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November 28, 2005

163! Down a pound

Yay I'm down a pound. (This, bty, is how much my doctor recommends that I lose each week. It’s not why I did though. I just got lucky… really lucky.)

Considering last week straddled Thanks Giving day I'm happy. I'm now on the losing stretch again. 163 was the lowest I hit this go-round, so now I can keep moving forward.

Over the past two months I struggled to keep the compulsive over-eating beast (COB) that lives within, at bay. I've made huge strides towards training it. My weight never got out of hand by more than a few pounds. Living the way I have over the past two months (regarding diet and exercise) is quite do-able. The only difference is that I would prefer to live this way once I'm down to 125-130(max).

My COB rears its ugly head occasionally, but for the past 9 months I've been able to distract myself with other things that take priority over eating. Then the beast seems to just pace in its cage. Over these many months I've also gained the confidence and the strength to make it through the rougher times when the COB gets feistier.

Everyone has a different analogy for when weight loss/diet/life style change comes easy to them. I can't say that my "switch has been flipped" because that seems finite and mine never stays flipped. I'd be blowing fuses all over the place.

Right now my COB is sleeping. I feel a sense of calm when it comes to all things food. I'm not sure why. I hope I haven't just jinxed it. I'm going to try and take advantage of this and lose a few pounds this week.

SShhhhh, I must tread quietly....

Posted by hopeful @ November 28, 2005 12:37 PM