Week One Nutrisystem Check-In

It's been one week since I've been on Nutrisystem, so I figured it was time to check in.  I have lost 3.8 pounds so far, and am feeling pretty good.  I haven't ate one things so far from Nutrisystem that I didn't like, and if I stick strictly to their plan for each day, I have plenty of energy and I never feel like I'm starving.  I am very excited about the 3.8 pounds though.  Especially since Easter Sunday was last Sunday, and we went to my husband's house and did a whole shindig with a lot of yummy food.  That day I let myself eat what I wanted, but I did try not to pig out to overly much.  And then my husband's birthday was on Tuesday, April 2nd, so we ordered fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and rolls, and they were delicious!  That night I skipped my Nutrisystem dinner and ate with the family.  It was good, but I could tell later that I had definitely eaten some unhealthy, greasy food.  So, yay for 3.8 pounds.  It probably could have been better if I had been super, super strict, but to me that's just not realistic.  There are going to be days where I feel like eating out with the family, and there are going to be days when we go to someone else's house or to an event or something where I have to eat what they are serving.  As long as I can do everything in moderation, I feel like it will all be okay.  Plus, I'm losing weight in a "real" way.  Not in some fad diet way, or extreme weight loss gimick that will come back and haunt me in 3 months when I fall off the wagon and gain all of the weight back plus ten.  *ahem*  Another benefit to my change in diet has been that I no longer feel sick at night when I lay down to go to sleep.  I have been sleeping better and have not woken up with acid reflux!  For those of you who have acid reflux at night, you know that it sucks, and that it is a big deal for it to have eased up.  I took my measurements at the beginning of this journey, but I don't really want to re-measure every week, so I figure that can kind of be like a once a month thing.  Who knows, we'll wing it.  :)  Anyway, that is my one week update.  One week down - who knows how many more to go.  But the important thing is that today I totally feel like I can do it! 

Moving my Book Reviews

To the few people that are actually following me so far (thank you! thank you!!), just wanted to let you know that I have created a separate website for book reviews only.  I figured this would be a way to keep everything more streamlined, and then I could keep this blog for more personal and/or random posts.  Please move over and follow me at Jessica Loves Books to keep up with my newest book reviews.  Thank you!!