That other resolution

My wife has been craving Ice Cream for weeks and so we have some here. Frankly, I don't like this brand much but, portion control is still a little troublesome with Ice Cream. Even so I have lost some. The water here is getting worse. I guess I need to get a filter or quit rationing the bottled. Weighing in this week at 233.8 pounds. 33.8 pounds left on my goal with an estimated goal time of 17 weeks or less. I should get down to 200 pounds by June 8. By that time I will be out driving the Ice cream truck. Luckily, I don't get tempted much to eat the novelties on my truck. When I do it's normally a low fat, low calorie Popsicle of some sort.

Here's a tip. Flav-O-Ice type freezer pops are very low calorie, portion controlled snacks. You can have one on the points system for free and the sweet flavor is a great way to get past the craving for deserts and high calorie snacks. Their cheap too.

Looking back I see I have cut back on my goal in this post. I should be shooting for 2.5#/week which would get me to my goal at least 5 weeks faster and in better time for the summer.

the other resolutions

I am down to 235.6# this week. Not bad considering the Super Bowl snacking. We decided to try the Splenda with fiber. Splenda is a wonderful sweetener without the problems of other artificial sweeteners. It doesn't fool your system or cause complications. It's made from more natural sources. Stevia is also good but most stevia based sweeteners maintain a licorice like flavor from the plant. It's not an offensive taste and can be good in coffee but may interfere with other flavors in foods your trying to sweeten.

The splenda with fiber becomes and extra source of fiber in your diet. Fiber offsets some of the fat and calories in food so additional fiber can help your diet. Benefiber is also nice. I got the chance to try some samples of the Benefiber in my food. It didn't change the flavor or texture of hot or cold food or beverages but added a couple grams of healthy fiber.

Just some info for those, like me, fighting the battle of the bulge.

the other resolution.

It was my birthday this week. I avoided cake but was given Cheese Danish for my birthday. It's a weakness of mine. I also am having trouble with the water, primarily because tap water in my house is inconsistent. Fine one day and nasty tasting the next. Bottled water costs so... I am weighing in at 240 pounds. I have about 40 more pounds to lose to reach my goal. Barring complications I average at least 2.5 pounds a week so I have 16 week to my goal and should reach 200 pounds by May 18 which is plenty of time to look good for summer. How are your goals coming?

New years Resolutions

I started this blog as a New Year Resolution. I've been through the bible several times in the past and done it in under 11 weeks. This time I am pacing it so that others have a pattern to follow in their resolution. I wanted a place where people could follow a simple plan and study together. I hope that it will lead to our gaining insight from each other.

Another popular and useful resolution is weight loss. Diabetes's is all to common in my wife's family and carrying extra weight isn't helping me deal with my back injury so we have decided to drop the extra pounds together.

I don't want to distract from the bible study but, taking care of our bodies as the temple of God is important so, I hope my updates will encourage others. We are using the Weight Watchers point system. I don't know my wife's goal but mine is to get down to 200 pounds which is a pretty healthy weight for me. The fact is I have already lost about 10 pounds but I started back around Thanksgiving. Holidays are a rough time to lose.

My wife keeps asking what I lost and I haven't told her so let's see how long it takes her to notice these posts. My current weight is 239.8 pounds. for the next couple weeks I'm making things easy on myself. 2 Slimfast type shakes(I like the Wal*Mart equate shakes better for taste) at 4 points a piece, a yogurt averaging 3 points, string cheese for 2 points and "free" veggies. Some vegetable don't have a point value as snacks. Favorites are green bell peppers and carrots. Celery and tomatoes and Lettuce and other salad fixings are also free but the peppers and carrots cut into sticks like fries are an easy and tasty snack. That takes 13 of my 28 points leaving 15 for a big dinner or, a reasonable dinner and snacks with points, like popcorn which I love with a movie.

I'll post on Mondays with my weigh-in because Sundays are when I end up at family dinners or fellowship meals at the church. Saving the flex points to deal with these weekend splurges keeps me on track and I start over on flex points Monday morning. The best part about staying on track is that you don't feel like overdoing it at social functions because your just not used to over eating.

If your on track to lose some pounds I'd love to hear your plans. Maybe the things that work for us will encourage those who aren't doing as well. You might be giving others good Ideas, offering new, light recipes, or just telling us about your success but, any comments could be encouraging.

See you soon,

Carl