Acknowledging the struggle

It's good to want for things, I've decided. It's certainly not easy when it's a seemingly unceasing stream of thoughts about the food in the next room, but it's good to have opposition to struggle with. If not, I'd have nothing to overcome!

I took the advice of one of your comments & took to exercising when my stress level & anxiety over the banana nut bread in the other room (calling my name!) took hold of me. Can I just say I feel so much better!

I'll need these coping techniques in the future when things like yummy banana nut bread are allowed again. I'm glad I tried it out & saw that instead of digging in & making a pig of myself, I can handle these moments differently & come away feeling much better than before.

2 pounds GONE!

I got up this morning , did my thing, & I'm down another .14 ounces! So far, that's a 2 pound loss!!

I struggled a bit yesterday. I was hungry. I stayed out of the kitchen as much as possible. Even washing dishes was difficult (maybe I should mention this to the husband... ). One thing I remember from the last go at this protocol is how much better I felt, physically, while on it. I had more energy & I just felt well.

I spent 20 min. on my glider yesterday, but that was pushing it. After the walk the husband & I took, my lower back is protesting (rather loudly) to nearly everything.

One more thing I noticed is how many stupid food commercials I must endure just to watch a show. Thank goodness for the mute button. It seriously made me want to get up & EAT!

Another LOSS!

Yesterday's post of a pig represented my first load day (the day prior). If I were being totally honest about yesterday's monumental effort to consume as much crappy stuff as I could, it would look more like this:

Wow, you say? Yeah, me too. It was MISERABLE!

I wound up with another loss, only this time it was down .12 ounces from yesterday's weigh-in. You'll hear no complaining from me! That's over a pound loss in 2 days! I just hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the toosh.

I managed to get some alone time with my sweetheart & we took our dog Ginger on a walk. We went 3.1 miles & wore out the poor girl! (the dog, too) It took us a whole hour, which seems kind of long for that distance. We weren't walking slow, either.

Today is my first day of the very low calorie diet & so far it's going good. I had some crackers sitting in front of me, looking at me in that way they do, but I didn't cave. I put them away & cut up an apple for breakfast. I know it's only the first hours of the first day, but I'm feeling really good today!

Prepare to be AMAZED!

First of all, if you haven't seen the movie Meet the Robinsons, you need to. I love that movie!

On to the amazing part...

I just spent the past 21 minutes (yes, you read that right! TWENTY-ONE!) on my glider-thingy. (!!) I didn't know I could do that. All it took was rearranging my play list, adding in a little Pink (LOVE her... she's spunky & feisty, just like my closet-self), & there you have it!

I'd love to find out what you're listening to. Leave me some love. You know I don't hate comments. :)

Time to FLY!

To steal an acronym from the Flylady, it's time to finally love myself. I'm gearing up to start down a different path towards a better self-image & a healthier me, while challenging me to change my weaknesses in to my strengths.

Hello, my name is Shannon, & I'm an addict. My current choice of drug is food.

Through the help of my loving family, sweet friends, a few bottles of HCG (to get me started), exercising some sheer determination, & most importantly the Lord, I CAN do this.

Though the weight loss protocol must wait a few more days, the Get Moving Challenge starts today! Check out my friend Emily's blog to find some inspiration from another sister who's kissing that fatsuit goodbye!