My Progress

Today is November 23rd and I have now lost 10 lbs- I also broke a plateau that I have had a hard time breaking through - so Hurrah!! I wont lie to you or to me but it is not easy - the portions are for the birds - but I will keep chugging away at this. This week I had two meetings; typically in these meetings they bring in food - well guess what I did - I brought in my little red bag with my JC food, spread it out, took some of the salad that they had brought in, used my salad dressing, and i was good to go..

Tonight I am going to have 8 oz of wine, thats right I had to give up two fats today to drink this wine. I will tell you that I am savoring the flavor, and it is probably the longest it has ever taken me to drink one glass.

My Progress

Three weeks later and I have lost

8 lbs
1 inch from my waist
1 inch from my abdomen
1 inch from my hip

So what have I learned - We/Americans/Belizeans any "ans" our portions are too big. You can pretty much each most of the food you normally enjoy - obviously food high in fat, salt and carbs has to be balanced, but - as the saying goes "Calorie Counts" and it is all about how much you eat, and you need to move your ass. So I will give this a try

So far I survived a wedding, 3 weekends, and now the big test - is thanksgiving - I will be spending it in Belize, where I will come up against all my favorite foods.

The Day I was told I was "slightly obese

It is amazing that each day, each year you come to new realizations.
I participated in my company's wellness fair in the office in October and was told that my "numbers" were great - except percent of fat - based on those numbers I was "slightly obese" well the only thing I saw on that paper was the word "obese" and I went into a tailspin.
So you asked where have I been all this time? that now on a piece of paper I came to that realization. Don't know, but it shows that you need to get to that point no one can can get you there, but they can show you the way.
So what happened next? I was sharing with my daughter these results and realized that I was in total denial. I was confused, since I exercise everyday except Sundays, i do cardio, I lift weights and I eat healthy, except for wine, I like red wine, especially bold, big cabs.
Anyway Tara and I started to talk about me being "slightly obese" and obviously both her and Kirsten tried their best to convince me that I was not "obese" well - it didn't matter, it was now in my head. Next thing I know, Tara takes the laptop, and handed me the phone - in 1-2-3 she connected with Jenny Craig. So my journey to combat the word "obese" from a description of me has started.