Week 2 results

I'm a survivor 
I'm not goin' give up 
I'm not goin' stop 
I'm goin' work harder

While I'm just being silly about quoting lyrics from a Destiny Child's song...I do really like the lyrics of this part. The words are definitely applicable to sticking with Medifast and dieting in general. I keep joking about surviving it...almost like I'm being tortured..but I'm not at all feeling that! It's been a pretty good week again! 

And I'm seeing results! This week...I was able to wear a pair of jeans that are size 10! I don't think I've worn them since before I was pregnant. I also wore a pair of black capris this week that were super tight on me last month when I tried them on. 

AND I'm down again. This morning when I woke up, I weight 156.2. So that's down 3.6 this week and 6.8 from the start!

I have heard stories of others losing way more when they started this and it is easy to get a bit discouraged when I think that I'm not losing more each week. But I have to keep reminding myself that each person is different and to still rejoice in my personal victories this week of weight loss and loose clothes! 

One week down

I started this Medifast diet a week ago today. It actually went better than I expected. I'm still craving some things that I used to eat a lot (french fries, greasy burgers, popcorn), but I'm surviving! The hardest part is eating a lot more veggies than I used to! And I only had 1 French fry all week! That is a huge accomplishment for me. There was a day or two in there that my blood sugar was adjusting to the smaller amount of calories and I felt blah, but there were a couple days that I actually felt full all day just from eating my Medifast meals. And thanks to my parents letting me raid their stash of Medifast meals, I have a lot better idea what I like. I like the shakes, bars, soft serve, puddings, pancakes, brownies, cookies, cereals (although I'm still getting used to eating them dry and not with milk) and hot cocoa. I'm not a fan of the mac & cheese (even thought I did eat it several times this week), soups, bbq puffs and parmasean puffs. There have been different points this week where I think...is this really going to be worth it to pay this money, eat all these Medifast meals and not get the things that I've been craving. And now, I must answer...YES!

Here are my results this week. I weight myself last Sunday before service and I was 163. Today, I weighed myself before church and I was 159.8. A loss of 3.2 pounds. Sure I would've loved to have lost more in a week than that, but if I think I about it...I have been struggling for a while now to get out of the 160's. I've tried just eating healthy and it didn't work. I would cave and eat bad. So I wasn't losing. But this week...I
LOST! And hopefully I will be out of the 160's for a long time (or until I'm pregnant).

So thanks for the encouragement this week. I'm excited for the next week!

Day 1 is done!

I'm probably not going to blog about every day while on this diet, but I figured I'd blog about some of my thoughts after day one.

1. I survived! YAY!
2. I had some things that I really liked (such as the double chocolate shake I had for my evening night snack), I had some things that were okay (such as the mac and cheese) and some that I wasn't much of a fan for (such as the cappuccino).
3. I had a really good salad at Wendy's and I'm excited to eat one of them again!
4. I tried salmon a different way today and still liked it (with no sauce...just spices). And it was more fishy tasting than normal.
5. I ate a whole small can of green beans today by myself. Weird.
6. I felt a little blah this afternoon. I think part of it is my body adjusting to way less calories, but also part of it could have been that we were outside at the air show today and it was a little toasty!
7. I drank a bunch of water today. I lost count. Maybe 5 or 6 bottles. I'm glad that I can still do water flavors in them. It helped! I was almost down to 1 or 2 a day before I decided to do this diet.
8. It's easy to think about the things that I can't eat, but today I'm thankful I can drink diet coke/pepsi while on this diet :)
9. I really didn't crave things not on the diet today until the end of the day. I think I saw a picture of a french fry. I'm going to miss my fries! But hopefully it will be worth it!
10. Today, I started thinking about the future. Now I'm not saying I want to wear a bikini, but I had the thought that it would at least be nice to be able to have the body/belly to wear a bikini if I wanted to!

It's been a pretty good day and I'm excited for tomorrow and trying more of the medifast meals! I'm also hoping to order my kit tomorrow so I won't have to keep mooching off of my parents!

A new lifestyle change

Over a year ago, Craig went to the doctor and was told he needed to lose weight. He came home and changed his eating habits almost immediately. At that time, I was still nursing Cora, so I had an excuse to not change my eating habits. Plus it seemed like nursing helped me get some of my pregnancy weight off. Well, in August of 2012, I was done nursing...but my eating habits didn't really change much then. So I gained some weight back that I had just lost while nursing. I have attempted to change my eating habits similar to Craig...but I have an excuse for everything. Seriously, I do. Stressful day. It's someone's birthday. It's raining. I'm sleepy. We are on a date. It's the weekend. It's a holiday. So by the time I got through my excuses, I was pretty much still eating bad every meal. 

My parents started Medifast back in March, I think. And we instantly saw results! They look and feel awesome. I have been around them enough when they eat that I know pretty much how the diet works, but I never thought I'd want to try it. I just wanted to stick to changing my eating habits (yeah, it isn't working for me). Plus I thought it seemed like a diet for older people :)

When I went to my doctor in May, she informed me that I need to get some of my weight back off. Especially if I would like to start trying soon to have another baby. It makes sense. I should lose weight now before I have another child and gain even more weight. Hopefully it will be easier to start healthy habits now! 

So yesterday, I found a friend that was saving Medifast recipes on her pinterest page. It intrigued me since she is younger than me. I wrote to her a bit and she encouraged me to check it out more. Craig had told me before that I should just do what my parents are doing. I just brushed that advice off. But I finally went to the site. And I thought...I need to get on Medifast. I need to make a change and I want to see results sooner than later. 

I still have yet to sign up, but I am starting it tomorrow. Mom and dad have graciously given me a good sampling of their Medifast meals to try. Part of me questions if I should've thought about this longer than maybe 24 hours, but I think this is what I need to do. I've had a cheat day today-full of waffles, coke, root beer, cheeseburger, fries, pizza, a cookie and whatever else I want to get in tonight. I won't be eating these things for a long time, but I'm excited to start this journey! 

I am also a little nervous. It does cost a bit...so I definitely don't want to fail! I want to see results. And for some reason, I'm a bit nervous that I may lose too much too soon and my bridesmaid dress will be too big on me at my sister-in-law's wedding. I know that's a good thing, but that dress was a pretty penny, so I don't  want it to look bad on me! 

Goal Weight: 135

Starting Weight: 163

That is crazy. When I got back from Ukraine...I think I was between 140-145 and that was the smallest I have been in years. And I would like to be even a little smaller than that! I would like to get my BMI to a healthy range and not overweight or obese range! 

So there it is! That's my goal and I'll keep you updated! 

Here are my before pictures from tonight!