Two weeks already? Time has gone by so fast. After last week's weigh-in, I was so excited. But this week, I learned a lot of things. And, trust me, my learning isn't over with yet.
Since I had lost 11 pounds my first week, I thought I had it "altogether" with the program - that I knew what to eat, when to eat it, etc., without having to track my foods and look at my meal planner. Well, while I feel that I do know what to eat and when to eat it, tracking is a MUST! After a few days of not recording what I had been eating, I felt like I was lost a bit. I mean I did eat what was listed in my meal planner and I didn't eat anymore, but I could not go back and look at that days plan a few days from now if I had any questions or wanted to change some things. Does that make sense or did I just totally confuse you? I had no record of what I ate in case I needed to change my meals later on. So I started back to recording every single meal, snack, dessert before I ate it so there would be no problems or questions down the road. (I almost confused myself on that one).
Another thing that I learned was to NOT WEIGH MYSELF DAILY! And yes I am shouting because I want all of you who are on a weight loss program to NOT do this. The scales can be very discouraging and that could ultimately effect your diet progress. I had been following the plan exactly as mapped out in the meal planner and was not seeing any movement in the scale. I did this every day and one day, it showed that I had gained 8 pounds! Oh my goodness! I was thinking to myself that I had been following the plan exactly and that if I am going to gain weight then maybe I shouldn't even try...B-U-T... I talked myself out of it as being water weight, etc., because I knew there was NO WAY I could have actually gained 8 pounds. And then the next day came and a "visitor" had came (I am chuckling as I type this because I cannot believe I am putting this on my blog for the whole world to see)...you ladies know what I am talking about - the monthly visitor (still chuckling)....It had all made sense then. No wonder the scale wasn't moving much and no wonder I had been having some crazy readings. So I will just be weighing myself once-a-week (twice at most - maybe mid-week) and at the same time every time to ensure an accurate reading.
I also learned that the Nutrisystem support is wonderful! I was freaking out about the scale not moving and I just posted on their Facebook page and they answered me quickly. Plus I sent an email to my Nutrisystem rep, Meredith (who is totally fantastic) and she gave me some advice along with encouragement. I could've called the support number on the phone or even through their website. They really offer the most outstanding support and answer center that I have ever seen! I think that is very important to a person's success.
And not to mention, one of my very good friends has been such a load of encouragement. (Thank you Angela)....
Some of my favorite foods this week have been the maple brown sugar oatmeal for breakfast, the Caesar salad dressing with chicken for lunch (this stuff is amazing), and I loved the chili with beans for dinner. The desserts/snacks are getting limited because I ordered a few that I didn't care for and I orderem in multiples - eek...But I did have a Chocolate Crunch Bar and it is delicious! I will be ordering mostly chocolate for my desserts this time...and like I said previously, I was never a chocolate person but they have some delicious chocolates!!!
Okay - enough rambling....My weight loss (and yes I did say loss) for this week was 0.6 pounds. I am satisfied because I know that I have lost more and that there is a lot of bloating and things going on...lol...so be prepared for a knockout weigh-in next week! Plus, I am going to start exercising and going to measure myself because sometimes the scale won't move but you will have still lost inches. Good luck to everyone this week and don't get discouraged by numbers. This is a journey and I am sure going to enjoy reaching my destination!
Week 1: -11 pounds
Week 2: -0.6 pounds
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Two week weight loss total: 11.6 pounds
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