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I got angry with my husband a couple of nights ago because he got grapes and two cookies to eat before bedtime. We had been in the habit of eating something before bed, but usually I brought him something or he brought me something. This time it was ‘every man for himself.’ He told me he was trying to help me with my diet.
I bit him about it, stomping into the kitchen to get myself some cashews.
Last night, he was suddenly standing beside my recliner with a small bowl of cashews in one hand and his snack in his other hand. THIS time I was frustrated because I had not had any snacks all day and now here he was, handing me one.
OKAY. You can easily see the reason for the confession. I’m a mess and should be shot.
I have been thinking about it ever since and finally have figured out what my problem is – I am childishly resenting my husband’s situation.
I’m the one who took responsibility for his Type II diabetes and figured out things he could eat and drink while cutting out as much sugar as we could. He simply griped a bit, but ate what I fixed or bought. He is now on board with avoiding sugar, though he still denies he is diabetic.
He was overweight, but not nearly as much as I. Plus he’s taller, and I resent THAT, too – weight-wise. He is almost never hungry while I go around with my stomach – which thinks my throat has been cut – growls. He is right about where he wants to be weight-wise now while I have another 30 lbs to go. He is now at the point where he can have snacks whenever the thought occurs to him while I try to satisfy myself with another bottle of water.
I’m finished ranting now – or at least I THINK I am.
It is NOT his fault that I stuffed my face for far too long. It is not his fault that he loses weight more quickly than I – even with my efforts to exercise daily – or has less to lose. It is not his fault that I’m not taller. My resentment is misplaced and unfair.
I am now picturing my ‘mental tantrum’ – and deciding that this is something I will change.
I will change the cashews to an apple tonight. I might even share it with him.
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I guess I ate lead yesterday. The scales scoffed at me this morning, announcing loudly that I had GAINED TWO POUNDS. Ugh.
We are still doing our new eating program of using a frozen meal from Real Food or Stu’s Clean Cookin’ in Greenwood as our main meal of the day. We have tuna fish salad for lunch and maybe a snack. A careful snack.
Mostly this is resulting in some slow, steady weight loss for both my husband and myself. (He is losing faster than I am though he eats more snacks. :0( )
I am trying to be adult about this, realizing that some days my body will retain water. Sometimes the scales are in a mood to scoff at me. Sometimes I’m not holding my mouth right when I get on the scales.
Today I am fixing our regular tuna fish salad lunch, and then cooking bacon-wrapped hamburger patties for dinner. We will have spinach on the side.
I will drink water until my eyeballs float. I will work outside in the yard some this afternoon, and then will do at least half an hour of yoga stretches this afternoon.
I will try to simply ‘keep on keepin’ on,’ doing what I’m supposed to, trusting that whatever caused the scales to go in the wrong direction will correct itself tomorrow morning. I will hope that the measuring tape will show some improvement at the end of the month.
BUT I WISH THE SCALES WOULD PAT ME ON THE HEAD MORE OFTEN.
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Another pound has bitten the dust this morning! I am now down 42 pounds.
My scale isn’t sending up balloons, celebratory fireworks or anything, but it’s nice to see the downward trend.
May it continue.
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I gained a pound this morning. :0(
I KNOW. I’m probably just retaining water or not holding my mouth right, but it DOES make not eating more difficult.
I ALSO know that some people tell you that you shouldn’t weigh every day. If I don’t, it’s as if I have a ‘pass’ for the day and it doesn’t matter if I eat an ‘extra bite or two.’ If I know I’m going to have to get on the scales the next morning- fingers crossed to see some improvement for my efforts, I have more motivation to NOT eat.
On the good side, my jeans ARE getting looser. I am down 41 – make that 40 this morning – pounds and almost 38 inches since my lardiest.
Our new eating program, where we are eating a HEALTHY frozen food prepared by one of the two new local places in town – REAL FOOD or STU’S CLEAN COOKIN’ – eating tuna fish salad for lunch and a careful snack mid-afternoon – seems to be keeping us on track. On the weekends I am cooking, but combining something we have missed with careful cooking and attention to portions. Yesterday I fixed pork chops and black-eyed peas with onion. We’ll eat the leftovers from that tonight.
For the past week I have been working hard in the garden, trying to get it protected from the winter and mostly prepared for spring planting. This involves about an hour a day of standing on my head in various trash cans filling up buckets for the recipe of Mel’s Mix, a soil alternative for my raised bed square foot garden. I then haul a big plastic yard pail full of Mel’s Mix over to the garden, lift it and dump it in the middle of one of my planter boxes, then spread it around. Because I have been doing this every day, I have not done my ‘regular’ exercise.
Now that the garden project is finished, I will go back to yoga stretching every day and my elliptical trainer at least three times a week, if not daily.
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We received the non-frozen portion of our latest Nutrisystem order this morning. We got everything put away, but something was missing! I finally connected with the CHAT portion of the website and waited to talk to a counselor. RebeccaL looked up my account and confirmed with URL that it said the bear had been shipped separately and that it had been delivered! The URL said it had been delivered to our mailbox.
We had errands in Fort Smith, and stopped at the mailbox at the bottom of the driveway on the way. And there it was! A sweet, lusciously purple small bear who said, “20” on his lapel, indicating that my second milestone has officially been achieved and recognized.
I feel a bit embarrassed that I was SO disappointed when my bear wasn’t included in my new box of food, but it’s true. I LIKE getting pats on the head when I’m finally losing the lard (albeit slowly). With what I still want to lose, I’ll hopefully have a whole ROW of these sweet little bears by the time I reach my goal!
On to the next bear!!!
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In another 2 weeks I will have been eating low carb and exercising for one year.
I’ve lost 46 lbs and 22″.
I’ve run into a hurdle, in that my body is having trouble fully processing fat. I had my gallbladder out several years ago and apparently that adds a challenge. I researched it on the net and found a pill duo that seems to be solving the problem!
I just got an Instant Pot
a 5 quart pressure cooker. It’s supposed to save 70% of cooking time. I’m interested in anything that helps me cook nice meals without staying in the kitchen a lot. I’ll report to you if I find some good low carb recipes in the book I got to go with it.
We cooked burgers on the grill last night. I had a burger, salad, black olives, and green olives while my husband enjoyed a bun, potato salad, cole slaw, beans and some of my salad. Delicious, and low carb!
It would be nice if I could reach 50 lbs off by the time I see my doctor for my quarterly blood test, but if I don’t, I’ll get there in whatever time it takes. The ultimate goal is another 25 pounds off from where I am now. That would put me at a healthy weight for my height. (Hopefully, I’ll quick shrinking or my ‘ultimate’ will have to increase…)
Meanwhile, even with the awful heat and humidity we’re having, my energy level is better than it’s been for years. I feel good and am dreaming of art projects I want to try. :0)
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