A roller coaster of emotion

7/14/2010 - Up another .75 lbs. I can't understand all the up and down. It's so frustrating. I went to happy hour tonight and had four big glasses of delicious water. Yeah, water, H2O. No wine, no beer, no nothing, except water. I feel like my progress is coming so slow, but slow and steady wins the race, right!?! I weigh in again on Friday morning before I eat or drink anything. I better be down...

7/16/2010 - I weighed in at 8:30 am and came in at 257.5, down a total of 16.25 lbs. I did a lot of running around watching my twin nephews, so I decided that I would weigh in the next day as well. 7/17 I weighed in and was down to 256 1/4, now down a total of 17 1/2. How is it possible that all week long I can't lose a lb., but in a day I can drop 1 1/4 lb!?! So frustrating!!!! Grrrrrr

WEEK 6

7/19/2010 - I had such bad cravings this weekend. I would have died for a Key's Rice Krispy bar. They're as big as your head! I stayed on plan an made sure to eat all my veggies! When I weigh in on Mondays I'm ALWAYS up, that's just how it goes. When I weighed in today I was DOWN 1/2 lb.!! I couldn't believe it! We'll so how this week goes. Pete's family comes in next week and I hope to have reached my 20 or 25 lbs. milestone by the time they come into town. 2 1/2 or 7 1/2 lbs to go! Wish me luck!!

Slow and steady wins the race...right!?!

Goal #1 – ACHIEVED!!
I weighed in on Saturday, June 26th and I was down a total of 10 ½ lbs. In celebration I bought two purses at the Coach outlet (whoops!). Although my bank account is now a little lighter as well, I figured it was better than celebrating with a piece of cake or a cookie (which would turn into 10!).

The 4th of July weekend was quickly approaching and I had BBQ’s and volleyball tournaments that I needed to attend. I had to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN. I weighed in on Friday and only posted a ½ lost, but when I can in on Monday I was down another 1 ½. So far on their summer promotion I’ve earned 5 more weeks of weight loss. At this rate I’m going to need them, as my average keeps slinking closer and closer to 3 lbs. If I continue to have a good week then slow week I’ll be on this darn plan forever!!

I’ve been trying some of the recipes in the cookbook and found a few that I love! The strawberry sauce is YUMMY! I was making fish and decided that I wanted to substitute the strawberries for pineapple. You have to blend the pineapple once it’s really soft and then continue to reduce the sauce. At the end I also added part of a jalapeno for a little flavor kick…so delicious on Orange Roughy!

I’ve discovered that one of my mot favorite foods can be made on plan as well! Egg salad sandwich! I’ve been eating it with and without bread, for lunch and dinner. I make one with light mayo and the other with the fat free mayo. It’s literally heaven in my tummy!

I tried the Pina Colada cookies and whoever decided to use the work “cookie” in conjunction with these horrible things needs to have their head checked! The chocolate sandwich was yuck as well. I’m not a fan of freezing the pudding. It’s just a bad consistency.

As of 07/10/2010 - I am officially down 15 ¼ lbs! GOAL 2 ACHIEVED!!

My clothes fit better, I’m happier with what I’m seeing in the mirror, and people have started to notice! I love it! I’ve started to run out of some of the supplements and if there is anyone out there that has any suggestions (they are so expensive through Slimgenics) please let me know! I’m going to get a generic multi-vitamin and I have a really good replacement for the EFA. I’m not sure what to do about the carbohydrate blocker or the herb, and the herb is SPENDY!!

I had a few strange dreams lately that I attribute to starting Slimgenics. I dream that I’m at an event (birthday, etc) where I am confronted with a bad food choice. Not only do I have the food, but I eat and eat and eat! I wake up feeling guilty, not certain right away if it was really a dream or if I really did fall off the bandwagon. I talked to a counselor about it and they’re like how drug users have using dreams. I’m having addiction dreams because I was addicted to bad food! I haven’t been having cravings since some of the thermo snacks are so yummy, but I guess my body can tell that a giant piece of cake isn’t in its future for a LONG time!!

I weigh in today, 07/14/2010 and I’m feeling a little fat today, although I’ve been on plan. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully I'm more than 1/2 lb. down.

Until next time, happy dreams!