Progress Report

So here I am about 2 weeks into my plan of finishing up 52lbs in 52 weeks.  After I wrote that post I promptly went to McDonalds and ate a Big Mac.  No, I'm serious.  By the end of the weekend, I was at 38lbs down and so mad at myself.  I felt terrible, depressed, sick...and I refocused for three days before Thanksgiving.  I was back to 41lbs down...But it didn't feel right...it didn't feel like the 41lbs I remembered...it felt more bloated and gross.

And then we traveled to Maryland for the holiday...and when we got back I weighed myself to assess the damage.  I had done OK...not great.  I did have pie.  And I ate Indian food and tried to limit the rice and I didn't have naan...but I did have a few gluten free beers over the weekend so...I was up 2.8lbs...And on December 1, 2013 I decided that I wasn't doing something right...I was bouncing those 2lbs and never making it below 41lbs down...and something clicked.  It was almost as if I was able to find my focus and determination.  It was like I had finally kicked the monster that had woken up inside me when I started taking the supplements from the nutritionist.

And on Monday 2 of the 2.8lbs were gone.

And I went to the nutritionist and we decided that I needed to focus more on my diet than on my supplements from her.  I have a very strong reaction to sugar and the foods she was recommending that I try were not helping me.  They were, in fact, making things worse.

With the monster quieted, I was able to focus again.  It was as if a veil had been lifted.  My body also felt better...and it wasn't as if I was doing anything different than I had been for the last 3 months, it was that this time it was sticking.

By Tuesday, I hit 42lbs down and by this morning I hit 43lbs down...and I went to the doctor tonight to discuss and issue I had after running a few weeks ago (she told me to stop exercising/heavy lifting/limit my activity until she saw me.  She gave me an all clear...and when I weighed in on her scale, fully dressed and at the end of my da, I weighed less than I did on Monday morning.

So here I sit...9lbs and 5 weeks to goal...with a big fat holiday right in the middle of it.  It's only one day and I have control of what I eat.   Ok, it's actually 2 days since we have celebrations on Christmas  Eve too...

YAY for progress!!

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