Nutrisystem #NSNation: Week 1

Nutrisystem #NSNation: Week 1

I have made it through my first week of Nutrisystem and I must say it was rather tough the first 3 days!! I was getting monsterous headaches from adjusting to smaller portioned meals, but so far they have seemed to calm down. It may have partly been due to the fact I was also stressing out this week about school, since it’s pretty much full time work. Either way, I am good!

The first day of eating Nutrisystem, I noticed a huge jump on the scale that resulted in me panicking, trying to search Google or the Nutrisystem forum for an answer in why I gained 4 lbs. I learned that it was pretty much impossible unless I somehow managed to get 16,000 calories down my throat, which was not true since I had ate only 1159 calories for the day. So if you see a significant jump on the scale when you’re trying to lose weight, just know that it’s water weight, and glycogen and you’ll be absolutely fine.

I must say though, that the Nutrisystem meals do not look anything like the photos on the box, but then again, do fast food commercials look anything like what you ordered? Nope. I was willing to tough it out and get through it regardless of what it looked like, but figured I should share that for those who are wanting to get on Nutrisystem like myself.

I was also surprised with how small the portions were, which made me realize how much I was over eating to achieve the feeling of being completely full, sometimes stuffed. They ARE the right portions to control ones weight, which is why I have lost 6.4 pounds this week and I didn’t even do any exercise program. I do however, need to remind myself to add stuff to the meals, so that I am not feeling hungry throughout the day, like for instance, you can have unlimited vegetables, so I made myself a raw spinach salad with grilled zucchinis, tomatoes, green peppers and onions and added a little bit of lemon juice and dill-weed to give it some flavor. I just have to continue to do this and all should be fine.

Overall, I think this week was great, and I hope I continue to see great weeks ahead of me.

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My Favorite Nutrisystem Meal: Lasagna in Meat Sauce.
My Least Favorite Nutrisystem Meal: Mac and Cheese with Beef.
Starting Weight: 5’11” @ 230.8 (hate admitting to that)
Current Weight: 224.4
Total Loss: 6.4 lbs

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I Have a Piggy a.k.a. Shit Machine

I Have a Piggy a.k.a. Shit Machine

 

My sister about a month ago asked if I would take her Guinea Pig, because she would no longer be able to take it and keep it at her new apt, as she already had 2 cats and a small dog. I figured what the hell, my cat could use a new friend, since she gets lonesome sometimes.

They were great at first, but now my cat is starting to be a little more playful than Roxie (the guinea pig) likes. My roommate says that’s a total stripper name, but I don’t care. Yasmine isn’t exactly a cat’s name either, but I dig it and so does she.

My Yasmine was spayed when she was a youngster, so she never got a chance to have any kittens. So, now she treats Roxie as her baby, and Roxie is not happy about having Yazzy’s wet tongue all over her. In fact, she starts chattering her teeth to tell her to get the hell away. It’s so amusing to see two different animals interact though.

I’ve been snapping a lot of pictures, since every time I’m near Roxie or have her cage open, Yasmine has to be right there as well.

My sister informed me that she would be inexpensive and low maintenance, well that was wrong! This pig, shits out 20 tiny little pellets, like every 10 minutes. So you have to be right there cleaning her cage out, or it starts to get way messy and smelly. Damn her!

I don’t mind having her, but I like things low maintenance right now or I would be having a million kids. Okay so maybe only one or two. But, obviously I want ME time, not PIGGY time. Does that sound selfish, even though it’s really not all that bad?

I think Roxie would do well with a bigger cage and another piggy, but damn their cages are close to a hundred – which is too damn spendy for my tastes. I would like her to have a friend though since I think she would be a little happier, instead of just sitting in her cage. I do take her out quite a bit, but not as much as she would like – I’m sure.

Who Ya Gonna Call? Ghost Busters!

Who Ya Gonna Call? Ghost Busters!

Is anyone else out there addicted to these crazy ass ghost hunter shows. It’s the only one I watch religiously, because they try to debunk stuff as they see it and if they can’t find a logical reason for it happening, then it’s most likely real.

Call me insane, but I like knowing what happens to us after we pass on. It gives me a sense of closure, knowing that we’ll probably be just fine and won’t exactly be “nothing” as my boyfriend would say. He doesn’t believe that our spirits will be “alive”, when we’re dead, we’re dead and there’s no communicating or anything. I’m more open to believing I guess you could say. It’s intriguing to say the least.

I did have a bit of a scare a few months ago. Now I’m not exactly sure if it was my imagination or me watching too many of these shows that have totally filled up my DVR – but, I was sitting on the toilet in the middle of the night and I feel like someone had rubbed their finger down my back lightly. It was the most creepiest feeling ever and it scared the living shit out of me. I won’t go to the bathroom now, without turning on the light and making sure the shower curtain is completely opened. I don’t have long hair either, so it wasn’t that going down my back.

Let’s just say, I won’t mention this to my boyfriend, cause he’ll come up with some assnine reasoning, like me watching these shows and allowing “demons” as he calls them, to come in the house.

So, I can only share it with you all.

There is a reasoning behind his demon theory, and that’s because he had a bad experience as a child with an object that something spiritual held onto for dear life. (He’s also a Jehovah’s Witness) He said the demon held him down in his bed to where he couldn’t move or speak. And once they got rid of this item that they bought at a garage sale, it stopped happening. I’m sure there’s crazy stuff that happens like that and it would probably make me freak out and think the same way.

I did have my first experience about 8 years ago when I lived in an old farm house. One night my friend, myself, my sister and a couple cousins decided to go into my room and use a quija board. Apparently whatever was in the house didn’t like it or wanted to scare us, because the lights started turning off and on. Let’s just say we didn’t mess with the Quiji board anymore. Then, one night when I was about to go to sleep — I noticed a huge black mass towards the ceiling and it started floating towards me. I ran out of the bed and down the stairs, faster than a cheetah. I wasn’t about to get up close and personal with whatever the hell it was in my room.

And about a month after that recent scare, I was dangling my hand out over the bed and it felt like someone had touched the tip of my finger. Nothing was cold, as you would expect. So, I’m not exactly sure if it was a reaction of my skin twitching or tingling, since sometimes that happens or if it was actually something supernatural. I guess it’s easier to believe and to automatically assume it’s something that your mind cannot comprehend. About 30 minutes after that, I was starting to doze off and I was startled by what it seemed like, something running across my pillow since it moved and caused a loud ruffled noise in my ear.

I thought it was my cat, since she likes to sleep in our bed, but she was at the foot of it sleeping in her cat bed. So, really I cannot explain it. It was freaky as all hell and I will never forget those moments.

I am just imagining it’s my grandpa or my father who has passed on, trying to mess with me since my grandpa was a bit of a jokester and my dad was never really around, so maybe he’s trying to ya know “be there”. Either way, it’s still creepy.