I am too excited to report that pushing through the green mold on my string cheese, the stress of 19 days on the road for the month of June, and the comments about my food that at times I found annoying I dropped 3 lbs of burden this week bringing my 5 week total to 10lbs! woohoo yeah me!  So that brings me to 20lbs to reach my goal of 195 for my 39th birthday. Still lots of work ahead for me.

So this week as all the buzz about Michael Jackson seems to be on every channel the reports about his possible “lethal” dose of pain medication got me thinking how I use food to dull my pain or at least that has been my dominate behavior in the past.  I too have my “lethal” dose of food that can “kill” my optimism and send me straight to wallowing into a pity party for 1. 

So I continue to listen to Martha Beck on Touchstones to really continue to reinforce my NEW way of coping with pain, disappointment, rejection, rude comments, stress, etc.  I can honestly say that following the plan everyday doesn’t always “feel” good because it requires me to cope differently and change doesn’t always feel good. That’s one of the reasons I wanted to blog about my journey because those beautiful before and after success stories just don’t capture all of the real deal about this journey in my mind.

So my goals this week as we head to our nations independence day is to cope differently by continuing to incorporate all THREE(3) components of this program. Food-Body-Mind. Jenny Craig isn’t just about losing weight and while I’m having great weight loss success I don’t wanna be lured into those old ways of focusing only on that part of my journey. My mind is still full of ways to cope that have to be exchanged as well.  I don’t struggle at all with working out so I’ll still have my 6 days of workouts.

Okay so that’s it for me.  Be back to report this weeks results.

Hope

It’s my pleasure to announce and introduce to you Hope, who is on the Jenny Craig program. She will be blogging her progress several times a week to update you on what’s going on in her world, and how she is doing on JC! Hope has a great story to tell, and is well on her way to meeting her half-way goal of 50 pounds lost, for her 39th birthday this August! You can look for her first post later today!

Welcome to Jenny Craig Talk! You might not know me, but I probably know you!!! I’ve been following the stories of JC dieters online since last September, and you guys have A LOT to say. I’ve read about your start with Jenny Craig and I’ve also read about several of you reaching your goal (congrats!).

After all of my listening, I thought I might contribute to the conversation and introduce you to each other at the same time! I’d like Jenny Craig Talk to be a place where you can come to check up on what other JCers are up to and how they are doing on their weight loss journey. I’ll re-post content from JCers that I’ve found, and think you might like to read as well. You’ll also find posts by yours truly and fun things for you to check out. Please feel free to comment on the posts, speak your mind (but please do so keeping the Commenting Guidelines in mind)! You can also email me if you’d rather.

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