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13 July 2007

I hate waiting a whole week to weigh in again. I feel like I'm doing so well so I want to hop on the scales daily to see those numbers go down! But, I'm resisting.

Another thing I'm resisting is cake. One of my coworkers is a wonderful, beautiful lady who happen to be naturally very skinny and is also 6 months pregnant - I look more pregnant than she does though! Anyway, she bought a cake for some morning tea and I turned it down, then told her I was on a role cause I'd lost 1.7kg last week and she was nice and congratulated me and was genuinely happy for me. I haven't told anyone except my husband that I'm doing JC, so its all a big secret!

I got home early from work last night so was able to go for a run in daylight (normally I get home at the end of twilight), so that was great. I actually jogged for 10 whole minutes without stopping, and then broke it up into 2 x 5 minute jogs cause I had to do 3 sets, but was running out of daylight. I didn't even have to put my breathing up (normally I do 1 breath in for 3 steps, then 1 breath out for 3 steps etc, but if I'm having a hard time, I drop it back to 1 breath every 2 steps). I kept up with my 3 step level easily.

So far this week I have exercised 2 out of 3 days, so I'm happy with that. Its Friday evening at the moment, so now I have to concentrate on improving my weekend. I hope it won't be too hard - I'm not going out anywhere and drinking alcohol, so that's good start. I'm catching up with my sister in law, so I hope she doesn't invite me over for dinner or drinks or anything (that sounds mean, but you all know what I mean!).

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10 July 2007

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
90.4 kg	1.6 kg	25.4 kg	Reasonably Well

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08 July 2007

I love Jenny!!! Seriously, its working well for me and the food is so delicious. Well, most of it. I had Sour Cream & Chives pasta for lunch today and that was the first thing I wasn't keen on. I'm not supposed to weigh myself until Tuesday, but I've cheated and weighed myself today... I'VE LOST 1.7KG!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know the first week is supposed to have a big loss, but that's cool. I'm happy to slow down to a 1kg/week loss.

I've had a bit of a stumble though. On Friday night, we had farewell drinks for someone who is going on 9 months leave, and that turned into an all nighter at the pub... I had a hot dog for tea as well. Not good. The next day, I was hungover BADLY. Even sipping water turned my stomach. Finally though, when I felt up to eating, I was thinking about going to the deli and getting a hot dog with the lot (cheese, onion, bacon). I thought about that for a while, then decided that a cheese and vegemite sandwich on soy and linssed bread would probably make me feel just as good, if not better than if I ate a hot dog. So, while that wasn't on my menu, that's what I had and I feel that was a much wiser decision that the hot dog.

Today I went to get the newspaper (and I walked my dogs to the shop instead of driving! Yay for me). My breakfast was supposed to be wholemeal pancakes, so I thought I'd go to my mother-in-law's to see if she had a lemon I could have (lemon juice on pancakes is nice!). But I got busy helping her do some paving and digging and didn't get around to having breakfast. I had my planned lunch and snack though, so its not like I've gone hungry. See what my consultant says on Tuesday.

I haven't kept up with my City to Bay training schedule this week, but I've still exercised. I did the training on Tuesday night (well most of it - it started pouring with rain so I kinda had to go inside, plus I was getting a little freaked out running in the dark by myself). On Wednesday night I did taekwondo and we did lots of running there which absolutely wore me out. Trouble was that I mustn't have stretched my calf muscles properly cause they were sore for 3 days afterwards. No joke. But its all good now and I've done a lot of exercise today, walking the dogs around town, paving and digging, and also doing kiddy aerobics (lifting my 2 year old nephew up and down like he's a big frog - great for my arms!).

I'm trying hard not to get sick of garden salad. And I didn't realise how expensive all this Jenny Craig stuff is. Its working though. Pity its taking up most of my pay!! Hopefully hubby will give me a nice reward at the end - hmm, a $1000 shopping spree? I'll have to work on him! :)

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03 July 2007

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
92 kg	0 kg	27 kg	Not Applicable

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30 June 2007

Well, here I go again.

That's what it feels like, but to be honest, I'm very excited. I think the Jenny Craig program will suit me very well. When I was doing Weight Watchers, I struggled a lot with food. And I'm the kind of person who loves anything quick or anything where I don't really have to do a lot - so pre-prepared meals will be wonderful for me. I actually like exercise, I'm just lazy and make excuses.

But this year I've decided to do the Adelaide City To Bay fun run. I'm not out to win it of course, I just want to be able to say I've done it. I've done the first week of training and have actually loved it. James (husband) has been very supportive with me. It takes me half an hour to drive home from work, so by the time I get home and get changed, its usually dark. James has been coming out with me to keep me company and to time me. Its really nice to have his support. I know he's proud of me. And I'm proud of me too.

I'm psyched about starting up the program, but I'm also embarrassed. I live in a small country town where everyone knows everyone else's business, and cause I work in a different town, all my Jenny stuff is being delivered to the supermarket and I'll pick it up after work. The supermarket manager is a bit of a snob and does WW (well, at least she used to - I don't know if she does it anymore. She doesn't look like she's lost much weight). And also there are some "cool" people who work in the supermarket and I'm just really self conscious about it. I've been teased all my life and I'm just scared this is more ammunition for them.

I'm determined to make this work:
1 - I'm 22. I'm only going to be young once.
2 - It costs a lot of money, so I don't want to waste that.
3 - I want to prove people wrong. And myself. I want to prove I can do this and I'm worthy of being at a healthy weight.
4 - In the next few years, James and I will start thinking about starting a family - I don't want any problems that are caused by my weight, and I want to be able to give our kids the best start possible and teach them good habits right from the start.
5 - I don't want to have health problems when I'm older and know that its all my fault cause I never lost the weight.

I'd like to save a bit of money each week so that when I reach my goal weight I can go out and buy lots of new clothes, but all this Jenny stuff is a bit expensive for me. I'll see how I go.

Can't wait for Monday!!!

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