The First Week.

The first week on Jenny was hard for me.

The first couple of days I felt like I was eating way too much. I missed carbs, the Italian in me was SCREAMING "I want bread!" but of course, I couldn't falter.

Then, I got pulled up to Prescott for two days. Without my food.

Boy, was that hard. I made mostly healthy choices, save for the peach pie I had been dying for the entire trip that I indulged in last minute. But once I got back home? Back on the program I went! And it wasn't so bad. Eating the food, I felt better about myself. I had more energy, more willpower and more encouragement to get through the day. The food wasn't as bad as I remembered it and that was a huge relief. I'm realizing that there's so much you can do to alter the food to change up the flavor, without even adding calories. I'm really glad for my creativeness for that.

I know it's a cliche, but so far, being on this diet is really making me feel amazing. I've noticed already that when I go to a dinner place with my dad and order my salad, when I'm looking at the menu, I can see the vegetable and healthy dishes and think about how good they'd taste over the fatty ones. I think I already have a better idea of control, what I was doing wrong and portion control. Looking at the Jenny guide to eating on your own meals? I could probably just do with that. It makes me feel nifty to look at the dining out guide and decipher what the perfect meal from a restaurant would be. It's actually fun.
I definitely feel like the first week was good, but I feel like this next week will be better.
I loss 4 pounds week one (even with that peach pie), so let's see where I can go this week! Wish me luck!

Who I am.

I'm a dancer. A Singer. An actress. A fashionista. An artist. A photographer. A blogger. A daughter. A caring friend. Awkward. Silly. Fat.
No, not fat. Misguided. Mislead. Unhealthy.
But is that going to change?
I plan on it.

A week and a half ago I made the pledge to be healthy. I went into my local Jenny Craig with the plan that I was going to not go on a diet, but make a healthy lifestyle change. I mean, I had done it before. I lost almost 40 pounds. Then, things went downhill. My parents got a divorce, I lived in a hotel for 2 months and I was making the hard transition from middle school to high school. Slowly the pounds came back and doubled in size.
I have 70 pounds to lose.
By August.

How is that going to happen?
Well, truth is? I'd do anything to make that happen.
I'm in the midst of making another hard transition, just like I was the last time I was on Jenny. I'm about to go from high school in Arizona to college in New York. Is that crazy or what? I'll be pursuing what I love and what I believe I'm meant to do: Being on stage. It's more important than anything to me and I'm willing to do anything to succeed. #1 thing in show business? Be attractive. Make everyone want you or want to be you. Talent helps quite a bit, but who wants a fat Mary Poppins? It's just not the same.
Of course, I'd realized it before; the weight-loss getting in the way, but then I thought... "I'm getting older". Sure, I may only be seventeen, but I've already wasted seventeen years. Do I want to waste another? I don't think so.
So, that's how I ended up at Jenny.

On this blog, I plan to write about my trials and tribulations, goals, struggles, accomplishments.... All the way till the 70th pound is lost.