Well I hit my bike goal, so I had a new goal in mind, but then I realized that goal had nothing to do with my life except it was an even number, so I came up with a new goal.
In 2004 I went to Jenny Craig in desperation. I was out of control (like when am I not?) and I desperately wanted to lose weight. They did the intake and I got on the scale and started crying like a baby when I saw how much I weighed. I couldn't believe that I could weigh so much and I was inconsolable. I think at the time they were wondering if maybe I was a crazy person, but I did eventually stop crying.
That was 16 pounds from where I am at now. I am sure if I got on the scale tomorrow and weighed that I would be jumping for joy not crying like a baby, it is amazing what 17 years can bring about. I did lose weight on Jenny Craig, but I wasn't as dedicated to that program as I am to this.
After I had lost the initial 20 pounds on Jenny Craig, after I would go and weigh in at Jenny Craig, get my food, I would go across the street to the grocery store and buy 6 donuts to celebrate my weekly weight loss. And that is all I would do to go off the diet in the beginning. I would eat those six donuts and the next day I would be right back on the diet. Every week I would lose a pound or two, but after a couple of months those weekly donuts started to add up to biweekly donuts. Then my counselor got fired, so I just quit the program. I had lost 43 pounds and I was swimming and walking and exercising, but then I didn't have Jenny Craig, and I didn't have free time, so the weight started to come back ... I never really dieted after that until October 12, 2010 when this blog did start...But the truth is in the pudding, you really can't have lapses and think you will have long term weight loss. So there.
In 2004 I went to Jenny Craig in desperation. I was out of control (like when am I not?) and I desperately wanted to lose weight. They did the intake and I got on the scale and started crying like a baby when I saw how much I weighed. I couldn't believe that I could weigh so much and I was inconsolable. I think at the time they were wondering if maybe I was a crazy person, but I did eventually stop crying.
That was 16 pounds from where I am at now. I am sure if I got on the scale tomorrow and weighed that I would be jumping for joy not crying like a baby, it is amazing what 17 years can bring about. I did lose weight on Jenny Craig, but I wasn't as dedicated to that program as I am to this.
After I had lost the initial 20 pounds on Jenny Craig, after I would go and weigh in at Jenny Craig, get my food, I would go across the street to the grocery store and buy 6 donuts to celebrate my weekly weight loss. And that is all I would do to go off the diet in the beginning. I would eat those six donuts and the next day I would be right back on the diet. Every week I would lose a pound or two, but after a couple of months those weekly donuts started to add up to biweekly donuts. Then my counselor got fired, so I just quit the program. I had lost 43 pounds and I was swimming and walking and exercising, but then I didn't have Jenny Craig, and I didn't have free time, so the weight started to come back ... I never really dieted after that until October 12, 2010 when this blog did start...But the truth is in the pudding, you really can't have lapses and think you will have long term weight loss. So there.
Amen!
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Boy, I thought Jennie Craig was longer ago than that!
ReplyDeleteI remember the food & wonder if we still have some of the dry food around, "packrats 'r us".
It was 1994 NOT 2004 (hey, what's 10 years) & you were also swimming.
Swimming this summer is on the agenda as is walking!
Love,
TLL/TSH/TH