Charting my Weight Decline

As part of the sevice that provides the nifty little widget on the side showing my weight loss, it also provides a chart showing how I'm doing over time:

My Weight Chart:


I've put it at the bottom of every page so the world can e see my success/failure.

Eating Out

We ate out a couple of times over the weekend. I thought I'd want to pig out but I didn't find myself wanting to order all those things I know are bad for me (but taste so good).

We had dinner on Saturday at a Mexican. I only ate half mine because I was full - a good sign!

Sunday lunch at Sbarros (living large!) with a slice of stuffed Pizza. Again, I didn't eat it all but it filled me up more than dinner did.

I didn't feel like my snack after either meal!

The first test - did I lose any weight?

First weigh in after starting the diet. I even remembered my glasses this time...

I lost four pounds!

1. That's one pound per day - that means I'll hit my target weight in 19 days!
2. That probably isn't a good thing (and it'll never happen)
3. I feel absolutely no different, except being able to pull my belt in a notch, which I could do before by breathing in.

I know that my weight will vary and I'm sure I'll stay flat, or even go up sometimes, but it's nice to have shown some progress so early.

I also started blogging at the NutriSystem site - the comments there are very encouraging.

NutriSystem Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Peanut Butter Granola Bar

NutriSystem has issued a voluntary recall for it's peanut butter bars. You can call or email and they'll send a replacement. I'm sure they are just being careful. (I've only eaten one I think).

NutriSystem Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Peanut Butter Granola Bar Due to Possible Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Contamination and Potential Health Risk: "NutriSystem Inc., a leading provider of weight management products and services, today announced a voluntary recall of its NutriSystem-branded Peanut Butter Granola Bar"

Darn packages...

OK, first bad experience.

It was my first time with a microwaveable dinner - "Mushroom Gravey with Salisbury Steak and Rice. The fact that the gravy was mentioned first should have tipped me off!

First of all, it was really hard to get the plastic cover all the way off - I got gravy spots all over the counter top. Secondly, I had to search for the Salisbury steak - I eventually found it hiding behind a mushroom. Thirdly, the rice could have patched a hole in my brickwork.

I fished the steak out and had it with the rice and a piece of bread, leaving the half gallon of gravy behind. It was OK, not brilliant, but OK. I'll give it a 6.

Next time, I'll cut the plastic cover, take out the steak, put a little gravy on it and cook some rice of my own.

I guess it shows I need to get my expectations set before deciding if it works or not.

Getting into the losing weight routine

OK, it's been three and a bit days on the Nutrisystem diet and it's not been bad at all.

Good things

• I haven't really felt hungry at any time
• I've discovered I really like beans (this is very fortunate - there's a lot!)
• There's a lot more food than I expected

Bad Things

• The pizza is really quite pathetic. I had the thick crust and my wife had the thin crust and it really was hard to tell them apart. It's sort of an overweight Lunchable!
• I really don't like salad and that's the biggest part of lunch
• Organizing myself to have all the appropriate food types for each meal
• Storing the food

I've also started a community on Mixx - Losing Weight - to help me keep up with any relevant news.

All in all, it's going fine!

First Nutrisystem Day

Today was the first day on the diet and it wasn't too bad.

Had maple oatmeal for breakfast which was quite nice (7 out of 10) (with Canadian bacon - a pathetic two pieces and a slice of pumpernickel and mandarin oranges - hey that's way more than I normally have!).

Lunch was black bean tortilla soup (8/10) and salad. I didn't eat the salad (ack).

Dinner was a chicken patty (5/10 - tasted like Dinty Moore), asparagus, bread and mandarin oranges again.

I missed the mid-morning snack because I have breakfast late so it doesn't really fit in.

All-in-all a good day. Hope it continues!