"On a New Regime"

 

Journey into Blue Skies “On a New Regime”

(week three)

Our plans to go on vacation trumped my timely blog entry, which I am attempting to do every Tuesday.

So forgive me this lapse but the sea was calling and I forgot. I did stay focused and food in excess was not part of our glorious event. Yah me!

As of Monday I was just .6 away from losing 14 lbs. in 14 days. This is really remarkable and I don’t believe I have ever achieved that rapid a weight loss in my lifetime, which has been fairly long and I have traversed many seasons of restrictive eating. To quote my Mom, “I am starting a new regime”. These were her words whenever she began a new approach to eating.

Well there are many reasons why this regime is working. I will attempt to list

 The Top Ten

(…in deference to David Letterman)

1.       I am actually doing it

2.       The condition I was in physically left me no other option.

3.       I have  a lot of accountability

4.       It is coupled with good information which helps me stay focused

5.       It is costing me money

6.       I have lots of friends supporting me

7.       George is doing it too, so I am not alone in it

8.       I believe the hormone replacement has helped my metabolism

9.       I have an appetite suppressant

10.   I am actually doing it

 

So I feel good. Hungry, yes. But I am beginning to become accustomed to it. I thought when I went in last week they would up my calories, but no. 600-800 and 40 carbs. The nutritionist did say that my rapid weight loss will slow down now. I know it needs to but I love this almost instant gratification of a pound a day. Yes I am not that mature yet, I still love instant gratification!

So sitting on the seashore with a spoonful of peanut butter is quite lovely.

Tomorrow we will ride our bikes! That will be introducing exercise into my “new regime”.