Jane
Okay, so I made it through the first hard week and lost some more weight and felt very proud of myself, and then I started into Week Two. There were a few rough spots, such as when I watched my daughter eat a Bojangles biscuit for breakfast or when I smelled pizza in our house, but they never got as rough as I feared they might. It helped to have my program bracelet around, which reads, “My Life, My Choice.” Whenever I consider eating something that is off program, I think about that. I made the choice to be here. I’m paying the money. I’m not going to mess it up, no matter how many cajun chicken filet biscuits my daughter consumes! I even started exercising a little bit–considerably more than I’ve done for about a hundred years but not enough to qualify me for my sister’s favorite show, ”The Biggest Loser.” That’s coming next!
What I learned this week: 1) that I’m especially crazy about the chicken soup when it has lots of undissolved lumps of powder in it because it makes me feel like I’m eating pieces of chicken (if I use my imagination, a la Pollyanna) 2) that people have different triggers that make them overeat 3) that Optifast mixed with lukewarm water really doesn’t cut it (it’s got to be cold). Kim is responsible for our knowing this last thing, since she tried mixing up her shake at the clinic, right before class, using water from the sink in the bathroom, and almost gagged right there, in front of the woman knitting her weight away into a blanket. Kim also is responsible for the brilliant idea of adding extracts to the shakes. So, now we have the option of a vanilla shake with raspberry extract or a chocolate shake with banana extract! Kim tells me the banana extract even gets rid of the aftertaste from the shake (which has been a problem for me, forcing me to brush my teeth more than they’ve ever been brushed.) We’re both very excited about the extracts. We figure their novelty alone will carry us through the week that everyone says is the hardest to get through, i.e. Week Three on Liquids, when apparently boredom can become a problem. I knew I could count on Kim, since she’s one of the best cooks in the world, to make this program do-able. (more…)
