Week 4

 Week 4

           We are losing it slow but sure. Rick lost another pound and his sugar levels are still in the normal range. I am down 2 more pounds. I was so excited to get on the scale this morning and it was below 150 pounds. I have not been below 150 lbs. in years. I was thinking I was stuck with all this extra weight because I had tried losing it before and got discouraged and gave up.  I had been to the Dr. to try to find out why my metabolism was not working and he told me I was not eating enough. Now my logical thinking is if you want to lose weight, you eat less. But the Dr said because I was only eating once a day, my body was hanging on to it because it was in starvation mode. While his explanation made sense, I just didn’t put it into action. I had gotten into the habit of snacking during the day and only eating a meal in the evening. Usually that consisted of fast food/pizza.

With the Nutrisystem program, I am eating at least 6 time’s day and I am losing the weight. I will admit that it is not easy eating changing your eating habits that have been developed over the years. Sometimes I get a craving for something that I just have to have. So I indulge but not to the extreme. I have always been a big Dr Pepper drinker and one day this past week, I just wanted one so bad. So I went through the carry out and bought one. I drank half and poured the rest out. So I still count that as success. I have noticed that stress seems to trigger these cravings (Dr. Pepper and chocolate), so I am going to try some new stress relievers.

Last week we joined a gym, but didn’t have time to go, so that was on this week’s plan. I started last night and we are going together today.  I see this as a two-fold opportunity. We will be benefiting ourselves with the physical exercise and also doing something together.

So we are off to another successful week.

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