glitterbug_74’s BodyBlog

I went on vacation in August and since it was time to take a break from taking my D-4 I went out with friends and family and ate a little hear, ate a little there. Unfortunately those little allowances have calories attached to them and before you know it you’ve put back on 5 pounds and feel sluggish again.

I have protein powder again, I have my supplements and more importantly my drive and ambtion is back on track. I don’t want the little things to keep snowballing until all the work I’ve put in so far is for nothing. So I don’t care how tasty the foods are that I love. They obviously don’t love me back.

On that note…….time to thaw chicken………….

Hello my name is Jen and yes I used to do Weight Watchers. "HI JEN"….. seriously though, I have seen the light and will never go back to that lifestyle ever again. I love knowing I am in control of my food choices and I am making better changes in my life.

I joined Weight Watchers in March ‘07 and I lost 26 pounds by September ‘07. I looked better and felt better at that point of my life for the first time ever since I have had my children. Well the long and short of it was I got all cocky and arrogant and thought I could eat what I wanted to and the weight would stay off since I was in control. YEAH RIGHT. Before you could say SHAZAM I had all the weight back on, plus some. The clothing I was able to wear at the end of losing those 26 pounds was still tight on me, so I obviously had lost pounds, but had not toned anything.

In October of 2008 I weighed in once again with Weight Watchers. I was at 217 pounds. The highest I have ever weighed in my life. By the beginning of May I had dropped 25 pounds but I had been stuck at 25 pounds for 2 month. And I still looked puffy and very heavy in my clothes. I had watched my brother on his meal plan and exercise plan from Steve for about a month and I thought he was insane. There is no way anyone can survive on those foods alone and not go nuts! Well boy was I wrong. I have been a member of Team Poynter since June and I started my meal plan with Steve on June 6th. I am almost done with week 11 and I feel amazing!

I work in a bank and all my customers are starting to notice the changes. People who have not seen me for awhile are wondering what I am doing to tone up and lean up. I even had a Weight Watchers member ask me what I was doing. I thought that was pretty funny since I was at a WW meeting and you would assume I was just watching my point intake! I wrote down Fitness Poynter’s website for her, and asked her to open a bank account too! I told everyone at WW, I am not doing WW anymore. It doesn’t work for me. Too much sodium, and they are not eating the right kinds of foods! Someone mentioned that she wakes up at 2am starving and gets a huge bowl of ice cream to comfort her. I drink my shake before bedtime and if I don’t eat every 3 hours in the daytime my body yells at me!

So thank you Bodyspace, Thank you Steve, Thank you Team Poynter. Because of everyone I am able to just say no to sodium and fattening foods, and hello to fitness and better choices. Even on vacation I have stayed on plan and have made smart food choices with off meal plan foods. I am still exercising and I got rid of over half my closet since NOTHING FITS. So freaking sad. It is expensive to start fresh with clothes!! But so worth it!

I have officially been following my plan from Steve Poynter for 2 full months now. I am halfway through week 9 and I amazed at all my changes. Not only am I getting smaller clothing wise but I can see my muscle structure actually starting to take place. It’s kind of funny because I have been working on my weight and health off and on for 2 years now but something must have finally clicked with my body because all my customers at work and my co-workers are finally starting to notice. I have lost 12 pounds since I started on my Extreme Fat Destruction plan back in May, but I have lost 36 total since I started back with Weight Watchers back in October and I am so freaking thrilled about all of it! I ended my Weight Watchers membership becaus I have no need for it. I am getting all the support I need here at BB.com and I don’t feel sluggish anymore. I never feel like I am missing out on food, I am always full and other than a few moments I really haven’t had any cravings.

I went through my closet again today and I have another pile of clothes to get rid of. I am swimming in all my tops and my pants are falling off my hips. I am not small by any means but it’s a huge difference for me as far as I am concerned. I am just going to keep up the hard work and keep pushing myself to the limit. It feels so empowering to be able to say "YES I CAN", instead of……"I don’t think so".

So I have officially completed 2 full weeks on my Extreme Fat Destruction plan (EFD). It has been easier and harder than I could have thought in the beginning. It is great to finally be adding weights into my workout routine and to realize that even if I have to start at lower weights than I want to, that I can do it! I have spent the last 6 months going to the gym 4-5 times a week but all I was doing was cardio, cardio, cardio. I was convinced that because I was training for the Big Climb Seattle in May( http://www.llswa.org/site/PageNavigator/BC_homepage) that I needed to run and climb stairs only. Then in May I did my first 5 mile race and yes you guessed it, still was only doing cardio mostly.

I am currently training for my next race in July, but I’m not going to push myself to the extremes and risk injuring myself like I did last time. Shorter runs with the perfect blend of cardio and weight lifting training is much better in the long run.

My only real obstacles are the meal plan. I can survive a gallon of water a day, hooray! But lord help me but I hate scrambled egg whites! I have become very creative with seasonings to get them in my gullet. Going from scrambled eggs with cheese and salt on them, to plain egg whites with no salt at all is so hard!! But I know it is better for me so I’ll keep on trucking. My brother tells me since he’s been eating them for 8 weeks it gets easier but I’m still waiting for that day to get here!

So onward and upward to Week 3. Before I know it a full month will have passed on the EFD. Can’t wait to see my pics then!

Till next time……….me

I just have to say that the quote "What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger" is so damn true. I am proud and happy that I made it through my first day. I can honestly say that I didn’t stray from my meal plan once. I drank a full gallon of water in one day and I still have one final shake to drink before bed. I possibly will need to buy stock in toilet paper though. I would kill to be a guy with all the water I am drinking!

I will update once a week on how I have survived this new path I have chosen to take. I thank Nikki for showing me the workouts and Jeff for helping me put my meal plan in a nice laminated format to take with me everywhere I go.

Peace love and all that jazz!

 ~Jen

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