Well, Big Welsh Mam, how does it feel to be a veteran 5:2er now?
Hooray for you, NorthernGal. That simple act of saying “no” is far more heroic than normal people will ever appreciate. But *we* certainly can understand what a personal triumph it is! So well done!!! 🏆
The business of my giving up sugar was a life long slog. Baby steps over decades and decades. First the table sugar. Then the artificial stuff. Then carbonated sodas (still NEED my Pellegrino mineral water!). Finally I had to recognize that, at least for me) grains convert directly to sugar in my body and fuel the unrelenting craving that makes me not only fat but, more importantly, miserable. Every one was a loss in my life. I can remember a doctor telling me my weight was killing me and I should try Atkins. …which meant giving up bread — I’m a baker and baking the perfect loaf of bread is my Holy Grail. I got in my car and cried all the way home at the prospect of no more bread. It was like being dumped by a lover!
It probably took me 2 more decades to get to the place where I could let it go. BUT now I can bake and enjoy doing it, enjoy what I can make, enjoy offering to my family and friends and not be tempted.
I hope it happens — whatever it is you each need to do because we’re all different and have different metabolisms and different triggers — I hope it happens for you much sooner. But the important thing is that we get to that spot one day. And in retrospect I must say, every diet I was ever on (over half a century) taught me something about myself and something about eating. Every “failed” diet got me to that place. So DON’T EVER GIVE UP!!! Take a break — IF you need to — but don’t ever give up until you feel healthy and feel confident and feel good.
Skyblue, you’re just burning it up, aren’t you!!! Nothing is more motivating than success so I’m sure this will propel you right into more progress.
But I can’t remember. Are you new at this or carrying on?
I had a great week. I had to see my doctor yesterday. It’s the only time I get weighed and I wasn’t looking forward to it given the ups and downs of the last couple weeks but I lost some weight nevertheless. And, more importantly, he said I can stop using a steroid inhaler for my asthma. This is soooo wonderful I can’t even tell you. …though Buttonboots will probably understand how excited I am.
There are still traces of the asthma but he says it doesn’t sound like anything a rescue inhaler can’t handle on the occasions I want to use it.
I’ll still be using topical steroids on my skin but I hope to see improvement there over time as well.
My blood pressure is down. My cholesterol was reasonable. The evidence is in: my life is better and more secure when I stick to a plan that prevents my impulses from running my life. I know this will take a l-o-n-g time. But every day is better than the one before because I give my body a 2-day rest.
4:45 pm
13 Feb 16