Ear Bleeds, Nose Bleeds, A Rock, & A Review

I really wanted to give you all the review of the WeightNot Program on Monday, however; numerous events occurred that hindered me from having the ability to do so.


Ear Bleeds
On Sunday and Monday, my husband had blood draining from his ear. Gross, I know. I told him he must go see a doctor, but who listens to their wife, when they work with a bunch of electricians who seem to think they are doctors themselves. It wasn’t until his foreman told him it is dangerous for him not to be able to hear on the jobsite and he needs to go get it checked out. So, Mike thanks for telling my husband for me, since he listens to you better than he listen to me. Turns out, he has a middle ear infection….most commonly found in children. HA! Suspicions have been confirmed. He really is just an over grown kid!

Nose Bleeds
Now, on to lovely Tuesday! Around 3 pm, I received a call from the Health Room at my daughter’s school. Apparently, her nose started bleeding out of nowhere and when she saw the blood she proceeded to pass out (the nurse believes that this was just the reaction to seeing all the blood). Luckily, the nurse got to her before she hit the ground.

A Rock
Tuesday night, my oldest had a softball game. I got my Bird (my little one’s nickname) all cleaned up and ready to go (same one who had the nose bleed). Shortly in to the third inning, I heard a blood-curdling scream. Yes, it was from Bird. She was playing with another little boy who decided to throw a rock at her head (right above her eye). Now, he is only 3 I don't think it malicious, however, she has a nice lump on her head. Oh yes, it has been an eventful past few days! Ahhh, the fun of husbands and kids!

A Review
Now to what you have been waiting for. Among all the craziness in my household the past few days, I did have my last appointment for the WeightNot program and technically, I am off the diet. However, I am on a transition period for the next two weeks to help “reset” my body.
This program was amazing! As you can see, I still have some weight to loose, however, realistically; I realized that 20 lbs was probably the amount I would see fall off. This diet is not for the weak. As with any other diets, it is hard and it is a lifestyle change. But, I can say that a major plus for this diet is the fact that I saw loss in areas that I never have seen a loss in before. Such as my flanks (love handles), a lot in my stomach I lost 3.75 inches!, and some in my thy area. I did not lose anything in my breasts. This is a plus because I work very hard to find the biggest padded bras possible to make it look like I have something. HAHAHA! There was also, absolutely no mood changes either. I was usually my chipper self!
More importantly, I learned more about people and myself during this program. I love who I am and who I become during this entire process. I learned to not care what others think, since this is a rather extreme diet (please see previous RANT post), I learned that my husband and kids love me the way I am diet or no diet, and I learned that I love who I am.

So, would I recommend this program? Yes, I would, as long as you are a dedicated and determined person in anything that you do. It is so important not to deviate from the diet at all. The counselors are wonderful, especially Christy, who was my WeightNot counselor, who actually has been reading my blog! She was available to me whenever I needed her. There was actually a weekend where I emailed her and she emailed me back in less than 24 hours.
So, if you still aren’t sure and you have some other questions to ask me leave them below in the comment area and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

If you do decide to do it, tell them I sent you, and I believe they still have introductory pricing too! So, you can get it for cheap. I believe, there is a discount, if you were recommended too.  I don't know how it works, you would need to talk to them, but, even if you can't use it, still tell them that you heard the program was awesome and want to try it!  (I still have to read all those details!)
Those of you already on it, please tell me more about how you are doing. I want to encourage you and help be a building block in your success!
I will be blogging more later about the transition period and my exercise regimen. I will even post my workout routine for those who want to know. And, I will have my before and after photos posted up as soon as I can get my camera working.
I hope to continue my revolution and spread the revolution to others!

With love, a skinnier and happier Nicole!

Final Week!!!!

So, I have been doing rather well.


HOWEVER, I screwed up somewhere. I was supposed to have injections until the end of the week, but for some reason, I only had enough until Sunday. Which is no problem, I got in touch with my coordinator and she had me follow the last day procedures, which is continue on the 500 calories for three days after the last injection, and then bump my calories up after that. We are keeping my appointment the same, which is this coming Monday, to get all the details for the transition period. I am so proud of myself. I have done rather well in my opinion.

Total amount lost is…………

22.2 lbs

So, that’s only 14.2 lbs left to reach my goal weight. I am worried about eating more calories and possibly gaining weight. But, I hope as long as I exercise, I should be ok.

So, Andrea is in her first week of the WeightNot program and requested that I give some tips to help with the diet. The diet is not easy, you have to have extreme will power but it does get easier as long as you do not deviate from the diet. Here is what my day looks like:

8:00 am – I have already had a full glass of water

9:00-9:30 – I eat my melba toast with my vitamins

10:30 – I eat my first fruit

11:45 – I eat my lean meat and cup of vegetables

1:00 – I take my second round of vitamins

2:30 – I eat my second piece of melba toast

5:30 – I eat my second round of lean meat and cup of vegetables

7:00 – I have my second piece of fruit

8:30 – BED!!

Going to bed and lots of water is key! I make sure I always have water on me and I get to sleep. I am one of those people, that the longer I am up the more hungry I become. Also, when I make dinner the night before, I make an extra serving for my lunch the next day. I plan, plan, plan. I know it is hard to stick to this diet but, you will not see results unless you do. Try your hardest! And spread out your foods through out the day. It helps, plus I am a really busy person that it makes it difficult to think about food. But trust me. As long as you don’t cheat it does become easier not to deviate.

Followers???

...well apparently I have more than I know.  Yesterday I recieved a message from Christy asking how I was doing since I haven't posted in a while.  I was surprised! I didn't know I had more followers than what is shown on blogger.com!  It was nice to hear that someone was actually interested in how I am doing on the WeightNot program.  So here a shout out to Christy and her Co-Worker who have been checking in to see how I am doing.  Thank you guys (and everyone else that I do and don't know are following) for supporting me through this program it is much appreciated!

So what have I been doing & how have I been....Well beside case analysis' for grad school, dance practice, softball practice, dinners and work, I have been rather busy but doing excellent.  I ran in to a road block, where I wasn't loosing as much as before (and I wasn't cheating) but now we are going strong.  For the past 3 days I have been loosing a pound a day.  So here is the total weight loss thus far....

19.4 lbs!

I feel good! I will be hitting the 20+ lbs mark probably tomorrow.  I am excited to see the results and everyone is now noticing the difference.  I can happily say I am in a size 8 pant and those are becoming loose on me.  Lately, I have been a bit more hungry than normal, and I don't know what that's all about, but I am not deviating.  I have 2 more weeks and I am going to finish the hard part of the diet with a bang!  I am hoping that I see, 5-10 more lbs lost.  Can I get a Woo Hoo! I have 14 days left.  So to recap I am at day 33 and it is 19.6 lbs lost.  The diet says that you can loose up to 30 lbs, so far I seem to be on the right track.  Now, everyone's body is different. But, I know that for me loosing weight is difficult and if I can do it I know others can too.

As long as I know there are followers, I will keep posting.  After the 14 days are up, I have a 3 week transition period.  At that time, I hope I continue to loose the remaining weight (only 17 lbs to go) and I can start exercising.  After that, my next project will be Celtrixa.  So stay tuned to see me reach my goal and see if Celtrixa really works. 

Thanks to all the visual and not-so-visual supporters!