Round the bend ... and a bit further down the road: The Jenny Craig moment ..

Thursday, August 14, 2008

The Jenny Craig moment ..

I started Jenny Craig last Monday - it was one of those moments people talk about but you know I would think .. yeh OK then ..lol ..

Well anyway it's been brewing for a while .. I'd been thinking about it over the weekend how I'd do it .. how I'd adjust the grocery budget .. how I would tell my husband .. you know all the barriers .. just to make myself NOT do it

.. but on this morning I thought RIGHT .. after I dropped the Little Missy off .. I got in the car and drove straight to the Jenny Craig clinic .. and said I want to begin the program as soon as I can .. I expected them to make an appt with me and I'd come back .. but NO .. I was taken in to the consultation room .. and the consultand went through things with me .. and I was away ..

I think if I had to go back I wouldn't have done it .. and was soooo pleased with myself having made this first step to get my health back on track .. and to stop myself feeling sooo depressed and sorry for myself ..

I got myself here .. and no-one is going to be able to get me back on track to my health except myself ..

I seriously can't remember half of my answers to the questions the consultant asked me about the goals I have .. but I would love to look back when I'm nearer my goal to see what sort of mind-set I was in ...

So now 1 & 1/2 weeks in to it ... so far on Monday's weigh in .. I lost 2.5 kgs, now most of that is fluid, but if I keep up what I'm doing, it surely is going to help the steady weight loss.

I've had a couple of slips .. like on Monday, when something got me really down and I ate a 1/4 pack of Shapes crackers .. but in the past it would have been the whole packet!!!

Fruit and veges - well more fruit and veges are my friend ... I've found my eating wasn't too bad - except the odd emotional junk food eating .. it was more the portion sizes I was eating... maybe also I was eating while distracted you know a little bit here, a little bit here ...

Anyhoo .. determined this time .. jeepers I have to be ... to be in a healthy weight range .. and at the higher level of that .. I have (had) 19kg's to lose .. holy mackerel batman !!

But my first aim is 5kgs, 5 kgs to me is more manageable in my head! and told DH encouraging words would help!!! and after our wee talk on Friday things between us seem a lot better .. we will see tonite if he heads out!