Thanks everyone
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my first N day was a
SUCCESS!!
Yesterday went very very well!! I carried water with me around the house all day (was already a big water drinker, I love ice water!), walked on my treadmill for 1/2 hr (and didn't feel 'pressured' to run and be all crazy on the thing, just a nice 3mph walk, which was liberating in itself, since I told myself it was ok to just walk!) and it was SO nice here (70+!!) which is 20 degrees above normal, that I took 2yr old ds and dd in the front carrier down to the shoreline on a 1/2 mile walk. Saw 2 beautiful swans there also and ds found some nice rocks to look at also.
I did get hungry but I am choosing to interpret hunger differently...
Hunger: I am burning calories elsewhere. My body is not wasting energy on digestion, so it can (and has!)turn it's attention to healing and renewing other areas of my body. I honestly am not going to keel over and die if I don't eat between meals.
Last Saturday and Sunday were S days, but I did make sure to eat sensibly at meals and I only snacked once on Sunday between Lunch and Dinner.
Ok so here's the part about my body healing other parts... I have acanthosis nigricans, which I mentioned on my checkin page. It causes thickened skin where skin and joints fold due to excess insulin spilling around my body. Well I have always had a thickened skin area onthe top of my foot where toes attach to the foot. Very embarassing because it's dark and the skin is thick- looks like it's 'dirty' but usually no matter how hard I scrub, it stays the same.
So took a nice bubble bath last night and set upon foot washing, only to discover that the thick skin sloughed off and my foot looks pretty normal!!
I don't know if it's a coincidence or not but wow! There's still a little area of thickened skin but not like it was just days ago.
I am going to have to freshen my knowlege on insulin resistance again (acanthosis nigricans is a symptoms of that).
Anyway, there's an update for you. I am trying to hold my enthusiasm back a bit because certainly I'll have some sort of setback at some point but what a difference. I don't feel all gassy and bloaty and tired lately either!
Would love to hear about everyone else's experiences when first starting nosing.
Thaks for the support again!