So here I go…again. Jan & Feb I took of 21 lbs I have been terribly wishy washy with my diet since March and have managed to put it all back on. I keep having stops and starts – nothing lasting over a week or 2. So in an attempt to get it together once and for all, last night I went and saw a nutritionist. She is part of a gym in our area, but the gym is part of the community hospital, so they have a large cardiac rehab, a nutritionist and all kinds of classes on diabetes and heart stuff. So it’s not like a Gold’s gym kind of thing. She is small, pretty and she glowed with a look of healthiness. Seems like all nutritionists have that glow. Anyway, I liked what she had to say. She plans on keeping me between 1600 – 1800 calories. She said my daily caloric expenditure was about 1600. She put together an exchange plan for me, mapping out 3 meals and 3 snacks and telling me how many carbs, protein, fats to have at each. In order to reduce my cholesterol, she wants me to get 20-30 grams of fiber a day. 70 oz. of water. She didn’t get on me about the vegetable thing, which I really liked. She had an attitude of let’s take what you like to eat and make a healthy diet out of it. She has clients that have been seeing her for a year or 2 who have lost over 100 lbs.
She put my goal weight at 183. Seemed high to me, but she said we’d adjust it when we got there. I would be sooooo thrilled to weigh 183. So we went and weighed…308.5. Ouch!!! On my scale this morning I was 301.5. But it was late in the day, I had all my clothes on (no shoes) and different scale. She said I’d need to pick a scale and I choose hers. She said she’d like to weigh once a month. ONCE A MONTH!!! I weigh twice a week – minimum!!! She said to watch how I feel and how my clothes fit. You know when your doing good. This way the daily or weekly ups and downs don’t get to you. I said “I’d try”. She said I could weigh weekly if I wanted. I think I’ll try the once a month thing and see. Maybe it’ll help me stick to it longer since I am not getting the results right away. That may prove to be the toughest part!!
It wasn’t very expensive - $40.00 for the 1st visit and $20.00 an hour after that. But if a meeting is only 30 min, then I only pay $10.00 (and most follow up visits are). So we scheduled to meet every other week.
Then as I was getting ready to go, I asked her about the Weight Management classes on the schedule for Tuesdays & Thursdays. She said that it was a 12 week program that was starting on Tuesday. As a group of about 10-12, you meet on Tuesdays with her and you have to turn in your food logs and she reviews them, then you work out (as a group in a separate area) with a personal trainer, and then on Thursdays you work out with a personal trainer. She called it “resistance” training, with bands & stuff. When I asked how much she said $192.00. For all 12 weeks!!!! Wow. Hmmmmm. Let’s look at this, seeing her twice a month, and following my plan best I can or seeing her every week and also seeing a personal trainer. What would someone who was really serious about weight loss choose. Pretty much a no brainer. Ahhh, but there is a catch. Tuesdays & Thursdays are not good days for me. Every other Tuesday I get my nails done. Every 2nd Tuesday is Bunko. Thursdays I go over my mom for Survivor, CSI and ER. Doing this would mean re-arranging my whole life. Worse even, it would mean NOT getting my nails done. For me, one of the few things that I truly enjoy is having nice nails. It’s my thing. I cannot justify being gone from Steve & Jacob twice a week and then take a 3rd day and get the nails done. But then I thought, what would look better, nice nails or Sandi THIN!!! Hmmmm, not much to think about. So last night I told my husband and my mom that I was going to turn our lives upside down and join the 12 week program. Hey – If you do what you’ve always done, your going to get what you’ve always got!!! No more!!!
So as I sit here filling out the paperwork, I’m scared. Scared of failing, scared of doing what I’ve always done. Lose, gain. When the program finishes, I will then switch back to seeing the Nutritionist twice a month. But I must try. I must be positive. I feel like I have chosen a very healthy path. Something that could and will be for life.
I know that one of the most important things will also be the support that I get from all of you. Gaining or losing, you guys are always there for me. Thank you for that!!
Wish me luck!!
Love Ya!!!!
I can see that baby dust floating above your head now!
