Week 1 Down!

I’ve decided that I’m going to blog weekly about my experiences with Nutrisystem. I might sprinkle a little “How I’m doing” in it as well, so hold your horses folks 

I have now been on Nutrisystem for one week, today. I had a 3.05% loss in one week, which is fantastic and motivating and exhilarating and any other great word you could sprinkle in there for me! I think that it is a no-brainer system, you follow what they tell you to eat, you eat it, and viola!

My review of the food is that so far, not so bad. I’ve had a few things that I didn’t like (aka nacho chips), and a few things that I love (aka bean and ham soup). Tianna and I are doing this together, and our food tastes are not identical (although we are twins), so there are some foods where we can just say “You eat all of it, no worries here” which is nice. We signed up for the month program where they just send you food, you don’t pick and choose, so we can see what we like, don’t like, etc. We have so much food on our shelves, it’s ridiculous! We signed up for a month, and each got an extra weeks worth of food for free-so there is literally 10 weeks worth of food on our shelves!

My own personal pitfalls are the same, no matter the diet: the weekend. Last weekend I went up North (and got to see you SP!), and I brought food with me, but also knew I was going to cheat a bit, and didn’t stress myself over it. I didn’t go as overboard as I normally would either, so that was great! This weekend I may or may not be celebrating my own birthday (no one will tell me what’s going on-GRRRRRR!!!!!!), and I believe there may be some bad foods involved. And I’ve already started making Sunday brunch plans. But, as long as I keep working out like I have been (60 minutes a day 3-4 times a week, which I would like to get up to 5 days a week), I don’t think this will be anything but a minor set back in this thing called “dieting” for me.

Just to bring it down to a personal level for a split second: This all comes at a good time in my life. As you all may or may not know, Scott and I broke up about a month ago now, and it’s been extremely hard. I’ve been trying to keep the communication at a minimum so that he can concentrate on what he needs to, and I can concentrate on what I need to. And this is one of the things I have let go since we started dating, and I’m glad to be back on track. I still miss him and think about him all the time, but right now he needs to get his life in order and I need to take the time to do the same. Who knows what will happen for either of us down the road, but I’m really trying to appreciate this time I have been given. I set a goal for myself to lose 30 lbs by September, and at this rate, it will be much sooner, which is extremely exciting. Especially since there is a Mexico trip in May that I need to look good for! Yipee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All right, stay tuned, and maybe I’ll start checking in more regularly. At the very least , I’ll talk about my Nutrisystem experiences at least once a week now 

Peace!