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Week 8 – Creating a Healthy Home

What I learned: Visual cues to help eat lest:  Mindless Eating: What I did: This week I started prepping the house for when I start eating regular food and transitioning off the shares. Started re-organizing the kitchen and both a few things to help me with my Calorie monitoring and Macros. Both a food scale, food ...

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Week 7 – Getting Active 2

What I learned:   Same has active week 1. Plus activity benefits is done over time. Some of the benefits you will feel and see right away but other you you see later over time. What I did:   I placed my laptop that use at home on the counter separating the dinning room and ...

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Week 6 – Cravings

What I learned: Cravings can be trigger by 3 factors Our environment, our body and our behaviours. For the environment and behaviours it can be mitigated by controlling the bad environment and bad behaviours. (It in our hands to make those changes) For our body it will help our metabolism by not skipping meals and ...

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Week 5 – Getting Active 1

What I learned: A good foundation for weight management is Healthy eating, Exercise, Sleep Hygiene and Stress Management. For exercise: Cardio: the recommended minimum 150 minutes per week and minimum of 10 minutes interval. Strength: twice a week.  What I did: I was more active at work. I stand every hour and move around. Next ...

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Week 4 – Problem Solving

What I learned: For problem solving you need to plan ahead; do not ignore the problem (deal with it ASAP); fail to plan is plan to fail. Break bad habits like always clean your plate (do not leave any food). You can always ask for a container to keep the leftovers for another meal. It ...

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Week 3 – Journaling / Building support 1 & 2

What I learned: This week I learned what I was already doing was a time of Journaling. I use IOS App called MyPlate to track my calories and water and this blog is also journaling. I need to track my trigger times when I get hungry. And look at what triggered it. I learned that ...

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Week 2 – Setting Goals / Making Changes

What I learned: This week I learned about setting goals. You can set big goals but to get to does goals you need small goals. My Big Goals (longterm) Improve my health (reduce or stop taking pills for my blood pressure and diabetes), Eat smaller portions (change my eating habits), Get my weight below 190 ...

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Week 1 – Welcome & Introduction

What I learned: This week we when over the introduction package (blue book) that I will need to bring every weekly session so I can track my blood pressure and weight.Received a book “Choice Foods” which I be using a around the 11 week.. When over the schedule. I will be on the OptiFast for ...

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Week 0 – Overview of the Program and Expectations

What I learned: We got a introduced to the people that will help use trough the program. (Two Physicians, two  Nurses practitioner, Dietitian, Facilitator, Kinesiologist). Beside family, friends and fellow participants in the program. What I did: This week was like normal. The only thing I did was try meal replacement shakes (Boost and Ensure) ...

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My OptiFast Program

In these  pages will be little bites and bytes of my brain during my weight management program. It will last initially 28 weeks, then it will be the rest of my life. Only time will tell how successful I’m…. ...