Peekaboo!!! I bet you all thought I had fallen off the wagon and forgotten about you or about the fact that I am fat. You would be wrong. I have thought about it a lot...but I have been distracted by summer vacation coming to a close and the last minute fun with friends and family. This really has been an incredible summer for me....I have not only seen so many wonderful friends but I have really become comfortable with who I am and what this entire journey is to me and for me. I have dropped 4.2 lbs since the first weigh in so total that is 6.6 lbs and my next appointment is next week Wednesday. The one thing that is different is that I have moved from only the prepared Jenny meals to eating those only for lunch. I figured it was time to involve my love for the kitchen to make my love of food healthier.
I find myself always asking people for fun recipes or having friends recommend things to me...some good and some ..well let's just just " less good".
Several weeks ago I get a text from one friend telling me about miracle noodles..which I know Hungry Girl does also recommend so I thought this has got to be amazing. It was described to me to taste just like ramen noodles with zero calories....FYI...that would only be if fish crawled into your ramen noodles and DIED. To each their own but I would rather just not have noodles at all. There are plenty of wonderful snacks ....like the animal crackers we found at Trader Joe's on vacation...shaped like letters so not only can you work on your vocabulary but you can eat about 15 of them and not blink and eye :) This is important for me because my bridesmaids dress arrived and it DOESN'T fit. As the bride described it..." it looks really flattering except that you look like you have a third boob". Umm thanks....I'll describe it further...that third boob looks saggy!! If your dress comes and doesn't fit is your fat tax refundable? I mean seriously that is like adding insult to injury. That will $30 extra dollars and a little shame please...I bet they said it with a smile though! In my defense they sent a smaller size than I ordered so matters could be worse. When I am thin AND beautiful I will look back on this and laugh but I can assure you when it was happening it was far less amusing than it sounds. Guess the joke was on me!
So here is an idea of how the conversions work on Jenny Craig for a 1200 Calorie diet...I am on the 1500 plan. I like plans to be bigger and longer. College for instance. I am on the 20 year plan and will be finishing early! On Jenny Craig the calories are a factor but the conversions are really what is important...and always remember your correct portion size and to limit the fat. The image at the beginning outlines a sample menu. Pay attention to the bottom chart that lists the food groups and daily limits. Personally I struggle with eating all of the food on here. I probably would be down even more if I followed more strictly but I am not perfect...as shocking as that sounds even to me. We all have it in us to be strong...find an area of your life that you are tough in...we all have them and then think about where that strength comes from and convert it over to your weight goals. Willpower may be a bitch but it's not an unattainable one ;) Happy Losing!!!
