Goodness. It's been much longer than I thought since I checked in.
I have had nothing but green days since that one hiccup at the movie night.
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I love it. I weighed in the following Monday and had lost 4 lbs since beginning NoS 3 weeks previous!!!
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. And that was with easing my way into it one week at a time. Since then it's become almost second nature to have no snacks, 3 meals a day with no seconds, and no sweets. Even on the weekends I find myself surprised that I don't have to be so stringent with the structure of it.
I quite love this system. I have noticed that I make sure to eat much more fruits and veggies with my meals now, because I know they will help me to stay full longer. I drink a LOT more water. So that stuff is basically down pat. I do need to work on portion control, though. Since I know I can't have seconds, I think I sometimes overcompensate with the portions I DO allow myself. I'd like to get to where those portions are smaller so that I don't eat as much. I know that it is mostly in my head that I need to eat more. I must find a way to battle that so that I can make the most of this program. But if I keep losing at this rate, I know I'll be down about 50 lbs in a year. Maybe more. That would be INCREDIBLE! It would be about 1/3 of my total excess poundage!
Just this week I started Zumba! OH MY GOSH!!!! It was bar-none, THE most fun I have EVER had working out! Period! I was hot; I was hurting; I was drenched in sweat; and I was grinning like an IDIOT! I only wish I had listened to my own advice and started it much earlier in the summer. I'm going again tomorrow with my sister and will try to go 2 more times before I head back to school next Friday. And then once back at school, I actually have a friend who wants to "teach" a Zumba class for fellow students for free. I think that would be so great if we could all get it together.
I am going to start weighing bi-weekly so that I can keep an eye on the (hopefully) downward trend and know that results are happening. Because on someone My size, 4 lbs doesn't look like much. But I feel good. I KNOW I can do this! I'm already doing it!
So, Monday morning will be a weigh-in to see what the last 2 weeks have gotten me. I need to know if I'm doing too much on my s-days or not.
God Bless,
Dielle