Month Eight - Diet Denial and Calorie Amnesia

Apr 28, 2010

I turned 44 last week and weigh less than I have my entire adult life.  Even though there are other types of surgeries that boast better success I would not change the type I had, I am very happy with it even though things have slowed significantly.

Well, 245 to 238 a mild 7 pounds but better than a kick in the gut and probably thanks to being sick over two weeks and I have rebounded 2 this morning with that time of month coming very soon so I don't count the gain.   I am not as obsessive about weighing as I used to be.  Other than my weekly check I usually weigh with clothes on now rather than disrobing for an accurate number.  I am also not as obsessed with visiting this site and I used to be, which is good and bad at the same time.

I used the gift card mom gave me for Christmas to buy a kettle-ball, a clearance running outfit and a new bra.  I slacked a lot on running but got back into it with a four mile stint yesterday, my redeeming grace for exercise is a weekly hip-hop class I have not missed a single week of.  After my run I stopped to buy a kettle-ball bought myself a Rock-star iced latte with 8 grams of protein, a chocolate bar of which I had 1 square of 12  for about 300 calories total. 

This is an excellent blog by a Kettle-ball instructor, I am guilty of both diet denial and calorie amnesia, funny how it really hit home, I was looking for exercise advise and got a dietary kick in the butt on not counting my calories and little cheats here and there.  http://www.alysiagadson.com/kettleblog/Entries/2009/12/4_Diet_Denial_and_Calorie_Amnesia.html

Confession -  I have hit the chip and peanut M&M's and coffee ice cream as more than a rare treat, and made no bake cocoa cookies three times.  I eat fried foods and put more butter in my dishes than is really needed and I am not getting in enough fruit and vegetables.  Probably about  a dozen servings of each which is easily several pounds.

I have not been taking my vitamins (but I did just now) like I should but I have done well with probiotics and have to say they have done wonders for my regularity no more constipation(TMI lol?).

The fear of nine month pictures shall have me working extra hard to stick to the program.

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