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[JenQ]

Yeh! I lost another 1.8 lbs, now my total lost is 9 lbs! So excited! Thanks Kitschy for the encouragment. It is hard to exercise with the MS symptoms right now, but I can still lose weight!

[mindymdc]

JenQ, on 21 October 2011 - 11:57 AM, said:

Yeh! I lost another 1.8 lbs, now my total lost is 9 lbs! So excited! Thanks Kitschy for the encouragment. It is hard to exercise with the MS symptoms right now, but I can still lose weight!

YAY jenQ!!! Congratulations!!!

[MissB]

Count me in too. I joined 3 weeks ago. 15 lbs is my start goal. lost 4 in the first week..0 in the 2nd. discouraging, but felt some of that excess around the middle start to disperse! Would love to share some vegie side dish recopies with anyone! I'm bored with that i'm making to complete the meals. Anyone interested?

[temeka]

Hello All- I'm Temeka from Chicago, 32 year old married mother to a very active four year old. I work full time in the advertising industry (though I'm an accountant) and there's always a vendor bringing in goodies for us or a happy hour sponsored by the company YIKES I have been trying to lose about 30 pounds for the last two years, but that number has increased since starting this job last year and I am now up 50 pounds!!!! OMG how did that even happen? I have been trying to do it alone by cutting calories and exercising, but I think my portions are out of whack or something because the scale keeps going in the wrong direction.

I had my first consultation today where I got my first week's food and will start the program tomorrow. I'm really excited about this program since it's not really depriving me of anything but rather teaching me portion and self control. I look forward to going through this journey with all of you October newbies.

I'm about to go play around on the site a little to see how to get a picture and ticker, I really enjoyed reading about everyone's losses!!!!

[temeka]

Had my first Jenny breakfast, the cheddar cheese omelet, it was actually very good. After I ate it I looked at my husband and said 'do you think that was a normal portion" lol A regular omelet for me would have been about 3 times bigger, but I don't feel hungry since I had my applesauce and milk along with it. Feeling good about my decision to join Jenny

[cbert]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Carli and I joined October 18th. In the last few days I have felt proud of myself for finally doing something about my weight. I have been on the heavier side most of my life and just decided enough is enough. I'm still young, (only 19) and just decided I don't wanna battle with my weight for the rest of my life, I have so much more to look forward to that I just need to do this now before I feel there is no turning back. I go in to get weighed on Tuesday and I really hope I see results, I have been weighing myself everyday since i started and so far i have not noticed any difference, I know its only been 5 days, I am just eager to start seeing results! I know a lot of people who have been successful on Jenny Craig and I just hope I am to! I wish everyone going through this the best of luck as well! Stay strong everybody

[mindymdc]

Hi MissB, Temeka and Carli! So glad you posted! Congratulations on your decision to join JC and for finding these boards. You will find lots of encouragement and support here!

MissB I am interested in veggie recipes too - I am getting tired of asparagus or broccoli with lemon! LOL Temeka, LOL about the omelette portion! I was so afraid I would be starving all the time on JC because of portion sizes, but that hasn't been the case at all. Now that I am eating the amount I am supposed to and don't experience much hunger, I realize I was eating WAY too much before. Carli, good for you at your age dealing with this rather than sitting around and letting things get worse. I can tell you at my age that unless you do something about things, they generally get worse. So stick with it and look forward to your long, happy, healthy future ahead!!!

[temeka]

My favorite veggie recipe is made with Eggplant. You slice up the eggplant any way you want, place it on a cookie sheet or baking pan spray with a little bit of olive oil (the cooking spray) add fresh garlic and a few sprinkles of Mrs Dash (any flavor) and bake about 10 minutes, longer if you want the eggplant to be crispy, this is also good with zucchini...

Also I like to use the eggplant as french fries, slice them up like french fries and cook in a pan with some olive oil spray... Though I'm not sure if I can still make this since I don't know if the olive oil cooking spray is a free food... hmmm I need to research that, it doesn't have any fat or calories...

[temeka]

Hello Ladies--- not sure why my picture isn't showing up, anyways. Wanted to ask what types of exercises are you ladies doing? I mostly work out at home to a dvd or I use work outs on On Demand. I really like doing classes as opposed to going to the gym and doing the treadmill. I'm a member at Bally's but their class schedules don't mix with my schedule so I've been sticking to my dvd's and tv.

[mindymdc]

temeka, on 24 October 2011 - 09:11 AM, said:

Hello Ladies--- not sure why my picture isn't showing up, anyways. Wanted to ask what types of exercises are you ladies doing? I mostly work out at home to a dvd or I use work outs on On Demand. I really like doing classes as opposed to going to the gym and doing the treadmill. I'm a member at Bally's but their class schedules don't mix with my schedule so I've been sticking to my dvd's and tv.

Temeka, you need to put your picture in the "avatar" thing, too, for it to show up with your posts. Re: exercising...the kind I'm doing is NOT ENOUGH. I need to get better motivated!!!

[JenQ]

Welcome to Temeka, Carli and Miss B. Glad to have some new members in our little chat room. I am doing ok this week, but am craving chocolate big time today. It is close to THAT time of the month, and I always crave chocolate. I am trying to resist the urge! I think the eggplant recipe sounds great and am going to try it, thanks Temeka. Have a great day everyone!

[mindymdc]

OK I tried a new veggie recipe tonight...tried to create a combination of free veggies and the soupitizer soups, which I don't buy. I do get the idea of eating something warm and comforting before a meal to crave those comfort food needs...but the soupitizers are so expensive and use up limited free foods so I don't do them. Anyway! I steamed a head of cauliflower (cut into chunks) in 2C chicken broth (low-salt/low-fat) with a tsp of curry in the broth. (I happened to have some broccoli stems so I tossed them in too). While that steamed I sauteed a small chopped onion in about a 1/2 tsp of EVOO. Then I pureed the whole thing in the food processor.

