ONLY ONE POUND

Hello, do you know me? If you don't, you should. I'm a pound of fat, and I'm the HAPPIEST pound of fat that you would ever want to meet. Want to know why? It's because no one ever wants to lose me; I'm ONLY ONE POUND, just a pound! Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds, or fifteen pounds, but never only one. So I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself, ever so slyly, so that you never seem to notice it. That is, until I've grown to ten, twenty, thirty or even more pounds in weight. Yes, it's fun being ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT, left to do as I please. So, when you weigh in keep right on saying, "Oh, I only lost one pound." (As if that were such a terrible thing.) For you see, if you do this, you'll encourage others to keep me around because they'll think I'm not worth losing. And, I love being around you -- your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you. Happy Days!!! After all, I'm only one pound.

movin to the country

the jc program requires a good amount of supplemental groceries. vegetables and fruit everyday, i like these little packs of diced peaches. they're 80 calories per 4 ounce single serve cup. now, with the jc tuna salad kit you get a cup of peaches, and it looks exactly like this cup i get at the supermarket. jc is not miracle food, the food can be bought and prepared by you, you can do it outside of the program. If youre wanting to try a jc menu, try the menu on sparkpeople.com, it's like a myspace, but for people working on nutrition and weight loss. there's a calorie counter, a weight log, an exercise log; it's all free, highly recommended by me for support and info, and it also comes with a menu you can follow to help you with whatever your goals are. im thinking i will use it when i leave jc. the cost of jenny craig is a lot, for sure, but i really like it so far and heck, ya know, try it for a solid month, and then stop if i want to. i guess im writing this for anyone thinking about doing jc but the cost is an obstacle, try sparkpeople. or try any lower calorie menu that has all the food groups. dont let money be your excuse. jeez, lose 4 pounds and i just have to act like i know some things, huh? i have to take my own advice, really, b/c im not doing any exercising other than my walk to work b/c i dont have a gym membership, knowing full well that there are plenty of exercises one can do at home.

it's time for the happy banana!

on 11-11-06, i weighed 251.8. Today the scale greeted me with 247.6!

eating on purpose

it was around 6:30pm when i got home. i was at my parents house all day, so before i left the house, i packed my jc food to bring with me. i hadnt yet gone shopping for all the supplementals for this week's jc menu, so i found myself home after grocery shopping, still having to eat an apple, a cup of canned pears, 2 single servings fat free yogurt, 1.5cups of zucchini, 2 tbs Parmesan cheese, 1 ounce of low fat cheese, 2 tsp of margarine, and 1 cup of strawberries. eating on purpose like this isnt nearly as fun as sitting in front of the tv with #4 from the taco shop... i met with the jc counselor on saturday and she told me that it's important to eat ALL your food for that day, no matter how late it is. and i agree, to not eat it all is to make myself crazy craving hungry the next day. *sigh* weight loss happens so slowly. it's been one week and i lost 1.6 pounds. patience, grasshopper. think of the long term.

coke zero

there is no cola in the world better than coke zero. i drink nearly a liter a day. it's just like coke, only not as sweet, and doesnt have that ick diet taste. if they come out with a caffine free version, you all better buy stock b/c my purchases alone will make you rich. i dont know what's the difference between the white can and the black can. the black can is sexier. i like it flat so i shake it to take down the carbonation. today i read that the sweetner used is aspartame which many say causes brain cancer. it's the same stuff they use to make splenda. "oh, this coke zero is so refreshing! my brain hurts!"

photo & weight log

on november 19, 2006 i signed up with jenny craig.

my starting weight was 251.9 pounds.

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i'd read in another blog, "you cannot change what you do not acknowledge." so here are my monthly photos and weigh ins: real numbers, real lighting, really these are pictures of me. granted i may choose to put up the one with the most flattering angle, my cutest smile, etc, but for reals, i took these pictures and this really is what i look like. i've seen a few websites of people posting in their bra and panties... uhm, no, you wont be seeing that here ever.

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jc & me

i used to feel like i was nerdy or pathetic or something b/c of all the time i spend on the internet lately, but then i read on a forum of some guy who had like 3 myspace profiles, 3 bloggers, 3 live journals, etc. Someone asked him why he had so much, he simply repsonded, "its a hobby." that made me feel better, internet surfing is a hobby, the more i learn how to do something, the more im online. i recently started learning bits about html, so i've been on blogger a lot. so here's a new blog for me, about me working on weight loss. im starting out with the jenny craig program. thats not my foot, btw, i just love google image search...