Positive progress

Hello again everyone: Just wanted to drop a line and let you all know that your comments and suggestions have all been read and paid heed. My weigh-in last week (2 weeks since the first weigh-in) showed that I had lost 5-1/2 lbs. already!!!! I am completely stoked about this! As I guessed before, controlling the eating has been the most difficult part, with even a binge day in the middle there somewhere! I am still a stress eater and have really had to pay attention to what I am eating when, and have actually been drinking more water -- following the old adage that if you feel hungry, drink some water, because usually thirst is mistaken for hunger, and this has kept me from constant grazing. I initially felt like I needed to replace my food addiction with another addiction, but then realized it would just create another set of problems -- any addiction will do that! I am having to learn how to treat food exactly as it is meant to be treated, as fuel for the body and not as a reward or a treat for a job well done. I am having to break years of patterns of eating in order to make this change. One of the things I have noticed recently is that I do not require as much insulin as I did before and am constantly having to make adjustments -- after my workout today, on my usual dose, my blood sugar dropped to 62, which is really low for me. My first thought was that I needed to increase calories, but caught myself in time and didn't follow that path.

I have noticed that my clothes are fitting differently as well; I am guessing this is due to replacing some of the fatty tissue in my body with more muscle as I do my workouts. One of the therapists where I work out (it is, after all, primarily a physical therapy office, with the equipment/pool available to members like a gym) made the comment that I looked "determined" as I was doing my water workout on Friday, and when she said that, it made me realize that I am. At this point, Failure Is Not An Option!

I am looking forward to going through my closet again to find some smaller-size clothes as I go. My top size clothes are starting to wear a little thin, but I do not ever want to have to buy that size again, so hoping they hang in there long enough for me to get into the smaller clothes. I think I am actually looking forward to going foundation shopping -- smaller undergarments, better fit!

Well, enough meandering! My body and my mind are tired today and I am going to bed early. I have more stamina since I started exercising, but I also do more and am able to wear myself out so that I sleep better, as well. It's time for me to take a catnap before I do more work, I'm tired enough that I can't concentrate well any more.

Take care.