Life in the Fats Lane...

WOW!

2009-01-29T17:39:00.003-06:00

More later

Time to Close Out 2008 and create 2009

2009-01-02T20:52:00.000-06:00

COMING SOON!!!

Foods I love but choose not to eat

2008-12-22T17:10:00.006-06:00

This was a tough one. i forgot my Jenny Craig lunch today but I brought my snacks and extra calorie sandwich (i have to eat 2000 cal a day). Fortunately a coworker had a rather large banana the she shared with me so that tided me over sort of. The office manage got pizza for the office.

Pizza
Can you believe it.
I love pizza
Yummy gooey steamy hot pizza. Of course it was from one of my favorite pizza joints (they have incredible sausage pizza).
All you can eat.
I had none : (
It was very hard to resist.

However the office manager said, "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels"

I did it !!!

2008-12-19T09:41:00.005-06:00

Week One

I made it through week one
I lost 5lbs
walked 61000 steps
I ate all the Jenny Craig food and a shitload of fruits and veggies (pun intended)

I did have 2 itty bitty bites of Kringle and I totally didn't enjoy it.

My energy has increased.
Now the challenge will be to keep up the good work and add more physical activity to the regimen. Oh and Christmas is this week and that will be my first test of my new eating habits. I'll have two days where I won't be eating the food. I should be fine

I find the Jenny Craig food is actually quite tasty. I've eaten more fruit and vegetables in the week as I have in the past year and I'm loving it. Who knew?

I've feel like a caterpillar going into pupae stage. I'm focusing on becoming a hot sexy butterfly instead of a fat juicy grub.

Foods I love but choose not to eat

2008-12-15T14:07:00.004-06:00

Bacon

Now that I look at this picture, it looks kinda gross. EEEWE!

Bye Bye Bacon.

Not if I want to look like this
I'd rather have a slab of this than a slab of that.

It will certainly take a lot more than giving up bacon. And it might be that I can have bacon. but just not yet.

Jenny Jenny's got my number and it ain't 867-5309

2008-12-13T19:43:00.004-06:00

It's 290lbs

So I start Jenny Craig tomorrow. Don't know what to expect. I know how I am supposed to eat but I just don't which is so not good. I just don't eat often enough and I have one HUGE meal when I get home form work. I don't eat the proper foods either. My nutrition is horrible. I eat very little vegetables and fruit. I am hoping that with the change in diet, I'll have a rosier glow and my fingernails will smooth out.

Tomorrow my friend is loaning me his treadmill. I'm shooting for 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes after work. This will be a challenge but I am so game for it. I want everything life has to offer and I won't settle for anything less.

An old Confucian saying says, "The longest journey starts with the first step"
I am taking leaps.

So a little background

2008-12-10T11:15:00.006-06:00

I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago to get a note for work (what is it 5th grade or something). While I was waiting, the nurse came in to the exam room and took my blood pressure. Blood pressure was normal. She asked if I wanted to get weighed. I asked if it was normal procedure. She said no but it was something to do since I was waiting so long. I asked if the scale was calibrated. She said every morning it gets calibrated. So I got weighed. I was shocked. That scale must be broken. I was quite upset. She said have the doctor weigh me when he examines me, the scale was more accurate. Well suffice it to say the original weighing was correct. I weighed 50 lbs more than I thought. At least it explains the double chin

I now weigh 285lbs. That's 15lbs away from using a "special scale" AKA a truck stop scale. Now I'm 6'2" so I'm a big boned gal. I always thought I maintained my weight from between 230 and 250 and never thought I would be so close to 300lbs. This is what has set me on my "journey" after years of himmin and hawin. I'll get to it later. Nothing got me motivated to do something about it until I saw that 285 on the scale

The other thing is I'm 41, gay and single. Oh and did I mention I have some hair loss. Not a whole lot going for me some would think. This is one of the reasons I'm keeping this blog is so I can be an inspiration to guys or people in general who may be in the same boat.

I hope to include photos of my progress. My thoughts on the process. This will be my recepticle for everthing I face through this journey.

Wish me Luck
K

My Declaration

2008-12-10T11:03:00.002-06:00

I saw this a few months ago on Ovation TV. I had to go to London to get the CD. I'm going to use this song to help motivate me through my journey.
This is Tom Baxter - My Declaration (from Later...with Jools Holland)

Coming soon

2008-11-23T12:26:00.000-06:00

This will be filled with my journey to loose at least 50 lbs.