Optifast | Table for Five

Optifast Updates – Week 3 and 4

November 11, 2010 By Elizabeth

Chris being gone for three weeks last month really messed me up, blogging-wise, and I realized I was way behind on Optifast posts. Gee, behind already, what a shock :P My weigh-in on November 2nd showed a 1 pound weight loss. Not great, but certainly better than 0 pounds and far better than gaining weight. Despite the stress of Chris being gone, I didn't sit in the living room alone at night and shovel food in my mouth, which the old me definitely would have done. November 2nd was the last day of Week 3. At my weigh-in this past Tuesday, Nov. 9th, I was thrilled to see a 2 pound weight loss! Considering I spent Monday night and most of Tuesday eating real food at the Kraft Delicious Byte Blogger Event, I was scared that even though I was following my dietician's strict instructions regarding what to eat, that I would still show a gain. But I guess all that water I guzzled both days really helped with the extra sodium I'm not used to, and the walking didn't hurt either! November … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Health, kraft delicious byte, optifast, Photos, Weight loss

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it – my first Optifast post

October 29, 2010 By Elizabeth

Two months ago, I came home from BlogHer having made myself a promise. At my yearly physical a couple of weeks later, I looked my doctor in the eye and told her I needed serious help to lose weight. That nothing she had previously recommended - Weight Watchers, Alli - had worked, and that if my only option was weight loss surgery, I wanted to talk to someone about that. That's the point I had come to, in my head. That the only option left for me was to have bariatric surgery so that I would be physically forced to eat less and therefore, lose weight. It was the thoughts of a desperate woman. My doctor made me an appointment with a local hospital's Weight Management Center for an intake appointment, where I would spend an hour learning about the clinic and their pre-op preparation program. I was really, really scared, but I went. It was me and one other lady in a room with the clinic manager, and a sheaf of papers that spelled out what the clinic does. There are two choices - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: optifast, optifast program, Weight loss

Optifast Week 2 Update

October 28, 2010 By Elizabeth

I was disappointed when I got on the scale at weigh in on Tuesday and had only lost one pound. But then the nurse looked at my weekly questionnaire and noticed I had written in that I didn't have 6 products every day like I'm supposed to. I knew the program calls for 6 products a day, but I've been so crazy busy with Chris in Europe on business, that I've been forgetting to eat. Turns out, if you don't get the 6 products a day, one every two to three hours, your metabolism goes into starvation mode and stores every calorie you take in instead of letting you burn it off. Which is why I only lost a pound this week. But, the good news is, it's still a total of 5.6 pounds! And at only 4 foot 11 and a quarter - that quarter inch is important to someone this short :) - 5.6 pounds is already making a visible difference. Here I am at BlogHer in August: And here I am on Oct. 20th, the beginning of Week 2: I'm getting a waist already! A couple of days after this photo was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: optifast, optifast week two, Weight loss