One Week Down

Well, one week has come and gone....


I am happy to announce that I have lost a grand total of ELEVEN POUNDS!!! (*can I get a zillion woot woots?! )*

Snap shot of this week: trying the new foods has been fun. I have now tried all of the foods that come in the starter pack, and I am happy to announce that there is only one meal that I absolutely can not palate.  Eating the "lean and green" meals were not bad either. Its basically what we do eat, just more portioned controlled, and minus all the carbs.

We went to a "party" Thursday night with some health coaches, and other potential clients. I don't know if there were many other clients there, but we were able to come in contact with health coaches in our area, who are not pregnant, and who are warm and inviting people, yes, these people are also Mormon. 

We spoke to them about wanting to change health coaches, today Dean and I both submitted our paperwork to change over to them this morning. So we should be officially hooked up with them by Wednesday at the latest.

Before the party, we were told, via the "I'm healthy and I know it" Facebook page, that we would have the opportunity to trade our disliked items for more desirable items.  I was disappointed when this didn't happen at the party.

But when we spoke to our new health coaches last night (the people who hosted the event on Thursday night) they have a stash of MediFast foods at there house that we can stop by anytime and trade out anything!  Perfect, that way I don't have to pay for return shipping.

Today in the store we ran into someone who used to be in our ward here in Vegas,  I affectionately named her "Funny" ( I have no idea what her real name is...) commented regarding how much healthier Dean and I look. (AND ITS ONLY BEEN ONE WEEK!!!)

Also at the party, we learned about becoming health coaches, if we so desire, and how much it pays, etc. I have decided that I am going to become a health coach for this company. Its basically free money, as it requires very little time, you call your clients once a week, and get paid. So Dyanna, when you come over to Take Shape for Life powered by MediFast side in January, I can be your coach and we can get healthy and stay healthy together! ;)

In regards to an update regarding Dean's progress on this lifestyle change: He has lost a total of  seven and a half pounds. But what is even more rewarding is that his blood sugar levels have been steady, consistently between 116, and 124. That is without him taking his diabetic meds, which is a huge milestone, because his blood sugars, one week ago, were well over the 200 mark, which is very dangerous, that will lead to an early death.

Now things that I have struggled with:
Eating every two to three hours, as recommended on this plan. Since I can't tell when I am hungry, I can  literally go days without noticing I am hungry, which is the last thing you want to do when loosing weight.
Holidays. Last night, and today, we have had Halloween parties. It's been kind of depressing wanting to go to these parties and that contain , but knowing that you can't eat the food is really depressing, to some extent. Last night for our ward Halloween party, we went with high hopes that there would be some sort of  healthy foods, to find nothing but meat based chili, cornbread, and cakes, lots of cakes. So we decided to leave to abolish the temptations. Who knew that one day I would walk out of a church in order to avoid the temptations?! Highly ironic.

Also, I continue to struggle everyday with having to eat at work. Although I have lost a phenomenal amount of weight during this week, I still feel a tad bit guilty for "cheating" every time I am at work, but man do I really not want to be offensive to the people who offer me these items. And its very tasty food as well.

In short,  even though we have faced a few struggles, we are definitely enjoying our journey to becoming healthy people!