Now, I didn't say 6 weeks down, 2 to go cause I actually have no idea how many weeks we really have left. We ended up getting an additional week of free food and Scott went a whole week without the food, so we probably have at least 3 more weeks of this food left, which is okay in my book!
Scott spent an entire week in Chicago this week with buffets and Giordano's pizza so I was anxious to see what his total weight loss would be for these two weeks. In addition, I may or may not have taken Thursday night off this week to possibly eat a Cheesy and a Crisp Pinto from Amigos followed by a chocolate chip cookie from The Cookie Company. Hey, I was in Lincoln and my family MADE me eat these things while we were at the mall. FORCED me to. Okay, not really, but in my head they did. But, I haven't had Amigos in forever. I was also anxious to see what my weight loss would be as I spent three days in Lincoln and didn't weigh myself once. Self-control!
As I see our stock pile of food dwindle down very slowly, I am excited and nervous at the same time. Most of the suppers are the same type of food and taste the same with the exception of the title on the box and the breakfasts are always a bit "chewy" if you get a scone or muffin of the sort. I am looking forward to real food again, but nervous about the choices we are going to make, so we will really need to push each other. We didn't spend all this money and work so hard to lose all this weight just to gain it all back. I will not stand for it! So we got to stick to the portion sizes, still eat dairy, protein, fruit, and veggies at the same time every day and I think we will be fine. We might even feel healthier as some of this food has a lot of preservatives.
So, here we go. Our weight loss after 6 weeks:
Scott: -18 lbs 2 lbs away from weight loss goal
Jessica: -12 lbs 11 lbs away from weight loss goal
If you remember correctly, I had reported that Scott had passed the 20 lb. mark last week, but enter in buffets and Giordano's pizza all week and there is your answer for gaining back the two pounds. I didn't quite lose the five pounds I was hoping to, but it was close! So, we will just keep trucking along. My goal for these next two weeks is to pass the weight I was before pregnancy and I don't even care if it's by 0.1! I am not quite on track for where I was hoping to be at this point, but it doesn't mean I'm going to stop once we are done with this food. We are just beginning this healthy new journey!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Tip: Tomatoes!
Tip can be found by clicking here.
Tomato photo courtesy of here.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Topic: Milestones
I know I said that I wouldn't post our results for another two weeks, but Scott and I both hit some major milestones within a day of each other! Scott has officially lost 20 lbs as of yesterday and when I weighed myself today, I have passed 10 lbs of weight loss! All in 4 1/2 weeks. Pretty awesome. I'm still hoping to have the goal of at least 5 lbs lost during these two weeks so I can be at my pre-pregnancy weight. Let's do this!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Recipe: Grilled Chicken Salad
As you had seen before, I get to have a Dairy or Protein for lunch. What a better way to go about this then to make a Grilled Chicken Salad. You can basically have salad at any meal so we decided to put this pairing together. We had some frozen chicken breasts in the freezer and decided to grill them all up and use them for salads for the week. There are ways to make Nutrisystem "more bearable" and this is definitely one of those ways. Mine is on the left and Scott's is on the right. I did a handful of salad, cucumbers, chicken and drizzled it with Kraft Fat Free Caesar Italian Dressing. Scott doubled his salad to a couple handfuls with chicken and Kraft Fat Free Ranch dressing. Chicken never tasted so good.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Topic: Nutrisystem- Halfway Done!
We are officially halfway through our Nutrisystem plan and things are still going good! Scott had been doing so great that he felt comfortable going off the plan a little bit as he had lunches for work he had to attend to. He has also had a juicy burger from Red Robin and I got a salad there. You gotta have a meal or two outside the system or you might go crazy. Just make sure what you are eating is healthy or the same portion as what would be in your Nutrisystem meal. I have only had two meals the entire time outside the plan. One was supper for my mom's bday and that salad from Red Robin.
It takes about a third of the time it normally does to go to the grocery store, which has been nice. You look for vegetables, dairy, and fruits, and you are basically done. Hy-vee had an amazing sale on their yogurt ($.29) so I got a month's worth of them. When you get a deal, go for it!
I was going to start writing every week after the last post, but both Scott and I were sick last week, so neither of us worked out the entire week. I was so disappointed in my weight loss that I didn't want to write about it. I was just banking on getting better and back on track this week, which I did! It was no additional 6 lbs, but it was something. You can't expect perfection all the time, but you can at least try to be better than you were the day before. At least that is what I tell myself. The fact that I didn't lose much weight last week really just tells you how important exercise is to your weight loss goals. So get off that couch!
I am still going to the class on Tuesday nights at our church unless Scott has to work late, which happens more than we would both like. We had been doing mainly Turbo Jam workouts, but the teacher has strayed and we have been doing some workouts that she created, which have been just as effective. One of the things that the creator of Turbo Jam always says is that you might not feel like working out, but just think about how good you feel when you are done. That should get you motivated!
