Get ready for the holidays…

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The holidays are nearing… just 15 weeks to the New Year. YIKES!

This morning my weight was 162.0 (9-14-09)

According to my BMI chart “Healthy” for my height (5’3″) is from 125 to 141. I have 21 more pounds to lose to reach a HEALTHY BMI

My goal is to be at 141 on New Years Day 1-1-2010!

With Optavia I can do it and so can you. So what are you waiting for…when you can be 20 to 30 pounds lighter. You’ll feel and look great for the holidays…

I don’t know about you… but I am done making a resolution to lose weight! Done with this old problem…

Join me in my journey and start the New Year off 

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.

Take Shape For Life (TSFL) company name was changed to Optavia

 

Sleep & Obesity

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People who sleep five hours a night are 73% more likely to become obese than those who sleep seven to nine hours.

We live in a chronically overtired society. In this country, half of us aren’t getting the seven to eight hours of sleep we need — and our health may be suffering for it. Getting enough sleep should be considered just as important as eating a healthy portion controlled diet and getting some exercise daily.  Please take your sleep seriously! Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help. Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach  joyce@healthcoachjb.com Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks. Take Shape For Life (TSFL) company name was changed to Optavia

Lost 114 pounds in 5 months.

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“…A close friend of mine had some serious complications because of type 2 diabetes and it scared me to death,” said client Steven E., of Raytown, MO. “I was suffering from the disease myself and decided to consult my doctor. He said the best thing I could do is to lose the weight, and that’s when I found Optavia.

I lost 114 pounds in 5 months on the Optavia Program and am totally off my diabetes medication for the first time in 6 years, which is an absolute miracle, and I have Optavia to thank!”

Fuelings have helped over one million people. Creating health for ourselves and our love ones — and then reaching out and helping others — is a powerful grassroots approach to healing an unhealthy world. 

I am one of many who found Optavia and have lost weight using their plan.   

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.

If Janet Can…So Can You

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I am so proud of my cousin Janet!

She is an amazing woman on so many levels and in just 4 weeks on program, even to her amazement…

Lost 16 pounds – Way to Go Janet!

Let me share a little bit of her story with you. Like so many in our family Janet has battled her weight for as long as I can remember. She has been on just about every diet ever published and some we’ve never heard of. She kept trying and didn’t quit, give up, or throw in the preverbal towel — That would have been the easy way out.

Well a month ago… much to her skepticism she started on program. She warned me that her body just doesn’t allow her to lose weight any longer because of all the years of failed diets.  I asked her to trust in the science behind this and to keep an open mind. That’s exactly what she did but her month had a few bumps in the road…

Monday of last week – I got a call she was feeling so bad the nurses in the clinic she works in came to help her. She immediately call her doctors and got an appointment. Much to her and my surprise the solution was a good one. Her doctor took her off a medication and sent her on her way… Since coming off this drug Janet’s mind is clear and she can think better. Oh and her weight has been dropping even better now that she is off that medication!

Today when I spoke with her, Janet has a sparkle to her voice she didn’t have 4 weeks ago.  She feels good. Her cloths are getting lose and told me today she is going to have to go shopping pretty soon.

I love my Cousin Janet – I am so happy and proud of her.

Cousin Janet & Joyce Wine Tasting Napa 2003

Cousin Janet & Joyce Wine Tasting Napa 2003

My hope is more of my family will realize how easy this is and join us before a heart attack, cancer or diabetes gets the worst of them.

I met a young beautiful woman named Lana on Saturday who is 26 years old. She went on program 3 years ago. Lost her weight and has kept it off. Lana is a Trauma Room Nurse at our local hospital. Lana and I spoke at length… “As a trauma room nurse you only see the worst patients.  You don’t see them get well… you just get them where they can breathe for two hours on their own – and they get moved out of trauma to make room for someone else – and in a month or less they are back”.  How depressing is this?

