So this morning, I weighed in at 176. That just goes to show what garbage I had in my system, how much I abused my body over the past week/weekend. The fact that I spent two full days drinking Shakeology shakes, green tea, coffee, water and only eating green salad with a can of chicken and dropped 7 pounds says a lot to me. I feel great. Now I know my bottom number. My low number. My non-bloated, no extra water weight, true, dry, naked weight. It wasn’t very long ago that number was the one that freaked me out after a few days of binging…..
I have had my coffee, I’m on to a cup of green tea. I really don’t like it, but I don’t hate it either. I love drinking warm liquids in the morning, so I’m glad I switched to hot green tea on day two. Day one I had a big glass of iced green tea. It took me hours to drink it.
I realize I’m in the easy part right now. There was no thinking to this. Very little prep. No planning. I googled the Shakeology Three Day Cleanse to refresh my memory on it, bought a few things from the store and kicked my will power into high gear. That’s not so hard when you have a high level of desperation involved. Tomorrow, FRIDAY, is going to be hard. I have one major thing going for me. The fact that I gave up beer a couple years ago is going to help tremendously. There’s nothing like a couple beers totally wiping out any inhibitions and knocking you straight off the healthy eating wagon. But I have a lot against me too. I already feel so much better physically, which means that desperation is gone, a lot of the fear of returning to morbid obesity is gone, which often gives me just enough ammo to allow me to slip up………Argh!
I will plan my meals for tomorrow. I will decide if I’m going to calorie count with MyFitnessPal or Points count with Weight Watchers. I like MyFitnessPal because I like to see the % of macro and micro nutrients I’m getting. Plus their data base is huge. But I love the simplicity of WW and the Points system too. I’ve had great success with it in the past, always temporary, but I am way more educated and concerned with nutrition today than I was then. I was all about those 100 calorie packs of junk for 3 points back then. It was all about controlling the urge to binge. Now I like to avoid the urges by keeping my blood sugar regulated and simple carbs out of my system. I’m definitely an all or nothing kind of gal………………………………
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