Even though I didn't get a chance to work out at all last week, I am still happy with my progress because that is weight that probably would still be there if it weren't for our new eating habits. I haven't really had any cravings for much food outside the system so it has made it easy. The only thing I have wanted was Death By Garlic. I could seriously eat that every day.
So here we are at the end of month one, and we are sitting pretty good! My goal weight loss after one month was 10 lbs. and I probably could have gotten there with a few more workouts last week, but that just means that I need to work even harder this next month. I'm up for the challenge!
Total weight loss after one month on Nutrisystem:
Scott: -16 lbs 4 lbs away from weight loss goal
Jessica: -8.6 lbs 14.4 lbs away from weight loss goal
I was so close to that 10 lb. mark and I can not wait to get there! We will be getting an extra week of food because my food didn't end up shipping correctly so I have had to eat Scott's food (which is exactly the same). They wanted to make sure that I was able to supplement Scott's food from what I took, so they are sending a free week which we will share!
I will be reporting back in two weeks regarding our results and my goal is to get past that 10 lb. weight mark. And, if I lose about another 5 lbs, I will be at my pre-pregnancy weight! Scott's goal is to also lose another 5 lbs. So here is to shedding another 5 lbs each in two weeks- and we WILL do it!
It takes about a third of the time it normally does to go to the grocery store, which has been nice. You look for vegetables, dairy, and fruits, and you are basically done. Hy-vee had an amazing sale on their yogurt ($.29) so I got a month's worth of them. When you get a deal, go for it!
I was going to start writing every week after the last post, but both Scott and I were sick last week, so neither of us worked out the entire week. I was so disappointed in my weight loss that I didn't want to write about it. I was just banking on getting better and back on track this week, which I did! It was no additional 6 lbs, but it was something. You can't expect perfection all the time, but you can at least try to be better than you were the day before. At least that is what I tell myself. The fact that I didn't lose much weight last week really just tells you how important exercise is to your weight loss goals. So get off that couch!
I am still going to the class on Tuesday nights at our church unless Scott has to work late, which happens more than we would both like. We had been doing mainly Turbo Jam workouts, but the teacher has strayed and we have been doing some workouts that she created, which have been just as effective. One of the things that the creator of Turbo Jam always says is that you might not feel like working out, but just think about how good you feel when you are done. That should get you motivated!
Even though I didn't get a chance to work out at all last week, I am still happy with my progress because that is weight that probably would still be there if it weren't for our new eating habits. I haven't really had any cravings for much food outside the system so it has made it easy. The only thing I have wanted was Death By Garlic. I could seriously eat that every day.
So here we are at the end of month one, and we are sitting pretty good! My goal weight loss after one month was 10 lbs. and I probably could have gotten there with a few more workouts last week, but that just means that I need to work even harder this next month. I'm up for the challenge!
Total weight loss after one month on Nutrisystem:
Scott: -16 lbs 4 lbs away from weight loss goal
Jessica: -8.6 lbs 14.4 lbs away from weight loss goal
I was so close to that 10 lb. mark and I can not wait to get there! We will be getting an extra week of food because my food didn't end up shipping correctly so I have had to eat Scott's food (which is exactly the same). They wanted to make sure that I was able to supplement Scott's food from what I took, so they are sending a free week which we will share!
I will be reporting back in two weeks regarding our results and my goal is to get past that 10 lb. weight mark. And, if I lose about another 5 lbs, I will be at my pre-pregnancy weight! Scott's goal is to also lose another 5 lbs. So here is to shedding another 5 lbs each in two weeks- and we WILL do it!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Topic: Nutrisystem Men's Plan
One of the great things about doing Nutrisystem is the fact that Scott and I are able to do it together. Neither of us have any self control when it comes to food so if only one of us was on the plan and the other was eating like we regularly do, the one on the plan would have "cheated", oh on say, day two. That is why we needed to do this and do this together.
I was reading something yesterday (can't remember where now) that really struck me. The message was that there is a huge difference between going on a diet and eating healthy. When a person goes on a diet, it means at some point they will get off of that diet and return to their regular habits. This is where it goes downhill again. That person will live with a vicious cycle of dieting>> losing weight >> going back to regular habits >> gaining weight >>dieting, and so on. We need to be able to figure out what is healthy and stick to it so you aren't doing that to your body. I think Nutrisystem is really teaching us a lot about what we should put in our bodies, the amounts we should put, and the times of day we should be eating.
