Introduction Post -- Hello!!!
Hi, as my profile blurb states, I am C, a new member of Nutrisystems. I plan to write here about what I am experiencing as I work to lose 35 lbs. by May 2007.
Hmmm...I'm trying this out as a Plus account. I think they are rather silly, but with this layout, the ad stays out of the way and isn't annoying me, so I guess I'll leave it for now. I have a bad habit of getting paid lj's and then not using them for long!!!!
Right now, after 5 days on NS, I've lost 2 lbs. This morning, while I was below 200, I didn't get too excited as I've been at this point before many times. When I was in Germany a few months ago, I was down to 197, and gained five lbs. back almost immediately on my return. At that time, a bout of depression set in--I didn't want to be here, so far away from N, and didn't know when I'd be able to return. Other things plagued me--worries about my kids (teenagers), my own financial future (which is fine), and the two-year anniversary of my husband's death due to heart problems. He was only 40 years old, had survived an aortic aneurism, but was only with us three more years after his surgery.
I thought I'd come to terms some time ago with my grief and loss, especially after finding N who is a soul-and-heart mate like none other, but unfortunately, I still had issues. I am happy to say N's and my close friend Tammie's encouragement that I get to my doctor and get help was the right thing. Three weeks later, I feel so much better!!! I am sleeping again, I am CALM!!! And the future, while not exactly set in stone, nonetheless looks rosy and wonderful regarding my relationship with N, and the time we will have together.
Loving someone in another country is an incredible challenge, and yet the distance has made us excellent communicators, something my husband and I had major problems with. Oh, hindsight! But I am living for the Now, and for my future, and I like what I am seeing. A healthier, slimmer me who does NOT live to eat--but eats to live! That is my favorite mantra on the NS site.
With only 35 lbs. to lose until I reach the weight I want to be, I am not likely to see as dramatic a weight loss as so many on the board, but I've been very impressed with the enthusiasm and the results so many have shown. The before and after pictures are stunning. Just tonight, one young woman posted her Almost After picture--both she and her husband were standing inside jeans that used to fit her! I am glad that I never saw that point, but I am shocked that I have reached the point I am. And right now? I am 24 lbs. less than I was when my husband died.
Those three years after his surgery while we fought to keep him alive were very, very tough. N knows, as does Tammie, just how far down I spiraled. BTW, lest you think I'm wicked, N and I met two days before my husband (K) died. N and I did not get together until some months afterward, and it has been just over a year I'd say, that we found our friendship--which already ran deep--could be more. Being so far away from each other we know this is nuts, but life really is too short to let something like mere physical distance keep us apart.
Okay anyway--onward. After K died, I lost ten lbs. almost immediately. But for the next six, seven months, I yo yo'd because I was still not putting myself first. I didn't have time, and I had two kids--12 and 15--who needed me more than I needed me. But time does have a way of settling the unsettled, and eventually I began to find more time for me. I began to work out, and I had breast reduction surgery, and eventually said goodbye to 22 lbs. forever.
I'd tried various weight loss programs before, including Atkins and ediets, but nothing truly worked for long. I quickly found all the planning to be a pain, and I gave up, not really serious.
So, when my MIL mentioned she would maybe like to try Nutrisystems or perhaps Jenny Craig, I looked into it, and found the www.nutrisystem.com site. What an eye opener that was! I read stories that I probaby wouldn't have believed before. And I seriously doubted that the food would be any good. But, I agreed to give it a five week whirl, so I ordered the food. And then my MIL changed her mind. I aim to change her back. She needs this more than I do!
I guess I will stop for the night. I have much more to write about but am too tired. I may provide inspiration for someone, like others have for me. And, eventually, I will tell N about this site. AFTER he sees the new me when I get off that plane in Hamburg at the end of May!
C
Hmmm...I'm trying this out as a Plus account. I think they are rather silly, but with this layout, the ad stays out of the way and isn't annoying me, so I guess I'll leave it for now. I have a bad habit of getting paid lj's and then not using them for long!!!!
Right now, after 5 days on NS, I've lost 2 lbs. This morning, while I was below 200, I didn't get too excited as I've been at this point before many times. When I was in Germany a few months ago, I was down to 197, and gained five lbs. back almost immediately on my return. At that time, a bout of depression set in--I didn't want to be here, so far away from N, and didn't know when I'd be able to return. Other things plagued me--worries about my kids (teenagers), my own financial future (which is fine), and the two-year anniversary of my husband's death due to heart problems. He was only 40 years old, had survived an aortic aneurism, but was only with us three more years after his surgery.
I thought I'd come to terms some time ago with my grief and loss, especially after finding N who is a soul-and-heart mate like none other, but unfortunately, I still had issues. I am happy to say N's and my close friend Tammie's encouragement that I get to my doctor and get help was the right thing. Three weeks later, I feel so much better!!! I am sleeping again, I am CALM!!! And the future, while not exactly set in stone, nonetheless looks rosy and wonderful regarding my relationship with N, and the time we will have together.
Loving someone in another country is an incredible challenge, and yet the distance has made us excellent communicators, something my husband and I had major problems with. Oh, hindsight! But I am living for the Now, and for my future, and I like what I am seeing. A healthier, slimmer me who does NOT live to eat--but eats to live! That is my favorite mantra on the NS site.
With only 35 lbs. to lose until I reach the weight I want to be, I am not likely to see as dramatic a weight loss as so many on the board, but I've been very impressed with the enthusiasm and the results so many have shown. The before and after pictures are stunning. Just tonight, one young woman posted her Almost After picture--both she and her husband were standing inside jeans that used to fit her! I am glad that I never saw that point, but I am shocked that I have reached the point I am. And right now? I am 24 lbs. less than I was when my husband died.
Those three years after his surgery while we fought to keep him alive were very, very tough. N knows, as does Tammie, just how far down I spiraled. BTW, lest you think I'm wicked, N and I met two days before my husband (K) died. N and I did not get together until some months afterward, and it has been just over a year I'd say, that we found our friendship--which already ran deep--could be more. Being so far away from each other we know this is nuts, but life really is too short to let something like mere physical distance keep us apart.
Okay anyway--onward. After K died, I lost ten lbs. almost immediately. But for the next six, seven months, I yo yo'd because I was still not putting myself first. I didn't have time, and I had two kids--12 and 15--who needed me more than I needed me. But time does have a way of settling the unsettled, and eventually I began to find more time for me. I began to work out, and I had breast reduction surgery, and eventually said goodbye to 22 lbs. forever.
I'd tried various weight loss programs before, including Atkins and ediets, but nothing truly worked for long. I quickly found all the planning to be a pain, and I gave up, not really serious.
So, when my MIL mentioned she would maybe like to try Nutrisystems or perhaps Jenny Craig, I looked into it, and found the www.nutrisystem.com site. What an eye opener that was! I read stories that I probaby wouldn't have believed before. And I seriously doubted that the food would be any good. But, I agreed to give it a five week whirl, so I ordered the food. And then my MIL changed her mind. I aim to change her back. She needs this more than I do!
I guess I will stop for the night. I have much more to write about but am too tired. I may provide inspiration for someone, like others have for me. And, eventually, I will tell N about this site. AFTER he sees the new me when I get off that plane in Hamburg at the end of May!
C