Monday, March 26, 2012

Middle of Week Two


WIO – Middle of Week Two

Recap:

On Thurs. Mar 15, 2012, I started this journey with the Weight is Over program, created by Jason Whitney.  The program reboots your pancreas.  The first few days were a challenge, but since then I haven’t been hungry, its easy to follow and I AM SEEING RESULTS! Seriously I am the weakest being on the planet people, if I can do this, you certainly can!

After Week One, I’m Not Yet Done


So week two of a plan is always all-telling.  It’s kind of when you find out what you are really made of (which up until now has been pure jelly-filling).  Additionally, after you hit a really amazing week, I have found myself in the past becoming complacent.  Almost like you are thinking ‘Ok, I got this’, and then you find yourself slipping and not being as strict.

And trust me, I have been tempted.  But nothing is going to stop me.  Put your seat belts, cuz I’m on super ridiculous warp speed ya’ll!  I know its only been a week and a half, but I know this is my time.  This is when my dreams come true.  I have found a plan that works, and I just need to stick to it.

Bust Those Buns for Fun, Fun, Fun


Goal = Work out 3-4 times this week.  I can DO it.

Saturday, Hunger Day


So Hunger Games came out recently and I went to see it with my best friend Lisa and some of her friends and family.  I was so excited.  I knew I needed to prepare a little so that I would stick to the diet.  I ate right before we left and I bagged a couple of my muffins and stuffed them in my purse.  I thought it was going to be easy peezy.

And then there were nachos………now let me tell you I LOVE nachos.  Everyone around me was eating them.  And they had meat and cheese and sour cream – the good ones.  FULLY LOADED.  I believe they were described by one partaker as ‘Heaven on a chip’. 

The smell was divine, I will not lie.  But then I really listened to my body and my mind of course (my body so far has gotten me in lots of trouble).  I realized I wasn’t hungry.  When things got a little tough, I bit into my muffin and savored every morsel.  And I was FINE.  Normally I’d be pissed and irritable and all kinds of not happy.  But seriously I was just fine.  And seriously, I’m a wuss.  I have started and stopped a million diets (ok slightly exaggerating).  Would I have enjoyed those nachos?  Well I’m not dead, so yes.  I won’t lie.  But I did not miss them.  I wasn’t hungry and I didn’t feel deprived.  HOW COOL IS THAT????

Sunday – Goes My Way


Today felt like another slight test – dinner at the in-laws.  I actually have it pretty easy because almost always they will have meat and veggies.  At the end of the night, I was fine.  And they even had my favorite pasta.  For the first time in my life, I’m finding that it is EASY TO SAY NO.  And trust me, “I’m just a girl who can’t say no….”

What I Know, Yo Yo


The first week was amazing to me.  The first 3 days I could have almost killed someone, but boy was it worth it.  My hormones and cravings were gone after that.  And honestly I haven’t been hungry.  That’s amazing. 

I have noticed the only times I get cravings, and when it is kind of hard to stay true is really when I’m hungry, right before it’s a meal time.  But then I just eat what I am supposed to, and I’m completely satisfied.  Think of how powerful that is.  And I don’t feel deprived, once I eat my food.  This week I was able to add chocolate muffins (special recipe) as a snack after meals, and that has been a-MAZING.  My baby – adorable Sammi loves them even.  Now to be honest, they aren’t the most full of flavorful things, but I don’t even care about that.  I really don’t.  I get what I need from them.  And this is me – Holly Holt, dessert lover of the world saying that (don’t believe me ask Adam.  For example, on our cruise, my dessert plate was bigger than the meal plate lol).  It satisfies me and I taste that dark chocolate and I feel that yummy ‘mm carbs’ feeling, when really it’s actually very good for me.

Feeling Full

One night of week one I had steak and I felt a little too full.  It was interesting because I realized that over full is not full, FULL is full.  I think I’ve never understood that before.  Honestly to goodness, I think many times I’ve stuffed my face until you just can’t anymore.  To quote Ellen Degeneres, “We don’t need to eat all we can eat.  We’re not bears.”  You can eat to feel satisfied – and that is what I’m teaching myself is to understand the actual full feeling.

Staple me Silly

 Think about this.  When you see a stapler in the room, do you just automatically grab it and start stapling things?  (If you do, let me have you go on one of my favorite shows – “My Strange Obsession” lol).  I really need to think of food that way. 