I had posted the Women's Plan earlier, so here is what Scott gets to eat everyday:
Nutrisystem Men's Plan:
Breakfast
Nutrisystem Breakfast Entree
Dairy or Protein
Fruit
Carbohydrate
Morning Snack
Dairy or Protein
Fruit
Lunch
Nutrisystem Lunch Entree
Vegetable
Vegetable
Afternoon Snack
Nutrisystem Snack/Dessert Entree
Dinner
Nutrisystem Dinner Entree
Fruit of Vegetable
Vegetable
Vegetable
Carbohydrate
Fat
Dessert
Nutrisystem Dessert Entree
You will notice the main differences between the two are that Scott gets a morning snack and gets to add two carbohydrates to his day. So, they get to eat more AND lose twice as much weight. Uggghhh men.
I was reading something yesterday (can't remember where now) that really struck me. The message was that there is a huge difference between going on a diet and eating healthy. When a person goes on a diet, it means at some point they will get off of that diet and return to their regular habits. This is where it goes downhill again. That person will live with a vicious cycle of dieting>> losing weight >> going back to regular habits >> gaining weight >>dieting, and so on. We need to be able to figure out what is healthy and stick to it so you aren't doing that to your body. I think Nutrisystem is really teaching us a lot about what we should put in our bodies, the amounts we should put, and the times of day we should be eating.
I had posted the Women's Plan earlier, so here is what Scott gets to eat everyday:
Nutrisystem Men's Plan:
Breakfast
Nutrisystem Breakfast Entree
Dairy or Protein
Fruit
Carbohydrate
Morning Snack
Dairy or Protein
Fruit
Lunch
Nutrisystem Lunch Entree
Vegetable
Vegetable
Afternoon Snack
Nutrisystem Snack/Dessert Entree
Dinner
Nutrisystem Dinner Entree
Fruit of Vegetable
Vegetable
Vegetable
Carbohydrate
Fat
Dessert
Nutrisystem Dessert Entree
You will notice the main differences between the two are that Scott gets a morning snack and gets to add two carbohydrates to his day. So, they get to eat more AND lose twice as much weight. Uggghhh men.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Topic: Nutrisystem Women's Plan
So, as I had mentioned before, women and men have two different plans suited to what will help them lose weight the best. Scott gets one additional Nutrisystem snack/dessert and gets to add carbohydrates to his day. The only times I am allowed a piece of bread is with the Turkey Hot Dogs, which are one of my favorites, or with either the Chicken or Tuna Salad. So after all is said and done with this, I am really going to cut back on my bread intake because I really don't need it. Here is the women's plan laid out for the day:
Breakfast What I might have
Nutrisystem Breakfast Entree Blueberry Pancakes
Dairy or Protein 1 Fried Egg
Fruit 1/2 cup of 100% Cranberry juice
Lunch
Nutrisystem Lunch Entree Fettuccini Alfredo
Vegetable 1 cup of Romaine lettuce
Vegetable 1/2 cup of asparagus
Dairy or Protein 1/4 cup of cottage cheese
Afternoon Snack
Dairy or Protein 1 container of lowfat yogurt
Fruit 15 grapes
Dinner
Nutrisystem Dinner Entree Cheese and Spinach Ravioli
Vegetable 1/2 cup of cucumbers
Vegetable 1/2 cup of green beans
Vegetable or Fruit Half a medium banana
Fat Small spoonful of peanut butter
Dessert
Nutrisystem Dessert Entree Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar
So there ya go. The packet of information given to you gives portion sizes for each veggie, fruit, dairy or protein so you don't have to worry about eating too much of something that could ruin your diet. You can see though that I basically have an entire plateful of food so it's not so bad! Sometimes we get lazy and only do one vegetable cause it is a lot to supplement and prepare all the time. You can also add 2 tbsp of fat free dressing to any salad that you make and salad could be the vegetable for any of your meals. Scott and I both have the Nutrisystem apps on our phones where we are able to keep track of all this as well. And yes, just like they say in the ads, I do have chocolate every single day! Their desserts are amazing!
