Week 4 Update

September 24, 2012

STEVE'S BLOG

Thank goodness for end of week four.  Two more weeks to go.  Total weight loss is 27 lbs.  Aches and pains in joints is decreasing making it easier to walk up and down the stairs.  I don't like the six week detox but I'm doing it to get healthier and to support my wife while she is doing it.  Haven't fallen off the wagon, but the temptations are there and they are looking better every day.  Other family members have taken on the challenge and I wish them good luck.  Just a reminder, it is all about getting healthy not just about lossing weight. 

My blood pressure has dropped another 5 points on the systolic side.



KAREN'S BLOG

Unlike my husband I have plenty of things to say about week four.  Discouraged!  My husband has lost 4 lbs. (good for him),  I on the other hand have lost one (1), yes I said one pound, grr.  I know it is about getting healthy, but the weight loss is to come with it, right?  I guess I need to be thinking one pound loss is better than a no loss or a gain.  I will continue on.  My weight loss to this day is 18 lbs.  It is actually the most weight I've ever lost on a diet plan.

Enjoy eating fresh fruits for breakfast.  Can't get used to drinking breakfast.  Today I sit here drinking a smoothie while blogging and I still haven't found a dressing I like for my salads.  Makes for a not so positive blog.   If I do not find a dressing I like...after this detox I most definately will go back to my blue cheese dressing.  I have tried the thousand island, ranch  and apple pie dressing in Dr. Furhman's book, not to my liking.  I hope to try the ceaser dressing this week.  Need to find nutrional yeast for recipe.  I understand it will give the dressing a cheesy flavor.  Hopefully that will get me past my blue cheese cravings.  I am finding it extremely hard to eat a salad without dressing...I have been putting on fruit instead, mandarin oranges, pineapple and raspberries.    I try to eat a big salad every day, but there has been a day or two that I needed a break from it.  Now with blue cheese dressing I could eat a salad twice a day, everyday.  If I do go back to blue cheese dressing, I've learned alot about reading the ingredients and what to look for so I will choose the most heathiest I can find, to my liking of course.

Nuts...may be my problem.  You are limited one serving.  My servings may be a little on the " big ounce size", and there was a day during week 4 that I had a tendency to snack, however my snacks were healthy choices.

and WATER...need to drink more water.  There are some days I go without drinking anything, just because I'm just not thristy.

My goal this 5th week is to eat more salad and try to find a dressing I like.  Be a little more careful on the amount of nuts I eat, drink water at every meal and walk/run one mile at least four times this week.

I need to end this on a positive note...I lost weight.  This is the most weight I've lost on any diet plan.  I no longer drink soda or coffee, and have no intention of going back to my old habits of drinking soda and coffee.  I am eating healthy and feeling healthy.

On to week 5.