I read all the posts every day and am so very proud of you guys for the changes in your attitudes towards everything. I see the difference between when a newbie first posts and the despair in their voices and then after about 2 weeks on program. The posts have hope again and it is a wondrous thing to see. The support here is a great thing and it helps me all the time.
I have been doing a modified version of the modified diet (having 2-3 shakes and 2 small meals a day) for the past month and it has been working for me, I am losing slowly, which is okay with me. When I eat a “real” meal I am trying to be very conscious about my choices and making smart choices (well, except for last night) because I feel so much better than I have in years. The scale has slowly been going down, but most importantly is how my clothes are fitting and how I feel. I feel awesome!! I am so excited and it shows! I put on a pair of jeans (Levi 501s) that I haven’t been able to get up past my thighs for the past 3 years and they fit! My regular jeans fit right out of the dryer and after one wear are too baggy on me and I love it. My rings are loose on me and I put my watch back on and it is now too loose where it used to be too tight for me to wear. I am wearing a t-shirt tucked into my jeans today. Can you tell how happy I am?
I ran out of product last week and I wasn’t paying attention, so I had to go a week without my shakes. I did really well, but I do miss having my shakes. Last night I totally went off program and had a piece of pizza and 2 breadsticks from Pat & Oscars (along with some of my chicken salad). Tasted great, and I was pretty happy that I stopped at only the one piece of pizza compared to what I would have done 2 months ago. I would have had half the pizza! About 3 hours later when I was trying to get to sleep I thought I was going to be physically ill, I was so nauseous and had major heartburn. Had to take a bunch of Tums to try and calm my stomach down. This morning I woke up with that stupid carbo hangover feeling and it was so not worth it for one piece of pizza. I went downstairs and threw out the rest of the pizza and the breadsticks, I know I am not going to do that again! Ugh!! Blech!
Basically, my whole outlook on food has changed. I like feeling good and that is what having the shakes does for me, the weight and inch loss is a side benefit for me now. I have energy for the first time in years, I actually run up the one flight of stairs at work. I am not saying that I have been perfect, cause I am by no means as strong as all that, but if I do eat a candy bar I don’t beat myself up, I just make sure that I continue on with my chosen path of feeling better. When we go out to eat I find myself drooling over the salads and don’t want that big chicken meal or any of that heavy stuff anymore. I like feeling good. Now my next step is to start exercising..I am actually looking forward to it because my body feels healthy.
Well, I think I have rambled enough, I just wanted to share this feeling with you all.
Bonita
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