Day 5 is here!!!

  I am sick of raspberries.   Today was the first day I felt this.  I can  not be anymore creative with them. I have just 3 more cups to go. My scramble this morning was just so so.  I think I am going bonkers.  Thankfully I love the almonds!!!!  I must admit I am so afraid to get on the scale tomorrow.  I have followed this to a T, except missing meal 4 on Wednesday, but I never got the feeling of hunger.   That is what makes me worried.  I have been peeing like crazy too. Can I flush the fat out in my pee?   If this is a cleanse, cleaning the digestive tract, then I have not really cleansed too much.  Sorry for the bathroom talk at 930 in the morning.  I keep thinking and I reread a part of the book is all of the foods have essential things my body needs.  So I am giving my body that only and nothing is really being consumed that is waste.  ( enough bathroom talk)

I do not think I will eat raspberries for a very long time.  I was never a huge fan anyhow. 

I have actually enjoyed the scramble till today.

John has been working crazy hours and has been tempted with food all week.  He has stuck with this program.  I am nervous and excited for us.   One would think a 5-8 pound loss would change how our clothes fit.  I have not seen that for me.  I am really sucking at the exercise thing.  I need some help with that.   I know John and I talked about going for a walk everyday together, but it only happened a few days about 2 weeks ago.   

 

As of now I am nervous for the scale tomorrow.  I want great results or I will feel this was all for nothing.  It was expensive too.  Raspberries are not cheap and I purchased enough for the 2 of us.  I want to see a high number 8-10 pounds.  What if it is only 5.  Will I be happy with 5.  Sure I think I will, but who knows.

Only 3 meals to go....

Cinch! day 3

I am tired of the spinach salad.   I love the breakfast. I never liked cooked spinach, but with so cracked pepper it is very good.   Still not feeling the hunger they said I should feel.
I actually missed meal 4 on day 3.  We went out and when we got home it had been 7 hours since I last ate.  I did not feel hungry and I NEEDED to go to bed.   So I went.
John is starting to get grouchy.  He is a doll to do this with me, but he is always saying he is not getting enough.  He is feeling hungry. His new "job" also keeps tempting at lunch with the food they bring in.  He is such a doll.  He wants to drop 40 pounds too, so this my get a jump start for him.

I think the girls are starting to peeter out too.  there are fewer comments on the email about how things are going.

DAY 3 DONE!!!!  two more to go.  Feeling like I can make it, just hope the scale awards me too.

Cinch! day 2

I am wrapping up day 2 with my final meal of the day.  The smoothie.  Yesterday I made it as suggested with the almond butter mixed in- BIG MISTAKE!   Today I picked up frozen berries to have with my yogurt.  Much better.  I will eat the almond butter separate. So far this has not been so bad.  I have enjoyed the meals (for the most part.)
Today for dinner I mixed the berries with white balsamic- not bad, not great.
I am having issues because even at 5 hours I am not feeling hungry.  I think this is a problem.  The point of the cleanse is to reset the self and feel when you are hungry.  Not happening here.  I really hope I can lose over this 5 days.  The book says 8 pounds.  Fingers crossed!!!
I am feeling good, but I would not say I have more energy than normal.  So far I am just eating the same 4 meals for 5 days.
Friday I will weigh and photograph.   I have talked with some folks on the Cinch facebook page and the results are mixed.  people are losing inches not pounds. Maybe this will not be for me.  Am I in it for the full 30 day program?  I guess we shall see.

Cinch! 5 day fast forward DAY 1

It is the first day of the fast forward.  I took before pictures, but I will hold off posting them till after.   I am horrified by the before pictures, but a visual record of this event of a better me will keep me encouraged.   As I mentioned the scale has been wonky.  I have decided my 2nd toe will be at the top of the silver bar on the scale so I hope to have accurate readings from here on out.  I will say since I was at the Biltmore I am down 10 pounds.  I think my girlfriends are also having success.  On is down 8.5 the other 3 or 4. the last really has not said anything.  Then my husband is down about 3.

For this 5 day fast forward I must admit several of the foods are not in my top choices not because they are good for me, but taste and texture do not satisfy.