Breakfast What I might have
Nutrisystem Breakfast Entree Blueberry Pancakes
Dairy or Protein 1 Fried Egg
Fruit 1/2 cup of 100% Cranberry juice
Nutrisystem Lunch Entree Fettuccini Alfredo
Vegetable 1 cup of Romaine lettuce
Vegetable 1/2 cup of asparagus
Dairy or Protein 1/4 cup of cottage cheese
Afternoon Snack
Dairy or Protein 1 container of lowfat yogurt
Fruit 15 grapes
Dinner
Nutrisystem Dinner Entree Cheese and Spinach Ravioli
Vegetable 1/2 cup of cucumbers
Vegetable 1/2 cup of green beans
Vegetable or Fruit Half a medium banana
Fat Small spoonful of peanut butter
Nutrisystem Dessert Entree Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar
So there ya go. The packet of information given to you gives portion sizes for each veggie, fruit, dairy or protein so you don't have to worry about eating too much of something that could ruin your diet. You can see though that I basically have an entire plateful of food so it's not so bad! Sometimes we get lazy and only do one vegetable cause it is a lot to supplement and prepare all the time. You can also add 2 tbsp of fat free dressing to any salad that you make and salad could be the vegetable for any of your meals. Scott and I both have the Nutrisystem apps on our phones where we are able to keep track of all this as well. And yes, just like they say in the ads, I do have chocolate every single day! Their desserts are amazing!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Topic: Nutrisystem- 2 Weeks Down, 6 To Go
Well, we have officially completed two full weeks on Nutrisystem and to say it has been a success so far would be an understatement. I was unable to write after one week because we were out of town and we weren't able to weigh in. Now, there is a huge difference between men and women when it comes to weight loss. Scott basically smells the food and loses 5 lbs. Well, me being a woman, I've had to work my butt off. But, it is paying off and I haven't felt this good and healthy since we got married almost 3 1/2 years ago which is saying something. We made the mistake of sort of pigging out before going on it as we knew it would be our last ice cream, pizza, etc. for the next two months so I ended up gaining a few more pounds in the few weeks working up to it. My bad. I just have to work harder and I have a new weight loss goal of 23 lbs. I would love to get back to my wedding weight, so that is the plan! Yes, marriage makes you gain weight cause you are so relieved you don't have to fit in that wedding dress anymore and having a baby doesn't help the matter.
We have been very impressed with the food so far except for a couple items. Scott was not a fan of the supper- Orange Chicken and I was not a fan of the breakfast- Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables. I'm pretty sure there were pieces of sausage or something in there and there definitely wasn't supposed to be. The fact that I'm not sure what they actually were makes it even worse. Thankfully, we have liked most of the food so it has made it bearable! We have wanted to order a pizza or just get a big juicy burger countless times but when we start something and have made a commitment to it (and have spent all the money haha) we aren't gonna mess it up! The main theme of Nutrisystem is portion sizes and small meals throughout the day. Along with your Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Dessert (Scott gets another Nutrisystem snack during the day in addition), you also have to supplement with vegetables, fruit, dairy, and protein (Scott also gets to add carbohydrates on his plan). They give you a great guide that gives you ideas of what you can have so it takes the guess work out of it. I have never eaten so many vegetables in my life!
I have kept the same workout regimen as I did prior to starting Nutrisystem as I thought it was a good one. I do the elliptical 3-4 times a week for 30-45 min (doing a different workout on it every time) burning anywhere from 400-500 calories in addition to Tuesday night workouts at our church that are actually very intense and make me sore for days. It is good to mix things up a bit. Scott basically just breathes and mows. He has gone on the treadmill once, but I think he wants to get more into a routine here soon.
The results after two weeks are as follows:
Scott: -11 9 lbs til weight loss goal
Jessica: -6 17 lbs til weight loss goal
I would definitely say we are on track for our 20-23 lb goal- Scott definitely is, that's for sure! We are still doing it for the full two months so we have two weeks down, six to go!
We have been very impressed with the food so far except for a couple items. Scott was not a fan of the supper- Orange Chicken and I was not a fan of the breakfast- Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables. I'm pretty sure there were pieces of sausage or something in there and there definitely wasn't supposed to be. The fact that I'm not sure what they actually were makes it even worse. Thankfully, we have liked most of the food so it has made it bearable! We have wanted to order a pizza or just get a big juicy burger countless times but when we start something and have made a commitment to it (and have spent all the money haha) we aren't gonna mess it up! The main theme of Nutrisystem is portion sizes and small meals throughout the day. Along with your Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Dessert (Scott gets another Nutrisystem snack during the day in addition), you also have to supplement with vegetables, fruit, dairy, and protein (Scott also gets to add carbohydrates on his plan). They give you a great guide that gives you ideas of what you can have so it takes the guess work out of it. I have never eaten so many vegetables in my life!
I have kept the same workout regimen as I did prior to starting Nutrisystem as I thought it was a good one. I do the elliptical 3-4 times a week for 30-45 min (doing a different workout on it every time) burning anywhere from 400-500 calories in addition to Tuesday night workouts at our church that are actually very intense and make me sore for days. It is good to mix things up a bit. Scott basically just breathes and mows. He has gone on the treadmill once, but I think he wants to get more into a routine here soon.
The results after two weeks are as follows:
Scott: -11 9 lbs til weight loss goal
Jessica: -6 17 lbs til weight loss goal
I would definitely say we are on track for our 20-23 lb goal- Scott definitely is, that's for sure! We are still doing it for the full two months so we have two weeks down, six to go!
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