Monday, January 4th

Glad you're reset!  How did Ron do on his first day of sugar reset?

He did well considering. He still doesn't quite understand the refined carbohydrate thing, so for breakfast after church he had pancakes, but used sugar free syrup! Hey, it's a start. He also threw away his left over lemon cake from Just Desserts. That was huge for him. (I got rid of the ice cream in the freezer while he was at church...What he doesn't know won't hurt him and I can't have the ice cream in the house!) I figure if I can ease him into the no refined carbs that will be good enough. I think he's really up for changing some things because when we were biking the other day he was peddling up a slight grade and a teen on foot walking towards Ron piped up with, "It's okay. You can do it!" Ron wanted to kill the kid, but it was because he was embarrassed. Ron told me that he was cursing me the whole first part of the ride for the route I had chosen. Anyhow, I think that whole experience gave him some motivation to change things up. We'll see how it goes. 

Day 2 is always the hardest day for me. I am hungry. But not the "I can't handle it" type of hungry. I'm hungry in the "I need to eat because I'm going to be nauseous if I don't eat" type of hungry. It's weird and the feeling passes and I never really get nauseous, but I feel border line fora bit. It starts with an empty feeling, then a rumbling for a while, then onto an almost queasiness, and then it's done. It happens after I eat usually, so I think it's an acid thing - even though I take Protonix. Who knows... I just power through it. 

Glad your reset went well. Day one down. Have a great day!

Hi Everyone!  I am also in reset mode today.  Yesterday, I went grocery shopping and I bought all of the things I need and planned out meals for the week.  So far today has been good. 

I haven't read all of the posts from the weekend, but did read Kairk's "Let's face it" post.  I must admit I've had a little bit of guilt over the past week, though I did try to recognize that the eating off plan was temporary.  So many years of being "good" or "bad" when it comes to food, makes it hard to change my way of thinking, but it is true that most "normies" over induldge during this week of Christmas and New Year's.  When I read that this morning, a big sense of relief passed over me, and I could feel the guilt ebb away.  I have to admit, the chicken in me didn't want to weigh myself this morning, and I let that chicken win out.  Otherwise, today has been a good one.  Hubby called to do lunch, and I made a change in my plan, but only had a low carb soup with enough protein, so calories were comparable.   I've been drinking lots of water, as well, to try to flush some of the excess salt from my system.

I'm always so glad when the holidays are over and I can get back to my normal routine.  I know my routine isn't an especially exciting one :), but it helps to keep me grounded and in reality gives me a sense of comfort, if that makes any sense.

Happy Monday and resetting to all!

Mary

Glad the post helped ease your mind! 

You will get to the scale when you are ready. As long as you doing the right things then the scale will move. I to was chicken to get on the scale and I finally did yesterday. For me during my whole weight loss phase I only weighed myself once a month. I couldn't deal with the scale. I am learning though in maintenance that I need to weigh more often. Still not sure what equates to yet though. For now I will get the rain off and worry about maintenance when it is here again. Good luck. 

Paula these small upward fluctuations are normal as you increase your carbs with your calorie counts. It's likely to be temporary. 

Thanks, I didn't realize that!

Hi all, well as a sort of retired person I now look forward to mondays so I can see whats up at the studio. I actually don't like the weekends that much as  I feel obligated to stay home and do chores. Phooey. Still there are a million things to do, one of which is to start exploring medicare supplement stuff and related insurance issues since I will be 65 later in the year. 

Nova Scotia Dawn you look so beautiful! glad you are participating in our group and made it through your rough times.  

Wow , everybody seems to be doing so well at the exercise thing. I must get going on this. Such a blob I am.  

All the best for the new year.  We still have our little fake fiber optic tree up. Its sparkly and will probably stay up until February.  Diane

p.s.  down a half.  i actually forgot about weight for 10 minutes.   diane