My Weight Loss Journey

The scales are down 3 lbs this morning, goody goody.  Most people lose at least 5 lbs on the 5 day Reset Program and it looks like I am right on schedule. 

Yesterday was a little rough.  I wasn’t ever hungry, but I just felt kind of out of sorts.  I think it is my body adjusting to the balanced diet.  At any rate, I am feeling on top of the world today.  Energy and a clear mind - wonderful. 

For my vegetable yesterday, I had a little Chicken Almond Subgum Chinese food.  It is 95 percent vegetables and very low glycemic.  An apple, a snack bar  and 3 Nutrimeal shakes completed my days food intake.  This is a program that really fits my busy lifestyle, no cooking required.  You will find out as you continue to read my journal, that I do not cook much anymore. 

Today is Halloween.  I usually do not have a problem with sweets and candy ( my devil is pasta, breads, potatoes, chips, etc ), so I don’t expect to have a problem handing candy out to the little tikes Trick or Treating.  I will have a shake just before the first kids arrive; having a full stomach will help me resist.  For my vegetable today, I am having steamed broccoli, which I love.

If you would like to find out more about the program I am using, go to my website http://www.healthyeatingtoloseweight.com/.

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Well I finally got back on the scales today and it was not pretty.  What have I done? ? ?  At the beginning of this year, I lost 52 lbs and now, in just 5 months, I have put back on 20 lbs.   I told myself 5 months ago that I was going to spend a couple of months “maintaining” to let my body adjust to the weight loss before I continue on to my goal of losing 200 lbs.   Well I am not maintaining very well.  Looks like I am gaining about a pound a week.  It is so easy to fall back into that old lifestyle of unhealthy eating.

Here is a picture of me as I am today, hopefully I will be posting a “leaner” picture in a few months.

OK, so it’s decision time.  Back to my program, back to Usana.  It’s time to RESET my life again.   So today I am starting my 5 day RESET to get my system back into order and to lose the carb cravings.  I have been here before and I know that the first few days are kind of rough, my body is still calling for the bread, candy and chips.  But I know that in just 5 days,  I will feel so much better and will have lost the first 5 to 10 lbs.  Maybe writing this blog will help me this time.  To be able to express what I am going through.  I really hope that my experience will help someone else make the “Decision” to be lean and healthy. 

Today I am going to have 3 Nutrameal Shakes, 2 snack bars, 1 apple, a salad and of course try to drink at least 6 glasses of water.  I know that they all say 8 glasses, but I am just not able to get that much down.  One day at a time, that is how healthy habits are formed. 

I would love to hear for you.  It will really help me to know that others are going through the same thing.  Also if you would like to find out more about the program I am using, go to my website http://www.healthyeatingtoloseweight.com/. There are many very  good programs out there, this is just the one that seems to work for me.  The Usana Reset program fits my busy lifestyle and I think it is a very healthy program.