~ How I Lost the Weight! ~

Welcome! This is the page where you will find out how I took off the 60 pounds in 4 months!

Im so glad that your here!

The day was October 15, 1999 when I decided enough was enough. I wanted to chase my kids at the park and enjoy them. But at the weight I was at, there was just no way. My sister Vickie was pregnant and due with their second baby. I decided that when she had the baby I would try to lose some weight with her because I just knew that she was going to get back down to her pre pregnancy weight.

We decided to go to Jenny Craig. I was basically familiar with the program, I went there in 1993. When we got there, they weighed us, and after I got on the scale, I was in shock. I weighed 190 pounds. For me, this was just crazy. This was the biggest I have ever been NOT pregnant! But I was still excited about starting the program and signed up.

The first week was basic, I started eating Jenny food and I had no trouble staying on the plan. The next week, we went back to weigh in and buy more food. I had lost 9 pounds my first week! I couldn’t believe it! I attribute most of this weight loss due to not drinking any soda. I was a serious soda addict and I just had to have it. My body really retains water while drinking soda. I recommend everyone to stop drinking soda to lose weight. I dont even drink Diet soda when trying to lose weight.

Okay, so the following week I started to work out lightly and I ate Jenny food. The following week, we went back to weigh in, and I had only lost 2 pounds. That is actually GREAT, but I wanted to lose quicker. Lord, grant me more patience! Anyway, that week when we went back, I had a hard time paying the money for the food. As you know, losing weight can be pretty costly. On the Jenny program, you eat 3 small meals a day with 3 snacks. Which is GREAT because it boasts you metabolism. I thought to myself, if the 3 small meals I buy from Jenny are frozen, I wonder how much money I could save if I bought frozen weight watcher meals or budget gourmet. So I went to the grocery store and to my surprise, I could get the food much cheaper, and that was INCLUDING fresh veggies and healthy snacks.

So I was on my own. I knew that if I could get it cheaper at the store then Jenny had to go. So I quit. And I started to buy frozen entrees from the grocery store. I followed the plan just like Jenny Craig taught me but did it more than half-cheaper!

My menu goes something like this:

1. Breakfast: (Around 7 AM for me) 1 whole bagel with fat free butter spray with lowfat or fat free yogurt. Or sometimes for breakfast I will have a cereal bar that is low fat with some fruit. Im not too big on breakfast and this meal is not an easy one to choke down.

2. Snack: (Around 10 AM) A piece of fruit or a protein bar. Some people like to drink shakes, but I don’t. I like consistency. Food is too good to me to pass up! Basically anything FAT FREE or Low fat is OK for a snack. Just remember Portion counts!

   

3. Lunch: (About 12 PM) This is where the low fat frozen meals come into play. I will have a budget gourmet meal, weight watcher, or lean cuisine. They are very tasty and on average they consume about 5-9 fat grams each. With that meal, I would have a salad with low fat salad dressing and most of the time, I would add 2 pieces of plain wheat bread. (I love my wheat bread!)

   

4. Snack: (About 3 PM) Here I would do what I did with the first snack. Sometimes, depending on the mood I was in, I would have some pretzels or a hand full of Snackwell chocolate chip cookies. (I’m a woman, I need the chocolate, what can I say?!)

   

5. Dinner: (About 5 PM) I would have Basically the same as lunch, but added other things as well. For example, if I’m making steak, veggies, and a baked potato for my family, I might have a small baked potato and veggies with my lean cuisine. I will usually have 2 pieces of bread with my meal. I like to eat the frozen meals because I can count how many fat grams and calories I’m consuming. That is why I choose NOT to eat what I make for the family. This was I can chart what kind of a day I’ve had.

   

6. Snack: (Around 7 PM) Here it was a free for all. Fat free pudding cup, fat free Jell-O. What ever my little heart desired as long as it was low fat or fat free.

   

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