And aweigh we go......

I am so really annoyed! As in furious! As you know, last night was weighing in night, and I was feeling rather good and confident that I would be pretty much the one who had lost the most weight. I was exercising, watching what I ate and taking AyurSlim. And I was sooooo wrong. And to add insult to injury, guess who lost the most weight? Effortlessly? Ms. Latisha!!!! That girl did nothing but pop Sibutramine and walk around malls and go dancing, and she lost 2.2 lbs. Tell me, do you think that is fair? I so feel like switching to Sibutramine myself, but we have all decided to give our methods a fair trial. Who knows, perhaps this is just an initial spurt...?
Sue was second with a weight loss of 1.7 lbs. She feels the Orlistat really helps; she has tried diet and exercise many times previously but really did not lose much weight. She is one happy lady. Feels more tight and toned as well.
I am third (yes, at least not last) with a weight loss of 1.1 lbs. The good thing is that I feel a lot healthier since I have reduced my sweet cravings. I feel more energetic as well. I guess herbal is a slower but probably very healthy route to go.
Poor Katy did not do so well with her veggies only diet. She has not lost any weight, and she is feeling a bit run down. She is going to stick with his plan for another two weeks, and if it does not do the trick, she will switch to something else. Right now Latisha's Sibutramine looks mighty tempting!
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Tonight we are all going to reward ourselves with a nice dinner at Olive Garden. Mmm!

Thank God It's Friday!

Well, Saturday (our weighing in day) is fast approaching and I am nervous and excited. The girls and I have not seen each other all week, and I really really really want to know how they are faring. You know, the AyurSlim is really helping me. Mainly with my sweet cravings! I am quite surprised. Generally I am a bit sceptical about herbals. But I did notice within about 3 days that I do not want to keep popping a lil piece of something sweet in my mouth all the time. Hey, that's good, right? Plus I do not feel too full and bloated after my meals. Again, all good, right?
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I am very proud of Katy. She is sticking very faithfully to her raw or grilled veggies only diet. Poor thing; I really don't know how she does it. Especially since her husband is a total meat and potato guy. Must have his eggs and bacon for breakfast and fried chicken (really fried, not baked!) as often as he can get Katy to cook it for him. That woman is really determined, good for her!
Sue is so enjoying her walks. She is trying to persuade her walking group to meet up on some weekday evenings as well. She has made a few good friends, and suddenly her teenage daughter is not the complete focus of her universe. I am sure both mother and daughter appreciate that!
Ms. Latisha is having a great time. She doesn't seem to be working very hard towards the weight loss program. I wonder how she will feel tomorrow at weighing in time. She says the Sibutramine is really great and and enhances her mood and makes her feel very upbeat! Wow! Is it supposed to do that?
Well, I have been very good and have not weighed myself at all this week, although I have been so tempted to do just that. I am very nervous; my husband thinks I am really crazy; he says to go ahead and weigh myself if I want to. He cannot understand what the fuss is all about. I guess men just don't get it, do they?

Tea for two

Here is a super interesting weight loss tip somebody sent me. And the best thing, it really helps!
Okay, what you do is brew a spoon of loose leaf tea, or a teabag in a pot of water (about 2 cups) for about 5 minutes. Then add half a cup of milk, and brew for a couple minutes more. Watch out! The milk will boil over if you are not there to keep stirring the pot. That's it. Pour and enjoy. If you must have it sweet, add a lil bit of sugar, but only a very tiny amount. Drinking this tea kept the munchies away for about 3 whole hours! How about that!
Did you know that when tea leaves are brewed for 3 minutes, they release good for you antioxidants? Tea can help regulate cholesterol and is good for the heart! And, tea helps fight cavities! Who knew! Hey mom, don't you feel terrible about when I used to beg to have a cup of tea with you and you gave me milk instead?
I called up Latisha this morning and invited her to a tea party. She was like 'What do you think we are? 5 years old? Should I wear a frilly dress and my mother's hat and high heels?' Hmmm, actually that sounds like fun. I am going to have the girls over to a retro tea party next time. I think now that 5 year olds have the right idea. Next time your little girl wants to have her friends over (or even her dolls) for a tea party, slip some real tea in her teapot. Okay moms, don't get mad with me! Just check the real facts about tea.
I bought myself a really cute thermos which I tote to work everyday. Hope this helps me cause Saturday is weighing in day for the four of us. I have been trying real hard, haven't I?

To med or not to med...

My neighbour Christie is upset with me! She is an avid reader of this blog (thanks Christie!) and feels I am sending out the wrong message by advising people to use pharmaceuticals to achieve their weight loss. First of all people, I am not giving anybody any advice, right? And if pharmaceuticals help us to become more healthy, more confident, more fit, my question is 'why not'?
Christie honey, Sue and Latisha and I are not just jumping the pharmaceutical route. God knows we have lived in the Zone, Atkinned ourselves to high cholesterol, and South Beached ourselves to empty wallets. I have tried the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet, the Hollywood miracle detox diet. I have been good friends with Jenny Craig, cleansed my colon and popped Acai berry pills all day long. Now, if after all this, I still cannot get my weight under control, can you blame me for getting a little help? A boost? And since you have been following my blog, you do know that we are all making lifestyle changes as well (except for Ms. Latisha!).
All we are doing is getting a little help from the pros.
I envy all the gorgeous spokespersons and models in the fitness and diet ads. They have the glossiest hair, the whitest teeth and the latest designer duds. They look so beautiful and fit and tanned while they ski down scenic slopes, or hike on magnificent mountain trails, or swim in bright blue oceans or tan on pristine white beaches. While I would so love to do that, by the time I deal with my job, my family, the children's homework, their laundry, the cooking, the dirty dishes, 'dating my husband' (as all the marriage advisors say I must!), and visiting my parents and friends, I am too pooped to do anything but flop on the sofa, remote in hand. (Unless my husband has beat me to it, in which case I do not even have the energy to try and wrestle it from him).
So my question to Christie is this: Is it too awful for an ordinary, working wife and mother to look to pharmaceuticals to jumpstart her weight loss? I honestly think not.
What say you?

