There’s a saying in spanish that says “If you want to see God laugh, make plans”.  My plans as of last Friday were to give this weight loss journey my 100% effort.  This included blogging on a daily basis, watching what I ate and of course, exercising.  Saturday started out great, until mid afternoon.  I started getting that bad feeling you get, when you are about to come down with the flu.  I started feeling nauseous and the terrible heat did not help with this.  Since then, I have been feeling really sick and I am just trying to concentrate on making myself feel better.  I can’t wait to feel better, to continue with my weigh loss journey .

Sorry it took so long for me to blog.  With the girls going back to school, I have been really busy.

I kinda’ fell off the wagon last week.   I ate a couple of chocolate chip cookies and some chocolate and some………….  Good thing that the scale is not working at Renew!!  One word of advice, before you go out to eat, try to find the nutritional value of what you are going to eat.  Last friday I had the most delicious salad I have ever tasted!  When I got home I checked for the amount of calories that the salad had.  Let me just say this, it had more calories that a whopper with fries!!  If  would have known, I would have just enjoyed a whopper and fries!!

I just found out that John, the Acupuncturist at Renew is moving to Seattle.  I wish him the best of luck.  He is the best in his field.

Monday I had my chiropractic appointment and my physical therapy at Renew.  Had my adjustment done by Dr. Hummel.  Boy, does it feels good when they crack those bones!!  I had my physical therapy with Adam.  He had me working up a sweat!  It reminded me of The Biggest Loser workout!  I wish I could get a workout like this in every day!  It’s tiring but Adam makes it so easy, he just keeps me laughing!!

I cheated a little today:(  My sister in law brought back Jamon Serrano (Prosciutto) from Spain and I think I ate a little too much!  I could not help it, it has been two years since I ate Jamon Serrano from Spain!  I will have to eat a little less tomorrow!

Diet wise, the weekend was pretty good.  I got my exercise in and watched what I ate.  I will try to weigh myself when I go back to Renew.

I saw my sister yesterday and she has lost at least 25 pounds.  She is looking good.  She said that she is following a low-carb and no sugar diet.  She is an inspiration!!

I have been doing really well with my eating, but I am lagging when it comes to exercise!  I had to force myself to do 30 minutes on the Wii.  I may have to start exercising during my lunch break.  We’ll see….

Got to go.  I am watching a show about ghosts and I just so wish that I had a nice buttery popcorn on my lap!!!

Went back to work, after a great weekend.  After work I headed to Renew.  I had my chiropractic adjustment done by Dr. Hummel and then went and had my work out.  Today I got to work out with Adam, Kevin and Vanessa.  I can say that I had a really good work out!  I am so lucky to get to work out with all of them!  It is like having your own personal trainers, but better!  

I also met my fellow contestant Dawn!  It was great to meet her and work out next to her!  Dawn stayed longer, to attend one of the Renew seminars.  I recommend these seminars to everybody.  They are at no cost and provide vast information on health issues.  You should check out the Renew website to get more info.

Today I visited Renew.  I had my doctor’s appointment and my acupuncture appointment.  Dr. Hedayat, has not gotten the lab results yet, so I will have to wait a little.   Dr. Hedayat asked if I would be interested in getting hypnotherapy.  I told him I would love to!  If I get to go to a session, I promise I will share with everybody!

I also met with John for my acupuncture treatment.  That went great!  I mentioned to John that I have noticed that the acupuncture helps decrease my appetite.  He said that it does, but it also helps that I am not eating carbs or sugar.  No matter what it is, please take my advice and to and get acupuncture.    Ever since I started the treatment, I have noticed a change for the better, to my health.

I am back to following my no carbs/sugar diet.  I also need to get back to my regular exercise routine.

Ok, I was not good today.  Today is my daughter’s 14th birthday and we went to a Greek restaurant.  I ate a little more than what I am supposed to.  I hope that Dr. Hedayat is not reading this!!!

I feel bad about it, but I need to get over it and start over again.  

Tomorrow I go to Renew to get my acupuncture treatment and to meet with Dr. Hedayat.  I believe that he is going to have the results of my lab work.  That’s really scary!!!

Yesterday I headed to my appointments at Renew.  I had a Physical Therapy session (which really had me sweating) and a chiropractic adjustment.    I asked Lauren if I could use the scale at Renew because my scale at home is not working.  Too my surprise, I have lost four pounds since I stopped eating carbs and sugar!!  It is so great!  I have never lost four pounds so fast!  For anyone that is struggling to lose weight, I recommend getting rid of the carbs and sugar.    Believe me, it  not an any easy task and I still struggle.

I want to take the time to thank Lauren at Renew for being so helpful and ecouraging.    It is always great to have someone as nice as her,  there to help out and encourage me through this journey!

I had a very hectic week.  Two times this week I had to rush from work to Renew and then head back home to tend to my family.   My children also started school.  This was hard, because they are both starting at new schools and it was stressful for them.  One knows that when the kids are stressed, mom feels awful.  I also felt guilty because I had to move them, but I know that it is in their best interest.  

Even though I had all this going on, I managed to stay on the plan.  I realized that fattening food will not free me from the stress that I am suffering.  It will temporarily cure it, but it will not go away.  In the long run one ends up losing, because you still have the stress plus more fat on the thighs!!

Today was a real test!!  We headed to Chuck E. Cheese!  Oh the aroma of fresh pizza!!  Then birthday cakes all around!!  Then there’s the cotton candy that  I always had for dessert!!  I ended up having the all you can eat salad bar and then went and played games to distract myself from the food.  That worked!!

I have made Saturday’s my weigh-in days, but I do not think that my scale is working.  (No, it does not show any weight gain).  I promise that as soon as I get to a good  scale, I will post it.

Thanks to Savannah and Remy for your posts.  Remy, I love you too!  You know that you are my second mom!!!