Week 2 Results

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Week 2 Results

3 lbs

I was hoping for a solid 4 lbs of weight loss this week Last week I lost 3.8 lbs but my weight loss ticker had rounded it up as 4, so I went with it. This week my weight loss ticker is at 7 lbs, which means if last week I counted 4 I can only count 3 for this week. The reality is that this week was 3.6. I'm actually kind of impressed with the consistency of the two weeks. I am 8.4 lbs from my first goal which means I'm not on target to hit it in the 4 weeks that I was hoping for. But I am starting to care less. The weight is coming off, and at the moment, that is enough for me. And who knows, maybe I'll be able to add in some exercise that would put me over the top and still allow me to reach that goal.

The second week started out kind of discouraging. My weight just seemed to hover and stay pretty much the same for about five days (the end of last week and the beginning of this one). My dad kept telling me that his weight did the same thing and that I was "due for a drop". I kept with the diet despite not getting the motivating results I wanted. And then the drop came.

This week I am also using a George Forman grill to cook up my own chicken. This is making it easier for me to have my "lean and green" meal at a better time of day rather than relying on Andrew to come grill up some food when he gets home from work at 8:30 at night.

I am getting less consumed with waiting for my next meal. In fact there have been several times this week where I completely missed my eating time and had to hurry and grab some food. I also realized that the diet allows me to eat every 2-3 hours. Originally I was going every 3 hours on the dot and that made for a really LONG day. I would eat my first meal at 7:30 in the morning and then need to stay up until 10:30 to finish the last one. I have shortened it so that those last few meals come closer together and as a result I have been getting to bed earlier. I like it.

This weekend I will be ordering another months worth of food. The financial aspect of this still concerns me. I feel like I am robbing my children of their Christmas because, seriously, I pretty much am. Things are going to be meager in that way. But Andrew is very supportive of this choice and as much as I feel like I am being selfish, I really hope that my children also appreciate having a more fit and healthy mom. It might make Christmas a little less magical, but hopefully it will help me be a better mom to them overall. Although I optimistic that I will be able to maintain the weight loss once I get there, I don't think I would be able to lose weight in a less extreme way. I feel like I am still resetting my relationship with food and if I tried to just go back to a moderation and calorie counting approach, I think I would still find myself struggling and going back between starvation and eating the wrong calories/not getting the right nutrition. At this point I am planning on four months of weight loss time on this program and then we'll see how the transition and maintenance phases go. As those four months wind down, I think I will start switching out Medifast "meals" for regular food and see if I can establish "real food" substitutions that will work in my life.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Right now I am 14 days in and 7 lbs down. I'm pretty happy about that!

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Family Proclamation

The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan.Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.