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Nutrisystem Challenge, Month 2: Beeb & Jai

June 2, 2014 by Beeb 7 Comments

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Food, program and supporting material provided by Nutrisystem. Always consult with your doctor before starting any weight loss program. This is a personal account of our experience and not intended as medical advice.

Beeb:

Current weight: 136.8 lbs
Starting weight: 141.6 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 4.8 lbs

Chest: 37.3″: -0.3″

Waist: 29.8″: -1.2″

Hips: 38.5″: -.1″

Arms: 10″: -0.5″

Thighs: 18″: -1.5″

Jai:

Current weight: 186.4 lbs
Starting weight: 197 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 10.6 lbs

Chest: 41.25″: +0.5″

Waist: 39.10″: -0.9″

Hips: 38″: -.5″

Arms: 14.2″: -0.05″

Thighs: 20.5″: -1.25″

The time is flying by as we mark month two on Nutrisystem! In this month’s video, we discuss how our energy levels have increased:

I am honestly feeling physically better than I have in years. Because of following this eating plan, we’re getting balanced portions of food at regular times, fresh vegetables, fruit, and more water, which helps fuel me with enough energy to do what I can being more active. And by “Do what I can” I mean “Get in a little exercise before completely collapsing”. 😉 Because my knee strength has just continued to improve since last year, I can really feel a difference now when I eat right and exercise. When you are immobilized by injury for so long, you lose so much muscle tone that it takes a startling amount of time to get back in healthy shape even once you’re able to walk around normally. Having good fuel for my body has helped me cope with an erratic schedule and still have energy despite very, very little sleep recently due to things out of my control.

One thing that has helped a lot is sticking to an easy shopping list for SmartCarbs and PowerFuels – if you want lots of variety on Nutrisystem, you can certainly have it, but we tend to buy the same things just to reduce the amount of shopping we have to do. And although it seems counter-intuitive for “Super Coupon Girl“, we’ve actually been buying pre-washed, pre-chopped veggies. GASP! Yes, it would be more cost-effective to buy and chop my own. But you know what? I got 4 hours of sleep last night. I’m not staying up until 4 AM to chop a bag of darn vegetables. 😉 Learning to accept what I can’t realistically do and letting go of perfectionism has helped me a great deal in continuing on a healthy path. We like to buy bags of chopped broccoli and cauliflower, sugar snap peas, and baby carrots for dipping in salsa and hummus. It’s really tasty, encourages us to fill up on veggies, and can act as a crunchy snack alternative. We also love fat free yogurt and peanuts/raisins for travel snack bags.

Last month’s goal of getting more rest has been a complete bust, but I have kept with my goal of drinking more water, so hey, half ain’t bad! Making big changes is all about taking small steps – or at least for me, as I have the tendency to try and do everything “Right” and burn out because it’s too unrealistic. Sticking to the approach of doing as much as I can when I can do it has allowed me to still make changes and allow them to snowball and turn into greater changes.

What small health or fitness goals are you working on this month?

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Comments

  1. Chrysa says

    June 2, 2014 at 7:08 pm

    It’s awesome to hear that your energy levels have increased – that’s what can keep you moving on. This month I am trying to hit my 10,000 steps walking goal each day plus add back in trips to the Y.

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  2. ellen beck says

    June 2, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    You both are doing well. Mostly things like exercise and eating are habits . Well OK eating itself isnt a habit but the bad things you eat can be. I like how you are sticking to it and going slow and steady.

    Reply
  3. Jenn @comebackmomma says

    June 3, 2014 at 3:18 am

    I love reading a review like this from a normal person instead of just a celebrity endorsement. Keep up the great work.

    Reply
  4. Ellen Christian says

    June 3, 2014 at 4:52 am

    You guys are off to a great start! I’m working on walking more this summer.

    Reply
  5. April says

    June 3, 2014 at 5:58 am

    This is awesome! Congrats guys!

    Reply
  6. Ashley S says

    June 3, 2014 at 5:59 am

    Way to go!! Keep up the great work 🙂

    Reply
  7. Momstart says

    June 3, 2014 at 10:28 am

    You guys look great and are doing such a good job.

    Reply

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