November 2009

November 4, 2009 ~ Surviving Halloween...
Another week down, another pound lost. One thing is for sure...if you are consistent with your program, you will consistently be losing! I am staying off of the scale, which for me is a good thing. I now weigh once a week, which for me is enough. I have found that jumping on and off the scale drives me crazy. I am proud to say that I survived Halloween without going off track! I didn't buy any candy to hand out and I think that really helped. I bought giant candy bars to give the grandkids when they came over to show us their costumes and they were just fine with that! Now I have Thanksgiving and Christmas and all the parties that go with it to navigate through before the end of the year! I am excited and I know I can do this!! Here's to another great week!

November 11, 2009 ~ Off to the doctor...
and he was very pleased with my weight loss and my fasting lab that I did! My cholesterol was 156, Triglycerides-92, HDL-55, LDL-83. My blood pressure that is usually high was 114/84! I am hoping over the next few months that I can go off of my blood pressure medicine! He thinks that if I continue the way I have been that I will be able to do that! YEAH! I will go back in 3 months, and I am hoping that the doctor doesn't even recognize me by then! Wouldn't that be great? I KNOW I can do this! Being on Medifast has EMPOWERED me! I feel soooo good! Okay...off I go to get this day started!

November 18, 2009 ~ Still losing...
Another Wednesday is here and I am glad to report another loss of 1.5 pounds! YEAH! At times it seems like it is taking forever to get this weight off. But in reality, it isn't. If I hadn't started Medifast, I am sure that I would have gained weight, or gained and lost the same 5 pounds over and over again! With MF I am able to dream about what the future will be for me as far as my size is concerned. I know that I can do this...and that I will! I am so thankful for Medifast! It has literally changed my life! Here's to another great OP week!

November 25, 2009 ~ Surviving Thanksgiving and birthday dinners...
So close to being down 50 pounds, but not quite! Total lost in 19 weeks is 49 pounds! I'll take it! I really wanted to be down 50 pounds by Thanksgiving, but you know what? I am just fine with 49! I had a real challenge last night when we took our son out for his birthday supper. We went to a local mexican restaurant and I had planned on getting grilled chicken with a salad. I have gotten this before and so I knew I could stay on program. WELL....when I went to order my chicken, grilled with no oil added, I was told that they marinate all of their chicken in vegetable oil! This is a fairly new practice, and they have not changed the nutritional value of the food on their menu! I passed on the chicken, as they literally didn't have ANY chicken in that restaurant that wasn't covered in vegetable oil! I just had a salad with no cheese, no dressing, and no croutons! Then when I got home, I grilled some Jennie O Turkey burgers! It was a nice time and I felt so empowered walking out of that restaurant knowing that I had made smart choices! Thank you Medifast!!  Thanksgiving was interesting as well. I decided to have the local Kroger store cook our holiday dinner, so I wouldn't be tempted to ''taste'' everything as I was cooking it.  Our daughter brought dessert, and I had my Jennie O Turkey burgers, a salad and green beans!  It felt GREAT to have so much control over food!  YAY!