Now as Paul Harvey use to say… Here’s the rest of the story: More than 65% of those in Lana’s trauma room are their because of obesity related issues!  They did it to themselves with years of fatty, high sugar, high carb diets.

  If My Cousin Janet Can Do This Program…So Can You!

Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson says, You don’t know a heart attack is on the way, until you’re having one… and then it may be too late.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not a train it’s a happy, healthy life waiting…

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.

Hello 164 ½ — It’s Official as of this Morning!

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Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.

I have lost a total of 25 1/2 pounds in 10 weeks…

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… and so can you!

Going from surviving to thriving! Is one of the powerful expressions I’ve heard listening to Dr. Wayne Anderson, Co-founder of Optavia, and that is exactly how I am going about with my life.

I know you’ve tried to lose weight only to gain it back. That’s been my story for the past 40 years – but not any longer.  I’ve had a breakthrough that shows me how to reach and maintain a healthy weight and how to create a life of renewed vibrancy, health, and spirit – all under the easy-to-follow guidance of one of America’s most esteemed and compassionate practitioners of weight loss and optimal health.

Here is a look at my first 3 weeks on program.

 Down 11.1 pounds in 3 Weeks

I’m giving you a snap shot look inside the day to day progress I made in my first three weeks.  Keep in mind I’ve been doing Weight Watchers for 2 ½ years prior to my start of Optavia and in the preceding 18 months only lost nine pounds.

Then I was introduced to Optavia and started the 5 & 1 Plan and have never looked back! For the first time in my life of diets I can actually see myself thin and healthy…I just love my new life style and feeling in control of my body.

OK – let’s not keep you waiting…

HERE IS THE DAY-BY-DAY LOOK AT MY FIRST 3 WEEKS ON PROGRAM.

Week # 1 started for me on a Thursday – May 28th. That morning I weighted in at 190 Lbs.

I was told the first 3 days are critical. Most people will transition into the “fat burning” phase of the program somewhere from the 3rd to 5th day.  Also the first couple of days we lose water weight. Still weight, but not the fat we most want to rid ourselves of…

As you can see from the chart below my first 2 days were exciting and kicked in my motivation all the more! Then days’ 3 – 5 were slow.  I finished my 6th days with a bang, down another -2.1 pounds.

My first week I lost -7.8 pounds!

Week #2 I had a net loss of -2.0 even with a couple of days where my weight went up slightly.

Week # 3 I broke the 10 pound barrier this week and that was great.

I’d lost more in 16 days on this plan than I had in 18 months doing Weight Watchers.

My 3 week weight loss: -11.1 pounds 

A three week average of:  -3.7 pounds per week.

3 week daily weight loss chart TSFLNow ten weeks into this program I weigh 164.5 Lbs.  Down to a size 12 and the weight is still melting off! 

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.

Today @ 164.8!

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August 10, 2009 — Today is a very good day!

165 Lbs. was my 10 week goal…

…this morning I weighted in at 164.8 Lbs.

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Take Shape For Life is changing my life in so many ways, and it feels wonderful. My body is lighter and so is my closet. No more size 24 taking up space. No more size 22. No more size 20! I have donated everything or given it away!

I am down to a baggy size 12 now, and pretty soon a 10!

I’ve lost a grand total of 90.2 pounds!

I still have a way to go… but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach  joyce@healthcoachjb.com Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks. Take Shape For Life (TSFL) company name was changed to Optavia

 

Down 25 Lbs. in 10 Weeks!

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 I got Fat because I ate the wrong foods 3 times a day. 

Now I am losing the Fat…

…I eat all the right foods 6 times a day!

Back on the 28th of May 2009 – I weighed in at 190 pounds after being stuck in a five pound range for 18 months doing Weight Watchers. Talk about getting discouraged… Then I was introduced to a life changing program, Take Shape For Life (TSFL).

At the end of 10 weeks I weighed at 165.0!

