Movin' on down!

Today marks the beginning of my journey into the NuYuRx program. I think I am really going to like this! Emily was very helpful and she listened to everything I had to say, even though I am sure it was a lot!

My day started off with the question, "honey, where's my scale?" To which I received a snicker for a response. Hmph. The minute I stepped on it I was nervous. One whole week had passed and I had hardly exercised and had worked 2 grueling 13 hr shifts. It was a bit unsettling to see that the scale hadn't budged, maybe even a bit upsetting. I pushed past it though and kept my head up. My mom fixed me a yummy breakfast of one organic, free range, from the chicken coop egg, 3 slices of turkey bacon and a slice of whole wheat toast. Yum, good way to start the day!

We were running late for my appointment, of course, it's the story of my life. When we arrived at the office I was full of excitement. I just couldn't wait to meet Emily. My mom came with me. She is my accountability partner in all of this. Having her there was very comforting. We were both able to gain some knowledge from the experience. They have a scale that reads everything about you. It's a little scary. I was actually thinking maybe the print out was going to have my bra size on there! The little piece of paper shows a lot about your body composition. I learned that 49% of my body is FAT. WOW. I am not sure if I am shocked by this or disgusted by it, not really sure which. I have a BMI of 40.4% and 122.6 lbs of fat. Ouch. If that isn't an eye opener I don't know what is. The best news of all this morning when I got on that high tech scale was that it showed me at 250.4 lbs!! That makes a total of 6.6lbs!!! Not too bad for doing it on my own. The scariest part of the visit.....cutting my calories down to 1200-1300 per day!!! Yowzers!

Visits to the nutritionist will be weekly. I am going to stop using my scale at home....YIKES!! I know!! It's going to be hard, but I can do this! It will be easier to track my progress with these printouts. She gave me a lot of information to look over with many good tips. So far, the one thing that has helped the most is the breakdown of carbs, fats and proteins that I should be eating. According to the guidelines I should be eating 50% GOOD carbs, 30% Protein and 20% Fats. Surprisingly, my pie chart for today shows very clost to that! I finished up the day with 50% Carbs! Spot on! 23% Protein and 27% Fat. Pretty close for the first day! Also, I finished up with a total of........drum roll please.............1,259 calories!!! That even included a trip to Mc Donald's!!! That was a milestone in and of itself. Lillian got a happy meal that mysteriously didn't come with fries. I figure if there are NO fries on the table I will not be tempted. Besides, it's better for her to eat the apples anyway. She didn't fuss to my surprise!

All in all I think today was a success. I feel empowered with knowledge to get through the week. It will definitely be a test this weekend as we head out of town to visit family. My mom will be with me and together I think we can keep each other on the right track. Keeping my fingers crossed and saying a few extra prayers tonight. Tomorrow will be a good day. I just know it.