Back to the Clinic Tomorrow

I'll be going back to the clinic tomorrow. I have managed to lose about six pounds on my own. It would have been more if I had been more strict but not bad for being on maintenance. So I saved a few hundred bucks. I'll try to be strict from now on until I lose another 20 to 30 pounds.

Back from Vacation

To be true to a diet is difficult, to be true while on vacation is really difficult. I wasn't 100% good but I was ok and still managed to lose 2 pounds while in DisneyWorld! I have a cold now and can't taste anything which of course makes me want to eat strong tasting things. Like sweet chili heat taco chips! Damn, I know now that this will be a life long struggle.

Another break

I am taking another break from the diet clinic. I have been averaging only 5 pounds a month and so that it is costing me over $100 a pound. I had one nurse tell me just to keep going but then another more senior nurse told me I should take February off. So that is what I am doing. I am going to stay with it on my own and see how I do. I think I can do it. I can't blame the clinic as the failure is most likely my own fault. I was having too much food. Not bad food just too much.

Okay!

I'm doing ok. I lost three pounds in the past week. I just ordered a whole bunch of new diet foods. Some of the bars look really good so I have to be careful. I will give them to my husband to hold for me and ask him to dole them out one at a time. I also got some high protein soups and oatmeal.

I may go on maintenance before I get to goal. I will still be accountable to the clinic because I'll see them once a week. I can continue to lose at the slower rate that my body seems to favour, I can see what foods I can look forward to on maintenance.

Happy New Year!

I fell off the wagon a bit over Christmas and New Year. I didn't gain any weight but I didn't lose either. I am about half way to my goal. As I was losing so slow and was bound to be eating off plan, I am taking a short break from the clinic. It is too expensive to be paying so much money a week if I am self sabotaging. I am back on track now and will return to the clinic on Monday. I should be down a pound or two by then. Then I am going to see how it goes for three weeks before I go to Orlando on vacation. If I am not back to losing at the optimum, then I am going to take three weeks off and return March 1. I know that if I am presented with bad food and no one is around, I will probably eat it. I do much better when I have a minder. When I am on vacation, I will be with my sister and cousins, the cousins eat anything and everything, but my sister is on a self imposed vegan diet which will make finding food difficult. Maybe too difficult, but in any case, I will have her keep me honest.

Merry Christmas To Me

I have lost 50 pounds which is great. So far it has cost me about $2300.00. I still have a long way to go and it has not been easy the past week or so with all the Christmas treats on the go. I may take a short break from the clinic but not from the diet. Maybe mid January to mid February. The weight loss has slowed to a crawl. Disappointing but I need to recommit.

Another 10 pounds

I am down another 10 pounds since I last blogged for a total of 45 pounds. I have almost hit a major milestone. I am still committed to doing this although the expense is great.