Are you ready for a number? ... drum roll, please... 11 lbs! Can you believe that? For months, the scale hasn't budged more than a single pound and within 2 weeks I'm down 11 pounds.
And you want to know what the real kicker is? It really wasn't hard. I didn't feel faint, tired, hungry or deprived. Now granted those first few days were an adjustment, but that was it- a few days of uncomfortable for a loss like this? Totally worth it.
The physical part of weight loss is really quite simple. I can overcome hunger pains and I can certainly deal with the feeling of a shrinking waistline. I'm finding that weight loss is MOSTLY mental... Gazing at my husband's buttered dinner roll, do I really want that? No! But I'm upset that I can't have it. Why is that? I mean, who cares if he can burn up all the fat and sugar in this house. (only a little bitter)
Now, I live in a small town with two babies under 2 years old. With that, comes some alone time, aka boredom, and since starting my new diet, I have discovered that I am NOT in fact an "emotional eater" I am merely a "bored eater." 90% of the time I am thinking about food, the boys are in bed. It's not that I am hungry during those times, I'm just not doing anything else, so why not eat?
I'd also like to place some blame on the *open concept* floor plan of our house... We all know that being in/near the kitchen = thoughts of food = eating! With that said, I am looking forward to warmer weather so that I may retreat from the kitchen and head outdoors.
The rest of this journey will likely be slow, yet steady. I am aiming for a 2 pound loss each week...
The future, smaller me will check back with you soon!
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