It turned out to be a nice, warm, thick comfort food kind of thing. Besides the tiny amount of olive oil, this is all free foods. It made at least 6 or 8 cups, so I can't imagine the olive oil counts much. I plan to use it as homemade soupitizer to volumize my dinners for the next few days.

Tomorrow morning I weigh-in. Wish me luck!!! I'll post my progress around lunchtime.

[LuckyJuls]

Hey everyone,
Joined on Sunday and started the program today. I've been engaged since late January and tried Weight Watchers. Became completely obsessed with food and it just didn't work for me. South Beach required too much planning and I only lasted two weeks, although I felt healthy as ever. I just can't live without variety in my diet.

To add insult to injury, I moved in with the future hubby and my habits have spiraled out of control. I haven't been this heavy since I was twelve with lots of baby fat. And it really crept on fast. I think I gained about twenty pounds in the past six months (which is completely unhealthy) after all the social eating, celebratory meals and movie nights were said and done.

I'm quite mortified that I bought my wedding dress and planned to lose weight, but instead gained weight. The sales girl at the store told me this usually happens with brides, but I told her, pish posh, I won't be gaining any weight. And I did! Oh I did.


So today was a good day. I almost feel like it was too much food (I know this is a regular complaint with those starting the plan, but really, I absolutely NEVER eat this much. Maybe it's that my meals were more calorically dense and now they are more about volume). Either way, eating popcorn after my dinner was good and bad. Good because it was delicious and bad because it felt like I shouldn't be eating it at nine in the evening.

Anyway, long story short, I'm here and so happy. I would love to lose forty pounds before the wedding and get back to my dating weight!

[Savana]

mindymdc, on 24 October 2011 - 10:39 AM, said:

Temeka, you need to put your picture in the "avatar" thing, too, for it to show up with your posts. Re: exercising...the kind I'm doing is NOT ENOUGH. I need to get better motivated!!!

Mindy,that is the exact same kind of exercise I'm doing,too! LOL

Savana

[Savana]

Welcome to all of you!!! We can all do this together!!

I too cook Eggplant quite a bit..just about like you make it. Brussel Sprouts are quick and tasty too. I just buy a bag of the frozen ones...cook a bowl full in the microwave and then spray with ICBINB (I can't believe it's not butter). Cucumber and onion slices with Ken's Light Sundried Tomato dressing on them..mmmmmmm Salads,broccoli & Cauliflour... Spinache is good too,to me anyways...and Popeye!


Keep up the good work,ladies!!

Savana

[cbert]

mindymdc, on 24 October 2011 - 05:54 PM, said:

OK I tried a new veggie recipe tonight...tried to create a combination of free veggies and the soupitizer soups, which I don't buy. I do get the idea of eating something warm and comforting before a meal to crave those comfort food needs...but the soupitizers are so expensive and use up limited free foods so I don't do them. Anyway! I steamed a head of cauliflower (cut into chunks) in 2C chicken broth (low-salt/low-fat) with a tsp of curry in the broth. (I happened to have some broccoli stems so I tossed them in too). While that steamed I sauteed a small chopped onion in about a 1/2 tsp of EVOO. Then I pureed the whole thing in the food processor.

It turned out to be a nice, warm, thick comfort food kind of thing. Besides the tiny amount of olive oil, this is all free foods. It made at least 6 or 8 cups, so I can't imagine the olive oil counts much. I plan to use it as homemade soupitizer to volumize my dinners for the next few days.

Tomorrow morning I weigh-in. Wish me luck!!! I'll post my progress around lunchtime.

My first weigh in is tomorrow as well but in the afternoon Good luck!

[Sair]

Hi everyone, I just started on Saturday October 22nd and I'm very excited. I'm hoping to lose 20 lbs. I'm an emotional eater so it's been very hard not eating until I'm full or snacking anytime I want. I'm hoping to get some energy back so that I can keep up with my 2 year old son. Good luck to everyone.

[mindymdc]

Blah! Just down .8 lbs this morning. I'll take it though. I need more exercise. But the good news is I'm following the program and not having trouble with feeling hungry or deprived. So if it takes a while for this weight to come off, so be it, at least I know every day I am a little bit healthier than I was yesterday!

[LVet]

Wow! After reading some of these posts ..i may actually feel worse then i did this afternoon at the center..I joined last Tues and I have been following the program laid out exactly as per my consultant and i went down a whole 1.4 pds - talk about wanting to just give up I mean what the heck was i thinking? Why did i join ? I can't even get a consistant answer from the office i go to ..and to top it off my appt (my 2nd time in) was missing in the computer system and It was just really a BAD experience all around. I am so bummed out. I can't figure out how people who work for the same company and i assume all read the same book have such different opinions on how to do JC and its confusing the heck out of me! Do u have to take the vitamins i was given on a 1500 cal diet? Whats with the anytime bar? One cons. said follow the list on daily print sheet and another said no just have the anytime bars - not the vitamins...? then why were they with my stuff last week?? I seem to have picked a very confused office..I was looking for help ..not to figure out their office issues. Can someone honestly help here? Laura

[Savana]

mindymdc, on 25 October 2011 - 01:47 PM, said:

Blah! Just down .8 lbs this morning. I'll take it though. I need more exercise. But the good news is I'm following the program and not having trouble with feeling hungry or deprived. So if it takes a while for this weight to come off, so be it, at least I know every day I am a little bit healthier than I was yesterday!

You are moving in the right direction,Mindy!!

Savana