We use staplers when we need them, and so should food be the same way.  We eat what and when we need to, not just eating because it’s there.  How much mindless eating do we do like going to the movie theatre and ordering popcorn (even if we just ate) because that is what you do.  We need to stop and think before we do things.

Motivation Station


I am just so happy.  I know I have it right this time.  I feel like to find true weight loss success, there are 2 components.  You need to be there mentally.  You need to be ready.  The other part, just as important, is the program must work.  I feel like for the first time in my life, I have met that perfect balance.

My healthy train has left the station, and there are no stops until I reach my goal!

Things to look forward to:

·         Riding rides @ Disneyland with Sammi (all rides)

·         Playing soccer with Sammi and Adam

·         Playing all sports

·         Dancing

·         Wearing a swimsuit

·         Being in a play/taking acting classes

I just know I can do this!


Friday, March 23, 2012

The Weight is Over: Week 1

How it Started:
About a month and a half ago we were celebrating my sister Tasha's birthday with some of my sisters at my place. We were having a gay ol' time and then Jen mentioned how Diane (our former step-mother) has lost a lot of weight. We were all intrigued so I ended up calling her and asking her about it.

I thought about it some, at first but forgot about it initially because I knew Adam would kill me if I tried some new program AGAIN. Not that he doesn't support me in every way possible, but he just didn't want me to get all excited and then depressed over something, only to gain more weight from it. Not that I've done that before! (Ha only my whole life - a few Adam has now sadly had to witness).

And it's not just the money- although hello that is important too, but its the emotions of it and it affects your whole life.

Something just couldn't let me forget it. I can't explain it, but one day I looked at Diane's pics on facebook. And she like me has tried tons of diets so I emailed her again asking her about it, and something really stood out for me. She said you aren't normally hungry. The more and more I heard about it, I was really interested to learn about the WIO, the Weight is Over program.

So here were the steps I took before I met with Jason Whitney, the president of the company.

STEP ONE: HUSBAND APPROVAL
I'm telling you, it really took some convincing. Thank you Adam for being so protective and worried about me always. I love that! He knew I was determined to do it and was willing to give it my all, so I got his 'blessing'

STEP TWO: MENTAL PREP
Sounds silly but I had to really prepare myself for this. 'Calling upon all strength' or something like that. You must gird up your loins or something to get ready lol.

STEP THREE: VIDEO INSTRUCTION
Jason wanted me to watch the instructional videos. He said they were by no means professional or anything, but really explained the program etc. I watched them and seriously I became more intrigued. It really seemed like there is something to this 'pancreas cleanse'.

First Week
So I met with Jason and he explained the program. He was so nice and let me sample a ton of things and made me my first shake (I was starting that very day). They have you fast the first day so that they can take your stats etc. Jason warned me about the first week being tough. I felt really really good about things and didn't think much of his warning. I am strong, Oh Holly, might God of thunder. Ok just kidding, but I felt pretty tough. Another thing that impressed me is that with their approach they also work on addressing the emotional issues.
And honestly the first day wasn't bad at all because I was all pumped. And then day 2-4 happened. Holy bitchville batman. Don't believe me, here is my journal entry from Saturday:


. But I’m just so
mad. When I’m so hungry and can’t eat
anything and my stomach has been having that icky healthy feeling (lol) and to
smell cinnamon and baked apples and Adam’s fried potatoes. So when we wouldn’t start the laundry like I
asked, I just went ballistic on him.
Totally ape-shit. I just hate how
I ask him to do something and he doesn’t do it for like an hour. Just once I’d like the laundry to be done at
a decent hour so I can actually fold the damn clothes the same day. Why must I harp on him and have to remind him
every time to switch it. IT drives me
nutty.
I think being tired, having PMS, having bulging disks and
pinched nerves all along my back, and being hungrier than hell makes me a total
raving bitch. Molly (my evil twin), has
definitely come out to play.

Yeah, that bad. Oh my darling Adam I am so sorry.
Overall Results:
So I went in and Jeremy asked me how the first week went and I laughed. I told him about my mental breakdown. He told me that was because of the hormones etc. But I told him how I started feeling a lot better about Day 5.
So guess how much I lost?
26.5 lbs.
In one week.............so hells yeah I'm sticking to the diet peeps