Jenny Craig & Me! …. Day 4

oh, it is sooooo hard losing weight... 10 lbs in 4 days... why is it takng so long?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, first thing I will confess is that way back when I was in college… I loved the food in the cafeteria! There was hardly anything I didn’t like… especially the self serve soft ice cream! The food was all 5 star to me! Bring on the chipped beef!

Now, why am I telling you this?

Well, to put in a proper persepctive what I am about to tell you….

I love the Jenny Craig food… what amazes me most is that the food actually ‘tastes’ wonderful and delicious! Most diet foods taste horrible… I remember trying some store bought stuff once and thought, ” do I want the chocolate flavored styrofoam or the beef flavored styrofoam?”

With Jenny, the portions are small.. but it is all good stuff. The chocolate brownie is as good as any I have ever made… and the ‘pocket sandwiches’ are meaty and juicy.

I do feel like a ‘hobbit’ from ‘Lord of the Rings’… you might remember he had… breakfast, elevensies, lunch, threesies, linner…. you get the idea. I think that eating often is the secret to it all… and frankly, I can live with that.

There is a downside, the women in my family do not look at me with much love and affection when I get as a ‘nine-sie’ snack what they have for dinner… well… it sucks to be them. One of the few advantages of being really big… you start off with more food.

Hey, not bad for four days on a diet… I’ll check in next Friday and I’ll let you know how it goes… time for ‘elevensies’… it’s a strawberry yogurt! yum!

Roger Freberg

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My Jenny Craig Breakfast

Hey…. who posted this?

 

Jenny Craig …. “extending your snacking experience”

here's a very common weight for me... but it's time to take it off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmmm…. I don’t know if it was watching my daughter Karen shrink before my eyes, or watching my wife Laura lookin’…. good! …. but I was impressed… impressed enough to want to jump on their band wagon and sign a year’s contract with Jenny Craig!

Now, I did find a diet that helped me lose weight from 427 down to 240.. but it was high on the cauliflower and low on… anything that tasted good. Don’t get me wrong… my diet works… but after watching them devour chocolate brownies, frajitas and stuff that I haven’t seen in years… well, it just seemed that it was time to change. This morning, I ate a banana nut muffin, glass of milk, & cottage cheese as part of my 2300 calorie diet…. it was delicious! I don’t have to wait until lunch , as I get a yogurt mid-morning! Jenny has something for you about 6 times a day…

I started yesterday at noon… so this completes my first day on “Jenny Craig”.

My goal weight is 229… which I set just to test my limits. The last time I weighed this was in 1978 and my mother sent me $20 thinking I was a victim of wifely abuse and needed some food money.

Starting a diet for me is a social activity… Laura and Karen have been at it for a month now and , frankly, I wanted to be sure that they would stay on it before I joined them. Too many times I join an activity only to find myself ‘alone’… this is called ‘loneliness.’ However, they have been strong… so the future looks promising.

Now, I know what you guys are all thinking… “Jenny Craig” is for women…. well, not really. Besides, do you think I really want to be in a weight loss program with a bunch of sweaty guys… or hang with gals who are really concerned about their appearance? Hmmm… let me think about that for a moment.

Weigh ins are once a week so I let you know how it goes… so far it has been fun… eating with no dishes to clean ( it all comes in portion controled microwavable packages!).

Roger Freberg