It’s been 32 weeks on Nutrisystem for myself and 28 weeks for Kaytlin.
This was vacation week for us. We left Monday to go camping for the week. Yes, camping. You know… marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, potato chips, coookies…. junk food city. I was a good mommy, though. I also packed a lot of lettuce, green peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, bananas, and grapes as well as my Nutrisystem food. I wasn’t sure how much of my “plan” food I was going to eat, but I brought it so I could eat it.
Of course there is always a monkey wrench in the best thought out plans, right? Sunday evening my 14 year old, Joshua, wrecked his bike and broke both bones in his arm in 3 places total. Yes… on a Sunday (don’t things like this always happen on the weekends at your house?). So off to the local children’s hospital urgent care center we went.
Because of the amount of pain he was in, we were able to be seen fairly quickly. Poor Josh could not straighten out his wrist, it was stuck in an arched position and he could barely wiggle his fingers. After some poking and prodding and a few x-rays we began the waiting game. The physician there put in a call to ortho because she wasn’t sure how they would want to procede.
So I am going to try to make a long story short. They splinted him and told us to make an appointment with ortho the next week. The next morning his fingers looked like sausages and he needed to be taken back in. Another visit with a physician, another call into ortho and we were sent to the children’s hospital ER to have his arm reset (it seems that born on the left was curved now and that is why his wrist wouldn’t bend). All of this occurred on Monday. Yes, Monday afternoon & evening… the day the family was to go camping. Our van was packed to the gills, so we drove to the campground to unload and Joshua and I spent the afternoon/evening in the ER together.
So he is finally in a cast and set correctly. The pain is almost gone but now the itching has begun (and the whining and complaining about the itching and the lack of ability to do almost everything he likes to do… video games, computers… yadda yadda).
Can we say stress?!? Have I mentioned before… I am a stress eater? Well, I am… but I think I did fairly well through that episode.
Oh, and we made it to the campground 9:30pm Monday night… just in time for good nights.
So, the rest of the week… it went fairly smooth. I ate Nutrisystem breakfast, morning snack and lunch all week. Two of the days I ate Nutrisystem dinner and the other two I, well, did not.
Kaytlin and I continued with our Couch to 5k Running Plan. We finished up week 3 but it was super tough. I’m not sure if it was because of the heat, because of running on a perfectly flat surface, or because I wasn’t “eating right”. I am honestly worried about week 4. We are going from running 3 minutes straight to 5. This is my first time during this experience that I am honestly worried.
During our four night stay we pretty much ditched the van and went everywhere on foot. Emma and Ethan were in heaven and there were only a few complaints from the rest of the crew. It felt nice to be moving several times a day and it warmed my heart to see “the babies” skipping and hopping and having the time of their lives.
So, let’s get to the business at hand… I know you are curious how we did…
This week I gained .8 lbs.
So between eating off plan and Mother Nature visiting me this week I think I did fairly well.
That puts me at 31.2 lbs in 32 weeks
| Week & -/+ | Total Loss |
| week 1: – 6 lbs | 6 lbs |
| week 2: – 2.5 lbs | 8.5 lbs |
| week 3: – 4 lbs | 12.5 lbs |
| week 4: + 1 | 11.5 lbs |
| week 5: – 3 lbs | 14.5 lbs |
| week 6: + .2 lbs | 14.3 lbs |
| week 7: – 3 lbs | 17.3 lbs |
| week 8: – .8 lbs | 18.1 lbs |
| week 9: – 2.5 lbs | 20.6 lbs |
| week 10: – .4 lbs | 21 lbs |
| week 11: – 1.6 lbs | 22.6 lbs |
| week 12: + 1.4 lbs | 21.2 lbs |
| week 13: -3 lbs | 24.2 lbs |
| week 14: -.4 lbs | 24.6 lbs |
| week 15: +.2 lbs | 24.4 lbs |
| week 16: -1.6 lbs | 26 lbs |
| week 17: +1 lbs | 25 lbs |
| week 18: -4.2 lbs | 29.2 lbs |
| week 19: +1 lb | 28.2 lbs |
| week 20: –2.6 lb | 30.8 lbs |
| week 21: +1.2 lb | 29.6 lbs |
| week 22: +/-0 lb | 29.6 lbs |
| week 23: -1.4 lb | 31 lbs |
| week 24: -1 lb | 32 lbs |
| week 25: +2 lb | 30 lbs |
| week 26: -.6 lb | 30.6 lbs |
| week 27: –1.6 lb | 32.2 lbs |
| week 28: –.8 lb | 33 lbs |
| week 29: –1 lb | 34 lbs |
| week 30: +2.2 lb | 31.8 lbs |
| week 31: -.2 lb | 32 lbs |
| week 32: +.8 lb | 31.2 lbs |
That makes a total of 40.4 lbs in 27 weeks!
| Week & –/+ | Total Loss |
| week 1: – 8.8 lbs | 8.8 lbs |
| week 2: – 2.2 lbs | 11.0 lbs |
| week 3: – 2 lbs | 13 lbs |
| week 4: – 2 lbs | 15 lbs |
| week 5: – 1.4 lbs | 16.4 lbs |
| week 6: -3 lbs | 19.4 lbs |
| week 7: –2.6 lbs | 22 lbs |
| week 8: – 2.8 lbs | 24.8 lbs |
| week 9: -.8 lbs | 25.6 lbs |
| week 10: -2.4 lbs | 28 lbs |
| week 11: -.8lbs | 28.8 lbs |
| week 12: +.4 lbs | 28.4 lbs |
| week 13: -2.2lbs | 30.6 lbs |
| week 14: -1.6 lbs | 32.2 lbs |
| week 15: +1 lb | 31.2 lbs |
| week 16: –1.2 lb | 32.4 lbs |
| week 17: –1.6 lb | 34 lbs |
| week 18: –2.8 lb | 36.8 lbs |
| week 19: -.2 lb | 37 lbs |
| week 20: 0 lb | 37 lbs |
| week 21: –1.6 lb | 38.6 lbs |
| week 22: –0 lb | 38.6 lbs |
| week 23: –1.6 lb | 40.2 lbs |
| week 24: –.4 lb | 40.6 lbs |
| week 25: + .6 lb | 40 lbs |
| week 26: -2.6 lb | 42.6 lbs |
| week 27: + 1 lb | 41.6 lbs |
| week 28: +1.2 lb | 40.4 lbs |
Friday was weigh in day for Nutrisystem buddies, too!!
Make sure to drop in and visit:
Heather at Living on Love and Cents
Melissa at The Life of a Sippy Cup Mom
Brett at This Mama Loves Her Bargains
Sara at "Deal"icious Mom
Xenia from Thanks Mail Carrier
Kari at Shining 2 Save
and Carmen from Closer to Lucy
and cheer them on!
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DISCLOSURE: This post was written by me and was not edited by anyone. The opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own and have not been influenced in any way. Nutrisystem is providing their food and program to me/us free of charge for my weekly updates. I was not compensated for writing this post. Your experiences with the product may differ. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255
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