OK I have been on this for 3 weeks and have lost a whopping 6 pounds. I know that works out to be 2 lbs a week but c'mon....I see so many people having these great early losses...I am really feeling discouraged and BLEW THE DIET today with pizza and wings. I am rational enough to know it was emotional eating...I am also awaiting some testing in a couple days that has me kind of worried about my health and that is kind of eating at my mind (no pun intended)
I write it down beforehand, I plan my meals but really...I am a nurse and I work busy 12h shifts...I don't always have time to sit and eat when I am hungry and I really can't figure out how to get those 5 or 6 little meals in when I sometimes have barely enough time to go to the bathroom! I try to explain this to them at the center...they are clueless. One girl said yeah, I work 10 hour days here and its rough. Hello dear....if you just SIT DOWN you have it better than I do!
I drink as much as I can, I do my very best. Today was the first official cheat and I know that a little shaking things up can actually help. Not that I am kidding myself that thre pieces of pizza and four wings is going to make me lose weight lol.
I spent the first week starving and thinking I would never get enough to eat. The second week thinking maybe I can do it, and the third week feeling sort of okay. Now here I am and I am just bummed. Yeah, 6 pounds is almost 10 and my jeans are baggy and my scrubs fit better. But its just not what I expected for the money I invested.
I go in that center and I see all those pictures just lining the wall...its pressure. Now they want me to try their CLA pills. I love that they don't know what they are talking about. They are NOT proven in any large study to help and they have been related to a slight increase in cholesterol and fatty liver. Also, if people are prone to diabetes it can increase insulin resistance. I can talk about it til I'm blue in the face and will just get a blank look and a sales pitch. (Have you tried our mint chocolate bars?)
I am just not happy right now. I believe that the eating plan is great but the sales pitch and the weigh ins are a drag. Who needs to get weighed 2 or 3 times a week???? That only sets you up to feel bad. I was excited for the last weigh-in, got there, lost only 2 tenths of a pound and left wanting to cry.
Maybe I am getting hormonal again. I might be since the darn Lites taste good to me these days.
I don't know...I run my butt of four days a week at work, spend my days off cleaning the house and tutoring nursing students (my second job). I can't find time to add an exercise plan and frankly, joining a gym isn't in the budget right now. I'll walk more when the weather clears if I can.
I don't know what to do!!!!