It's not particuarly about the type of food like cake/sweets- It's about really thinking I should be able to eat a HUGE portion. Truly like I deserve it. As if a normal portion is a punishment of some kind.
So with my dieting this year, I have replaced the huge portion need with vegetables. I understand this is a strategy, but it is tiring to make that much food and expensive to buy that many vegetables. I would like to still have a diet that is heavy on the veggies/lean meats, but in a normal portion ranges. I would like to learn that a normal amount of food is good and a blessing.
Stats:
I have lost about 8 pounds in two and a half weeks. I was already extremely bloated from eating poorly for two months.
Within one week, I stopped having headaches and ache.
I'm comfortably back into my pants (whew, I didn't want to buy a new wardrobe, unless it was a smaller size! ;)
Sorry the pic is blurry- I got new cool boots in brown to match my new winter coat.
I won't be weighing anymore, per PRISM's guidelines. I think I'll size down in pants by the end of this six week phase 1 (Dec 6.) I have four pairs of 10s I found when I went through all my storage at my mom's house. These are the pants from when Peter and I were first married. One pair are the slacks I wore in our engagement pictures! I want to complete all 4 phases, regardless of my weight, to continue to learn how to measure success (not by a scale,) how to combat emotional eating and how to use these tools for life to be healthy.
I love you Becca, and you look so beautiful! You always help me because I too struggle with my challenges with what I can't eat and feel so deprived and sometimes mad. But I must press on and do what is right for me to feel good and have no pain. I too must find what my body likes and what I can't eat. Thanks for your encouragement! I am so proud of you what you have done to learn to eat healthy and then pass it along to your family! Love you!
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