Week 8 Update

STEVE'S BLOG

          Lost 1.5 lbs. this week. Noticeable results are; work jeans and belt are too big and there is more spring and speed in my step. I now can wear the jeans I bought that have a 34" waist. I still have a lot of belly fat to lose. Monday is my "happy meal day" and after eating a pepperoni pizza and drank a root beer my body did not react as being satisfied but more like rejection. My "happy meal" breakfast was great and kept me hunger free until dinner time at 7 pm.
          Believe it or not, I am looking forward to eating veggies, fruits and leafy greens for the next 6 days! Other family members are also on the Eat to Live plan and are doing fantastic! My oldest son and his wife are getting healthy and losing weight, my daughter is doing the same and my second oldest son has reached his ideal weight.


KAREN'S BLOG

Starting Weight:  181.5 lbs
Current Weight:  155.5

Total weight loss to date is 26 lbs.  Went to doctor for physical.  Last time I was there my bad cholesterol was 141.  Doctor informed me ideally it should be 100.  I've lost over twenty pounds since I last seen the doctor so they decided to do some blood work to check my bad cholesterol.  It is now down to 115.  I still need to continue to lose more weight, doc says I should weight 130 lbs., no less, which means I have 25.5  more lbs. to lose. 

I finally feel like I've come to my "ah ha" moment.  I know how to do it now.  I eat healthy at home and save my splurges for when we go out, which is usually once a week.  I don't feel deprived at all and I really enjoy
and look forward to our splurges, although I think I over did it this past Monday.  Went to breakfast, had eggs, bacon, hash browns, pancakes, juice and a cup of decaffeinated coffee.  Like my husband I was full for the entire day until dinner which was a foot long seafood sandwich on wheat bread with the works, a bag of BBQ potato chips and soda... and to top it all off I had popcorn with salt and another soda.  Yeah, I think I over did it but it was gooood!  The next day however I was ready to eat healthy again, cause it tore up my insides and I was quite irregular if you know what I mean.  This week I will work on losing the weight I gained back from the splurge.

Like my daughter we both struggle with having nuts in the house.  I have a tendency to snack on nuts more than I should and raisins.  I need to go back to only having them with a meal...and limit my snacking.

Had to go out and buy some jeans that "fit" as my jeans look totally ridiculous on me, really big and baggy and I practically have to hold them up.   Went to the thrift shop for jeans,  "Cheap Cheap".  If I have 25 more pounds to lose I really don't want to spend a fortune on something new that I'm only going to wear for a month or two, however I will treat myself to a new outfit come the holiday...I would love to get into the 140s by Christmas.

I can not believe this is week 8.  I really don't know what week we are on without looking as this way of eating has become just a part of our everyday life.  It is truly amazing how easy it has become to revise recipes to conform with  the Eat to Live way of eating.