January 31, 2010 until....April 4, 2010!!!

Apr 03, 2010

This has been a bit of a struggle.... It has taken me from Jan 31 until April 4 to lose this 10 lbs! THE reason you ask??? well... I'm now out past the honeymoon period of RNY and I can also eat more things that i hadn't even considered in the first 6 months.

I've tried tiny... little scoops of ice cream.... didn't dump.
I've tried tiny... little pieces of my favorite chocolate ... didn't dump.
I've had a cookie now and then.

SOoooo... am I heading for trouble? NO! is my emphatic reply!

Here is my reason...
To think that I would always totally deprive myself of SMALL treats OCCASSIONALLY is Unhealthy thinking. Actually, when I was a pre-teen... that was part of my self-destructive eating behavior... deprivation. There were "GOOD FOODS" and "BAD FOODS".  I would totally avoid "BAD FOODS".  There were times when I would sit in the back seat of my parents car in a mopey mood because THEY were ENJOYING a hot fudge sundae...
Even though they said I should have some ice cream... I was STRONG & RESISTED... but I was MISERABLE!

Then later... maybe not that day... maybe the next.... I would PIG OUT on whatever could be found in the house.... so ... I would have been much better off IF I just had had a small or even a BABY cone!

So- finally- I'm heading in the direction of HEALTHY EATING.
90% of the time eating very healthy stuff..
10% little treats...

with treats expect on slower weight loss... but not to panic!

I feel GREAT!

Emotionally, I'm still the same person. Physically, I'm 100% improved!

I'm down from a very tight 24 in jeans to my smallest jeans EVER.... size 4!

I am on track to make my weight loss goal by my surgiversary! 15.5 lbs ...
I have 4 months to lose these last 15.5 pounds. It may take me longer than my original goal of 9 months- but I'm doing it in a healthy way! I AM PROUD OF ME!

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