.

By marking the calendar each time I eat I have found my danger zone. About 3 every afternoon until dinner time, I have a strong desire to just pick. So far I have resisted, but I know that is something I have to deal with.

My Official Beginning Weight.... 160.4 ouch!!

Never Forget

My husband in the one standing next to the blue and white decon tent, with his hands on his hips.

I called Jenny today

Thursday Sept. 10, 2009

I called Jenny. That's right, I took the first step...finally. After researching just how to do this all summer, I think that Jenny Craig is the way to go for me. I've heard a lot of good things about Weight Watchers too, but I just think that if I had to micromanage everything I put into my mouth, I might just think too much about food. I don't need to think about food any more than I already do!

Anyway, they wanted me to come in the same day...that had never occurred to me when I thought about calling. I honestly have been very busy all week, so I scheduled an appointment for next Tuesday.

On another note, the scale this morning had the highest number that I have seen since I was 8.5 months pregnant with number 5...eeegggaaadddssss!

Back from Disney

I ate like there was no tomorrow and I only gained 1 pound. All that walking sure does help. I need to be sure to include walking in my weight loss plan. I am convinced though that there is something in the streets of Disney that makes them softer. My feet hardly hurt at all when I was there. Now that I am back home, walking in the same shoes hurts much more.

Anyway, as promised, I am posting a before picture. Not sure if this will be the official before picture, but it is all I have for now. Of course, the picture was taken at a restaurant in Disney.