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!