I’ve gone for a tight size 16 to a baggy size 12

My friend at Weight Watchers sent me a note that she didn’t know scales got that low? Well mine is going lower! I am still on program and have more weight to drop. If you have said to yourself… “I have to do something” – I have found the magic to getting us all Healthy and Losing Weight! This is an amazing program. I eat all day long pretty much. Small portion controlled meal replacements and one home cooked meal or I dine out. Here is what it’s NOT:
  • It’s not a liquid diet. Yuck!
  • There are no pills or shots!
  • You will not be counting points!
  • You won’t starve or be hungry… ever!
Here is what you WILL do:
  • EAT! 6 to 7 times a day… about every three hours – “How cool is this”?
  • You CAN Lose Weight. Some will lose more and a few of you will cheat and lose less…sorry,  just a fact of life.

This is changing my life and it can change yours too.

Have you said you needed to do something? Well this is it. Give it a try for 5 weeks like I did, and you’ll swear by this program. Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help. Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach  joyce@healthcoachjb.com Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks. Take Shape For Life (TSFL) company name was changed to Optavia

Down To The Wire For a Photo Finish!

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My 1st goal date is this Thursday morning, July 2nd.  I set my goal to lose 15 pounds.  Each morning between now and Thursday I’ll step on the scale, probably exhale… then hold my breath and look down at the digital read out.  My Goal is 175.0

I am very confident I will not only make my goal but exceed it.  I only have 0.3 to go!

Currently I’m right at 175.3

What is amazing to me is how easy it has been to lose 15 pounds in basically a month.  I’ve never done so well losing weight in my entire life. Not even on Weight Watchers (WW) have I done this well in such a brief period of time.  I feel good and I’m thrilled to be getting the fat off! If you told me 2 months ago I would be looking at 175 I probably would not have believed you, but here I am in 5 weeks.

This past Saturday I was invited to a workshop put on by TSFL Russ and Amanda McCann. Both have lost an incredible amount of weight. If you’d meet either of them on the street you would never know they were overweight. Their skin is tight and they look amazing. Which is very encouraging because I sure don’t want to drop a lot of weight and have excess skin- yikes.  They look tone and Amanda is rock hard from working out AFTER she lost her weight.

The workshop was extremely helpful and got me fired up to lose ALL my excess weight. For so long I thought I was just meant to be heavy. Call it genetics, bad eating habits, long hours what ever, it doesn’t matter.  I can see from the research and eating 5-1 TSFL meals every 2 ½ to 3 hours, the fat is melting right off me.

For the first time – I am actually thinking, I can be a normal weight and live a healthy active life.  

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I continue to stay focused on my goal of 175 now I’m pondering my next stop… may be 160 or 155…

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.

4 Weeks Completed

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Slimmer by another 2.1 pounds this week! 

My 4 week total weight loss  is: -13.2 pounds @ 176.8

Down another 2.1 pounds this week.

I have to share with you all that on the weekend I did veer off program but just a little bit.  I had to have a steak Saturday night. AND I was not going to weigh it! It was cooked just right and I enjoyed every bite… the next morning I was heavier by 2 pounds, but that is a pattern I know will happen.  I knew it before starting in on my meal.  It was worth it, and I knew it was not an every day thing.

I need to commit to a couple a days a week “salt-free” days. It’s harder than giving up coffee! But the results are worth it.

I’ve been really good about weighing my evening meals to keep the portions at where they should be – and not the size my eyes think it aught to be.

Now I’ve got to schedule the gym into my calendar and when I’m done here that’s what I’m doing next.

Wish me luck that I hit the 175 mark on or before next Thursday!

Want to lose weight and get healthy? I am here to help.

Joyce Blonskij, Independent Certified Optavia Coach 

joyce@healthcoachjb.com

Average weight loss on the Optimal Weight 5 & 1 Plan® is 12 pounds. Clients are in weight loss, on average, for 12 weeks.