My husband, John, is doing the fast forward with me.  As a support, or even to get to his goal of 200. He will be modifying the plan this is how he will change it " Due to my larger muscle mass and having more caloric requirements, I am modifying it only to add more protein. I don't want to risk losing too much muscle, which as our calorie burning furnaces would, if lost, would lower caloric output. My only planned modifications are adding a glass of milk and 1 extra egg at both breakfast and dinner."  He is in the picture with me on my profile.
I had the scramble this morning.  I used the garlic and black pepper as suggested.  I do not like cooked spinach, but over all the breakfast was edible. I did start to think about food at around 11, but I would not say I was hungry.   Maybe I was, but I am not sure what that feels like as Cynthia says in the book.   I waited till noon to eat.

Lunch is the yogurt and raspberries and almonds.  the best part of lunch, the nuts!!!

I just had dinner.  A spinach salad with hard boiled egg, crushed raspberries, almonds, and a balsamic vinaigrette made with clementine.  

I was not hungry for dinner, but it had been 5 hours, and I have to leave for work.   One more "meal" to go.   Day one was not so bad.  the worse part was the cooked spinach.

I think I can do this.   I am hopeful for the results the book "promised"

The Scale- friend or Foe

    I got on the unlikeable scale this morning.  It is so frustrating.  I had  an 8 pound range.   I like to be sure I get the same number 2 or 3 times to trust it is right.   My husband asked "how do I stand on it?" DUH-  With my feet.   How else?  He was not to happy with my chipper sarcasm this morning.   Even though I have eaten this morning, I will run up and give it another try before I go out for the day.
   So I really have no known success for this last week.  I could be +1 or down 5.   I like the down number.

At what point do your cloths not fit right, or you do down a dress size?   I have heard -10, but I have lost 30 before and the clothes still fit.

Next week (tomorrow)  I am planning on starting the Cinch! 5 day fast forward.   UGH.  I am not a yogurt fan, but maybe in 5 days I will love it.  an 8 pound loss would be awesome, with my wonky scale ( which is new, 2 weeks ago)  I may never know if I lose.  I will ask my hubby to snap some pictures.  Something to see the change since I am not feeling it!

Round is a shape

While on vacation I stepped on the scale.  Why would they have a scale in the bathroom at the Biltmore????  why would I step on it while on vacation?  Well I was beyond mortified.  I knew I was fat. This number just confirmed it for me.  UGH!!!!  It was at that moment I decided i needed to do something.  I still had 5  days of vacation.  Still it was time for a change.
   While on this trip my husband and I were reading Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover.  It is an excellent book about debt and how to get out of it.  One analogy Dave used through the whole book was getting out of debt is like getting into shape. Now  if you know me I HATE debt.  Hate may not be a strong enough word.  I have been out of debt except for my Mortgage for a long time, but more on that later.
   So I am fat.  I have known it a long time.  My file at the doctor office says morbidly obese. I am not happy.  So what am  I going to do about it???   I enlisted the help of a few girlfriends ( the 4 of us are in the same weight range) and my husband and we are on a diet together.  I am happy to report that I have lost 13 pounds (from the number while on vacation) I am so embarrassed about the number I will not even post it here (yet)  I have not even told my husband.  My goal is 150 pounds. I know I can do it. I did not put it on in one day it will take a while to get it off.
  One friend sent an email the first Monday to say how her first day went. It was great we all commented shared our thoughts and what we had planned to eat that day.   I did not save it, but the others I have saved.
We all had Success!  Week one we did greens and Proteins.  We all had our own idea of what it looked like. I was thinking chicken, beef cukes, green peppers, lettuce you know green food.   Another included apples.  Granny Smith they are green. 
   Week 2 - just eat healthy.  I weigh in tomorrow. Fingers crossed I have a loss!
Next week I am thinking of doing the Cinch! 5day fast forward.  It is a "cleanse."  It says I can lose 8 pounds in 5 days and inches too.  I will get pictures for this.  I will let you know how it goes.  I have seen posts about how it was hard, it was easy blah. blah. It is ONLY 5 days!!!!  And my hubby as a support will do it with me. So he says.  He already plans to modify the program. 

Wish me Luck!!!