May 2, 2023
Wow, I haven't posted in a long time. That's because when I went off the road, down the ditch and into the ravine of poor food choices, it took me quite awhile to crawl back up to the road.
I fell into some kind of sugar coma, for lack of a better phrase. Thinking I could have a treat here and there (well, it's NEVER just
here and there, is it?) lead me to regain several pounds, and I could not lose it. It was if I forgot everything I knew about MWL program. I would weigh every day (don't do this), then beat myself up because I either gained a bit more or wasn't losing. I decided the scales were broken. Finally, finally, I got fed up with myself and this behavior, so I threw out the scales. In a matter of days, that cycle just...stopped. It wasn't even hard. I just bought a lot of veggies, decided if I wanted a treat I would have sugar pea pods ($7/lb where I am). They are so good! Filling. And I thought, hmm...
more veggies please. So now veggies are my treats. I loaded up on celery (love the crunch), cucumbers, lots of carrots; love sweet potatoes, steamed broccoli, broccolini, apples etc. Rice and potatoes are my favorite starches; legumes, red lentil pasta, oatmeal, hemp hearts & ground flax seed, soy milk, steamed collard greens.
I have no idea what my weight # is, nor do I care. My pants are loose again; I bought a smaller size pair of jeans. I do track measurements once a week; back to where I was before the insanity started.
Have I tried a cookie or treat since? Sure, and they just DON'T TASTE GOOD anymore. My homemade veggie soup tastes so much better. I know that chips are my crack, so I just simply don't have them.
Satiety is an issue for me, so now I just spend time after a meal thinking "do I feel full"? I realized that I didn't really know what it meant to 'feel full', so now I wait awhile to test this feeling. And if I decide yes, I really am still hungry, then I eat more of my good food! Often just munching on carrots, apple slices (or pea pods!) fills me up.
So, this is my story. Hope you are all healthy.
Marsha
start weight 210 on 7/25/14; MWL recommit 7/2019 weight 197. 6/11/2022 weight 165.0. Height 5'8".