11/11/15: Into the One-Fifties!

Days of abstinence: 49

Days until surgery: 33

Weight:  159.6 pounds

I have very little time to blog this morning, but I wanted to put up a quick post to say that I weighed 159.6 pounds this morning!  Yeah!  It is awesome to be back in the 150s!  Actually, awesome is sort of an overstatement.  I was pleased to see the progress on the scale, but as I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, I am much less focused on my weight these days.  I’ll weigh every day, probably forever.  I want to get to 150 and I will get to 150, but this just isn’t a struggle anymore.  I was talking to a friend at work yesterday about how much my attitude about food has changed since I stopped eating all forms of sugar.  She also struggles with her weight and with food.  She asked me this question, “Of all the things you’ve done, books you’ve read, diets you’ve gone on, would you say completely giving up sugar has had the biggest impact on how you deal with food?”  My answer to her was an emphatic, “Yes!”  I have done many, many programs and diets.  I have successfully lost weight on all of them.  I’ve gained weight back after most of them.  But giving up sugar completely, for life, has had the most dramatic impact on the way I think about and feel about food.  I think there are two very important components to that statement.  I gave up sugar completely, in all forms, in all things, natural and artificial.  I am going to clarify that a little, I gave up added sugar.  I still eat fruit and other foods that have naturally occurring sugar in them.  The other really important part of the statement is that I have given up sugar for life.  Forever.  And ever.  That very definitive part of the statement is the part that was the game changer.  This is not just until I get to my goal weight.  It’s forever.  That statement has allowed me to shut that door tightly, lock it, and never think about opening it again.  It’s for real.

I’ve been cooking all morning (Hey, it’s only 6:34AM, so I guess there is still plenty of morning left), but I officially have everything done that I wanted done before the kids get here!  Now I am headed to work for a few hours. 

Have a beautiful day!