Don't Eat That

Yes, I know, I have the Your Shape game courtesy of Collective Bias and I’m suppose to show you what I do and not tell you but……let’s just leave it at seeing myself on that TV is bad, seeing it in video, oh my, not for the weak hearted, let’s just leave it at that.

I will tell you that I started last Monday when I had managed, somehow to regain all the weight I had lost.  I’m blaming that on all that pineapple ice cream at Disney.

But, here we are one week down, many many more to go and I used Jenny McCarthy’s Your Shape Challenge only three days last week.  Sorry, but I am down 4 pounds, who know, I ate a dozen donuts out of anxiety after I had the car accident on Wednesday but I don’t think I actually at anything else until late Friday night.

And now?  I could be doing my little sprint of exercises from the game while my five-year-old is gone and can’t sit and laugh at me (more like roll on the floor laughing) but instead, I’m starving because this not chewing of food is really getting to me.  Right now I’ve resulted to the bucket of chocolate ice cream I found in the freezer. 

And, it’s not like I get any encouragement here, my cousin just sent me a text message to tell me all about this great new restaurant.  Of course, he can chew!

Ok, one week, 4 pounds…I’ll take it!  Let’s hope SXW doesn’t induce lots of weight gain!  Normally when I do conferences I don’t gain weight but normally there’s not so much ice cream just hanging out on every corner!

With that!  I’m done!  Brave?  Absolutely not and I’ll show you guys later but for now….just be happy, mmmkay?

The Your Shape game is in the hands of a few people I know and know well.  And one of them is on week 2 and the first week she lost nothing.  She was disappointed and rightfully so.  This week, down eleven pounds…just look, this is freakin’ amazing!

That’s the real deal ya’ll!

I haven’t gained any weight since I checked in with you last Monday.  I haven’t eaten anything to matter either.  On Sunday of last week I had a rather large mushy meal from a Japanese restaurant (I still can’t chew) but since then, I’ve survived on Coca-Cola and 3 or 4 milkshakes.  The idea of foods that I can have, chicken noodle soup, jello, macaroni and cheese, have kind of lost their appeal right now. 

So, as I say with pride, I haven’t gained any weight….I tell you that I’m starving the freakin’ frakin’ to death.  I am so not kidding.  I”m hungry…all the time….but nothing seems to be doing the trick.

Let’s just get that out there ok?  You are so not what you eat.  I didn’t even write a post last week because I was so disgusted.  I was at a conference on Monday, Tuesday required me to devote a lot of attention to my kids so by Wednesday I figured there was no reason to write and give you the crappy news. 

As you know, I had TMJ surgery on November 12th.  I was on liquids until right before Christmas when I was told that I could add noodles and the like.  Apparently I was a bit anxious to consume some real food because on Christmas Day I tried a small piece of very tender ham.  And I paid for it.  The pain was horrible and of course, the good doc put me back to liquids.

As you may (or may not) remember, when I had the surgery, I weighed in at 208.  And since that time, I’ve had liquids.  Yes, soda’s, but yogurt and fruit, non-fat yogurt at that.  Yes, I’ve had ice cream and milkshakes but people, real food?  I finally ate some rice yesterday but please, this is really getting old.

And the worst yogurt?  My weight is climbing.  Since I had surgery it has steadily started to rise.  I’m back to 216.  That’s a total of 8 pounds gained on liquids.  And, as I said, it hasn’t been all low-fat foods here and I haven’t actually “counted” calories as I am just not really a believer in that as much as I am in changing eating habits.  (I just can’t actually change any eating habits right now other than to continue to consume liquids). 

The word diet shouldn’t refer to the process of going without food, it should be about the food you do consume.  Meaning that, as if you didn’t know, your diet is what you eat, not what you do without.

With that, I am on a list to receive Jenny McCarthy’s game for the Wii.  Your Shape is the name of it.  I will be receiving the game from Collective Bias and along with a group of people, we will be offering up our weight loss as a counter or “Up the Ante” with a group of people who are the official weight-loss and Your Shape group for CB. 

I will try to post here more often about the game and as always, I’ll continue to use the EASports game too when I can pry the remotes out of my kids hands.  In the meantime…………….just remember……

You

Are

Not

What

You

Eat!

I hate to start my posts like that, but the fact is, my weight is on the rise.  I”m not happy about but I hurt my mouth chewing over the holidays and had to go back to mostly liquids.  And, while returning to liquids, my anxiety level rose and my sense of sanity apparently flew right out the window.

Instead of yogurt and fresh fruit?  I’ve chosen pineapple milkshakes or maybe strawberry milkshakes….oh heck, I didn’t have dinner last night and it’s already 2 in the afternoon today…might as well give me a large.

And I do a bit of shopping or someone says those magic words “I am going into town, do you want something?”…..and bam, next thing you know I have another one of those great big shakes in my hands.

Something has to give….and I’m serious.

Remember about 8 weeks ago when I lost 15 pounds?  Well, apparently it was a fluke or a really bad stomach bug one.  I say that because after having TMJ surgery, I’ve slowly started to gain it back.  I haven’t had anything much to eat up until last week.  I was on a mandatory “no chew” diet. 