WestCoastDrugs Delivers!

I am so excited! Yesterday evening I got a call from Sue saying our meds had arrived. We all high tailed it to Sue's place to check the stuff out. Well, it is all there... Sibutramine for Latisha, Orlistat for Sue, AyurSlim for me and loads of face creams for Katy. She is very excited with the Glyco A acid cream and her Vitamin C with Kojic Acid cream. These products would have cost her a fortune in the US, but were very affordable at WestCoastDrugs.
So far, WestCoastDrugs has delivered in more ways than one. Their customer service was great (Thay are the only ones that actually responded to our e-mail). The price was excellent, and the products arrived in the time they specified. Now let us see if they really work as they are supposed to. Of course I shall keep you informed.
Now we are getting seriously into our weight loss program.
I am going to work out for about an hour 5 days a week. One day with the kettle bells, one day treadmill. Plus I shall start with 2 capsules of AyurSlim twice a day, 15 minutes after breakfast and dinner. Then once the weight drops off, I shall take just 1 capsule twice a day. Naturally I am going to make sure I eat more healthy; that is going to be a real challenge!
Latisha is completely confident the Sibutramine (1 capsule each morning) will do all the work so she won't have to work out! Dream on Latisha.
Sue will take 1 capsule of Orlistat with each meal. Plus she is going to walk in the park for an hour every single day, and go with her group for a 3 hour ramble each Sunday. She is still hoping her teenage daughter will join her, but as the days go by, she has kind of given up on that.
Katy has started her veggies only diet. This lady has got sheer will power. She eats nothing but veggies, and even those either raw or very lightly grilled! Hats off to you Katy! I absolutely do not think I could do that.
Well, we weighed ourselves last night. I am (ooops! this is embarassing) 155 lbs. Sue, 173, Latisha a whopping 189, and Katy is a beautiful 149. Hey, she is a tall girl, and I really do not think she needs to lose any weight at all.
Well everybody, wish us luck! We have to all get gorgeous and skinny by the 1st of July!

Confessions of a Chocoholic!

Okay, I must confess I am a major chocoholic! I have a 4 to 5 bar a day habit. I cannot keep away from anything chocolate. Chocolate bars, candy bars, chocolate chunk cookies, chocolate icecream (are you aware of how many varieties there are? mmmmmm).... I could go on and on. So, when I started my weight loss journey, I decided that one of the first things I would have to do is control the chocolate cravings. (I am hoping AyurSlim from WestCoastDrugs will help with that, since it is supposed to reduce cravings. Check it out at http://www.westcoastdrugs.net/generic-medicine/AyurSlim/340.html ; Okay, that is today's plug for WestCoastDrugs).
Anyway, until my AyurSlim arrives, I have hit upon another plan. You know how they say (I always wondered who the 'they' were. It just seems that as soon as you hear the words 'they say' you absolutely accept whatever it is 'they' are saying as gospel truth.) that dark chocolate is actually good for you? Well, I went and bought a huge bar of extra dark 80% cocoa chocolate. Just pure dark chocolate. Now, whenever I feel a chocolate craving coming up, I have a piece of the dark chocolate. It gives me a total chocolate fix. Now if only I could find a way to go from a half a dozen chocolate cravings a day down to a couple!
Sue is very happy with her walking group. They meet every Sunday morning at 8 am at different spots, and then proceed for lovely, long walks in parks and in the country. The only downside to this is that after the walk, they all get together and have a drink and something to eat. Sue enjoys the time they spend together and the new friends she has made, so she does not want to opt out of the snack time, neither does she want to eat donuts and ruin her weight loss regime. She finds it very hard to just sit there with a cup of black coffee while everybody else is stuffing their face. Any suggestions?
I have given up trying to urge Latisha to exercise. I hope the Sibutramine gives her a good start so she will be more motivated.
Well, as soon as our meds arrive, we shall weigh ourselves, and then the real journey begins!

What Katy Did (with apologies to Susan Coolidge)

Well, it finally happened. Within just 3 days, Katy is feeling awful. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Katy was going to go on this detox regime of eating nothing but tons of glasses of water, cayenne pepper and honey for a month! We all tried to dissuade her, but she can be super stubborn at times. She is bent on losing every extra inch of fat by the begining of summer, and is willing to do anything it takes to achieve her goal. The first day she started this ridiculous fast, she complained of hunger pangs, but was quite confident she could go through with it. Day 2 brought weakness and fatigue, and she had to give up her spinning mid-class. Day 3 she could not go through with her day at all. Finally last night when she had severe stomach cramps, she gave in and gave up her detox fast. Thank God for that! Now she is trying a new program where she will eat only raw vegetables for a month. Well, it sounds at least a lot more sensible than the cayenne pepper drink. Let's see how long this one lasts. I really do not think I can do anything this extreme to lose weight. On the other hand, neither do I want to imitate Latisha and do nothing except pop pills.
Wow, I am really excited to see which one of us will lose the most weight quickest. (Don't tell the other girls, but I hope you are all rooting for me!)