Saturday, September 11, 2010

Let there be light!

Blah...that's what my blog looks like right now, boo. One day I'll actually have time to post some pictures and play with it, but for now since no one will probably see it anyway, whatev.

Now for my very short post today...

This morning I was getting dressed, and after I put on my underwear I turned to the mirror and was surprised to see light in a place I've never seen before. In between my legs!Ummm...yea. I've said it before, I've always been overweight. When I looked in that mirror and saw that I can see through a hole between my legs, (FOCUS! That's not what I was talking about sicko!) I was so excited! Of course it was the first thing I said to my husband when I saw him. He didn't really understand at first, I was talking about a hole in my crouch, sigh, men have one track minds. Eventually he got it and was happy for me. I told him to get ready for more weird victories as this weight is coming off. Like the day my ear lobe loses some of it's flab, can ear lobes lose flab?

Tami

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Results are in!! (Week #1)

After a very careful week and following every step of the Jenny Craig program I have lost 5.4 pounds! WOO HOO! I'm officially in the 180s and hopefully will be out of there soon quicker then it took to get out of the 190s. ( YEA, TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME! )

So what are some things that I learned this week while on this very strict program? I learned that I can avoid food without feeling "left out" of social situations. I learned that my kids' food can stay where it's at if they're finished, it doesn't HAVE to go in my mouth! I've also learned that eating 6 small meals a day ROCKS and the feeling of my tummy about to burst after eating was an indicator my portion size was actually for an elephant and not a human being. I'm really looking forward to seeing some more pounds going down!

Tami

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What do you think?? Should I do a picture every week? I think so! I'm going to get on top of that right now. But because my computer is so s l o w it will probably be up in time for me to put the next weeks picture on the site! Just don't hold your breath!

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Hello again Mrs. Jenny!

I LOVE reading blogs, so here is my attempt at one. The title of my blog, "Dysfunctional Metabolism" has to do with my Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom, or PCOS. If you want to know all the big medical words for this condition, google it, because I can honestly say I still can't explain the damn thing after being diagnosed with it for the past year and a half. Basically PCOS causes me to easily gain weight, and makes it almost impossible for me to lose weight. (It also makes me lose my hair on top of my head, and gain hair under my chin. Doesn't that sound wonderful!)

In January 2009 I was diagnosed with PCOS and put on medicatins to see if they would help me lose weight. Without changing my lifestyle drastically I shed 30 pounds in 3 months! After that I made a shrine for my meds and worshipped them everyday.

One year later, still on the godlike meds, I hadn't lost a single pound. I would go up 2 pounds, down 2 pounds, down 2 more pounds, then up again. I always stayed around the same number. (I can't believe I'm about to actually say it!) Drumroll please.........................194. (I can't believe my weight is on the internet!)

Two months ago I started to workout at a gym. Because it was summer and I'm a teacher I was able to go 6 days a week. I cut down my food and was determined to get rid of that number once and for all. But that 194 was relentless and refused to budge! I was so upset. Here I was busting my butt and losing body fat (my percentage went down 5 percent) but that 194 would not go away.

Enter Mrs. Jenny....... I finally decided to go back to the place I lost the most weight at in my life, Jenny Craig. You see in 8th grade I was pretty much a round basket ball and lost a lot of weight there. In fact, I lost 50 pounds! This week, Thursday, Septembe 2 ot be exact I started Jenny Craig again. When I went to Jenny Craig and weighed in I wasn't surprised to see 194 as my starting weight. (Just you and me 194....you and me. )

So this blog will be updated with pictures of me every week documenting my weight loss, my workouts, and my mistakes. I'm really doing this for me and no one else. It's time I finally get these pounds off and kept them off. If it takes telling the world about it for me to do it, that's ok with me.


Tami