It was amazing the things I had managed to eat with actually chewing.  If you soak a taco salad long enough, and you take out things like big tomatoes, and the lettuce is shreaded enough, you can actual eat that.  I don’t recommend diving right in though when you’ve been eating yogurt and eggs mostly. 

And then I discovered that even though it was freezing cold outside, milkshakes were a lot better than yogurt and pureed fruit.  And so when I climbed on those scales this week, I was up to 210 again.  And, not only that, I ate some ham last week after the doctor told me I could start with some pasta and other soft foods.  That hurt my mouth really bad and I’m back to liquids. 

So, with that, I figure if I am in a situation with just liquids away, right here at New Year Resolution time, I might try a cleansing.  And, since I have already been involved with Genesis Today, I decided that their New Year’s Cleanse.  I’ve been drinking their juices and they have a program for cleansing that you can find on the New Year’s Cleanse.

That article will tell you why you cleanse, what the purpose of the cleanse is, who should take part in a cleanse and then it gives you the directions for proceeding with the cleanse.  As always if you have serious health problems you should consult your physician. 

I’m going to start on Monday since we haven’t actually celebrated Christmas with my mom yet.  We will do that tomorrow and then Saturday and Sunday will be a time to get the house back in order.  I will keep you updated. 

I’ve always said that I simply couldn’t make changes to my nutritional habits and that I would just have to exercise more.  And, as I was able to get more involved in the EASports and do some of the more active exercises (games really), I was expecting to see a larger weight loss.  And, I did..kind of.

I dropped down to 205 and that was two weeks ago today.  I had jaw surgery on Thursday of that week and by Monday, I had gained up to 213.  UH?  No, I wasn’t exercising at all, I was barely moving around I was in so much pain, but I was not eating anything to amount to much.  I am on a no chewing diet for 6 weeks (5 more if you are counting). 

But, again, there’s no way I’m getting moving like I had just started to on my EASports just yet.  I am in a bit of pain still and the thought of any hard landings on the floor makes me shutter.  But, I’m telling you, I’m eating nothing.

And, so, back to the title, I have always had poor nutritional habits.  I grew up on Burger King and honestly, that’s how we eat now too for the most part.  And, I couldn’t imagine changing that.  And, I had made no efforts at all to change them, I was merely exercising.  And, I was getting results. 

Of course, everyone tried to make me feel better by telling me that I had only gained the weight back because of the swelling and such.  And, as big and chipmunk as my jaws look and as much as I’d like to think it was “just swelling”, I think it was more like…..something that can’t be explained.

Either way, for the last 10 days, (really more because the 3 days before I had surgery, I had severe gastritis), I have had jello, pudding, and yogurt.  I’ve had chicken noodle soup twice but I’ve been content to eat this low-fat yogurt which is a total surprise.  Tell anyone I know and they would tell you that “Jerri Ann does not eat that kind of food”.  And, it wouldn’t be a matter of disrespect for my size, it’s just that people who know me, know that I am a very picky eater. 

Low-fat yogurt?  Never

Jello?  Once a year

Pudding?  Twice a year

Chicken Noodle Soup? Once every two years or more

But, when you have the surgery I had and you had the pain prior to the surgery and the pain afterwards, you will do exactly what you are advised by your doctor to do………..because, you certainly do not want to ruin a good thing……

And, with that, today, I weighed 208.  That’s back down five pounds…..but here’s your warning..my Grammy makes the best Fried Apple Pies in the land and I will be getting some at Thanksgiving and freezing them until I can eat….sorry, everyone has their vices.

Ok, so, for the first time since this blog went up and I took the challenge of getting some weight off of me, I’m here to tell you that, I have lost one pound.  No kidding. 

If you remember when we last looked in, I was going up 7, down 9, up 10, down 10, up9, down 8 and so forth. But, this is indeed the second week in a row that I have managed to see a lower number on the scales and not a higher one.

Now, I’m don’t think anyone can tell it.  I mean, I’m still wearing my maternity pants and some other pants that I’ve worn for a couple of years but they are baggy.  A small army could move in the backside of most of them.  But, no clothes purchases until I see if I can make something happen.

Two more weeks for rehab and strength building and then, EASports, here I come!

Yes, indeed, I give you 7 pounds…or more like someone gave me 7 pounds.  Sound impossible?  It does to me as well.  But, as hoped aboard the scales this morning, my eyes bulged from my head right before big tears of hate poured onto the floor.  How is this possible?

Yes, my foot still has me in physical therapy mode but I’ve cheated some and did a few odds and ends to up my activity level just to see how my foot would fair.  And, I only had one major breakdown last week when my husband brought home a milkshake and I simply couldn’t leave it to melt.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

So, up 7 pounds, I don’t know, I”m pretty disgusted and hope that very soon I can move into the EASports with a big bang instead of these little therapy sessions which apparently are strengthening my leg and ankle but doggone it, I need to give YOU 7 pounds, not the other way around.