The purpose of this blog is to track my weight loss progress, milestones, challenges, and feelings in regards to the Optifast phase of my personal weight loss journey. Some friends may choose to follow along out of curiosity or out of desire to support and encourage me. Whatever your reason for dropping by, I hope you'll find something of interest.
Today was my second group session, and my official weigh-in/ medical consultation. Good news - the hospital scale is the same as our home scale - yaaay! Picked up a week's supply of Optifast. Group session was on the topic, "Why traditional diets don't work."
I look forward to tomorrow with quite a bit of anxiety - can I do it? Well, no, I've decided that I WILL do it 100% with no cheating. The concern is more about the mechanics of how I'll manage things like family gatherings and parties and restaurants out. After having tried many weight loss programs, I've realized that my body doesn't like to loose weight, so I'm afraid that I'll go on this and maybe loose only a few pounds rather than the 40 pounds that I would like to loose. I'm afraid that I'll lose the weight but then gain it back again, like other times.
I am cautiously optimistic. This seems like a program based on a lot of science and it is carefully medically supervised. Since it's funded by government dollars, they have a vested interest in seeing people loose weight and keep it off - there is a 2 1/2 year support and follow-up period
I know there is a group of friends and family praying for me. I appreciate your understanding, your prayers, and your encouragement.
I won't post every day, but I will post regularly about my progress - good and bad.
Stay tuned.
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