This has turned into a weight-loss journal.
Hrrm. Wasn't intended to be that originally, but hey.
I felt kind of -- meh, I dunno, heavy this morning, so I was really dreading weighing, but had to because it was the end of the third week.
But good news -- 1.9lbs, which brings my total to 13.4 so far. In kg that's 6.09 lost.
As far as how I feel physically and mentally -- I can see a few really small but positive changes. My back is improving. It still hurts when I don't sit down for long periods; the grocery store on Friday was difficult because of that. So, better, but not great yet.
My feet and ankles, though, are really doing better. Far less swelling, which I had hoped would be the case but wasn't entirely sure. They too are not completely normal yet, but I am really encouraged at what I see and feel there.
After 21 days I'm pretty well-adjusted to the much lower level of caffeine intake, although I do tend to a few headaches from time to time. It might not be from caffeine, though, not sure. I wake up faster in the mornings. And yesterday I really had a ton of energy. I got one task accomplished that needed doing -- I reorganized my cabinets and moved a bunch of items into long-term storage, since I am not eating or cooking with those things currently. So now when I open that set of cabinets all I see are things I do currently use.
But overall, okay, nothing huge. Just glad to see the scales inch downward. I'm glad I didn't get discouraged early this past week when the scales were unmoving. As a couple of friends predicted, the progress did resume, just took it a bit. I am still hungry most of the time. I had my vegetarian crispy tacos again for supper last night, because I was so hungry, but although those feel like a splurge they really aren't; they are actually pretty decent.
I'm planning a week from today to get Mexican food from my favorite place for my folks and my supper, as a splurge meal. I keep seeing people talk about allowing splurges -- some say treat yourself once a week, others go longer -- but I can't allow splurges too often at this point. But once a month I thought I could have something I really miss? Maybe at the end of May it'll be a cheeseburger.
I don't know. I am just doing the best I can with this. The week after next is a holiday week for me, and I'm finding that if I spend too much time alone I start to really obsess over how hungry I am and how much I want something to eat besides what I have in the house (right now the craving is for MEAT, although in the past it used to be carbs). So I apologize in advance if the week of May 6th I start posting 18x a day about cravings and all that. I don't really have a weight loss buddy here -- well, I sort of did, but she has had numerous out-of-town events on the weekends and I think she hasn't kept it up well (understandably).
I don't want to fling this in people's faces, and I know I tend to babble about it -- I'm so glad to be making this much-needed change, but too often I feel as if, if I talk about it to colleagues and so on, it comes across as a rebuke. I don't intend it that way, but I think I need to be careful about discussing it unless asked. I work with a number of folks who need to lose varying amounts of weight, and although there are some good aspects to this -- I evidently inspired most of them to cut out sodas early on -- I do not want to CROW. I have no room to crow -- I certainly can lose weight, but as I've demonstrated multiple times, I can pack it back on, too.
Anyway. I'm very pleased this morning, though, and now I'll go grab that other fridge oatmeal. Y'all have a great Sunday.
I felt kind of -- meh, I dunno, heavy this morning, so I was really dreading weighing, but had to because it was the end of the third week.
But good news -- 1.9lbs, which brings my total to 13.4 so far. In kg that's 6.09 lost.
As far as how I feel physically and mentally -- I can see a few really small but positive changes. My back is improving. It still hurts when I don't sit down for long periods; the grocery store on Friday was difficult because of that. So, better, but not great yet.
My feet and ankles, though, are really doing better. Far less swelling, which I had hoped would be the case but wasn't entirely sure. They too are not completely normal yet, but I am really encouraged at what I see and feel there.
After 21 days I'm pretty well-adjusted to the much lower level of caffeine intake, although I do tend to a few headaches from time to time. It might not be from caffeine, though, not sure. I wake up faster in the mornings. And yesterday I really had a ton of energy. I got one task accomplished that needed doing -- I reorganized my cabinets and moved a bunch of items into long-term storage, since I am not eating or cooking with those things currently. So now when I open that set of cabinets all I see are things I do currently use.
But overall, okay, nothing huge. Just glad to see the scales inch downward. I'm glad I didn't get discouraged early this past week when the scales were unmoving. As a couple of friends predicted, the progress did resume, just took it a bit. I am still hungry most of the time. I had my vegetarian crispy tacos again for supper last night, because I was so hungry, but although those feel like a splurge they really aren't; they are actually pretty decent.
I'm planning a week from today to get Mexican food from my favorite place for my folks and my supper, as a splurge meal. I keep seeing people talk about allowing splurges -- some say treat yourself once a week, others go longer -- but I can't allow splurges too often at this point. But once a month I thought I could have something I really miss? Maybe at the end of May it'll be a cheeseburger.
I don't know. I am just doing the best I can with this. The week after next is a holiday week for me, and I'm finding that if I spend too much time alone I start to really obsess over how hungry I am and how much I want something to eat besides what I have in the house (right now the craving is for MEAT, although in the past it used to be carbs). So I apologize in advance if the week of May 6th I start posting 18x a day about cravings and all that. I don't really have a weight loss buddy here -- well, I sort of did, but she has had numerous out-of-town events on the weekends and I think she hasn't kept it up well (understandably).
I don't want to fling this in people's faces, and I know I tend to babble about it -- I'm so glad to be making this much-needed change, but too often I feel as if, if I talk about it to colleagues and so on, it comes across as a rebuke. I don't intend it that way, but I think I need to be careful about discussing it unless asked. I work with a number of folks who need to lose varying amounts of weight, and although there are some good aspects to this -- I evidently inspired most of them to cut out sodas early on -- I do not want to CROW. I have no room to crow -- I certainly can lose weight, but as I've demonstrated multiple times, I can pack it back on, too.
Anyway. I'm very pleased this morning, though, and now I'll go grab that other fridge oatmeal. Y'all have a great Sunday.