Well, bummers. According to my weight management doctor's scale, I have only lost 2 pounds in the last month. Oddly enough I have lost centimeters on neck, waist and hips according to my measurements in my monthly visit.
Dr. Rose said not to panic. Our bodies rebel as we try to find a lower, healthier set point weight. All those crazy hormones that are involved in digestion and metabolizing our intake get out of whack as we lose weight. She told me to keep doing all the things I have been doing.
The biggest change in the last year has been surrendering the lifelong habit of EMOTIONAL EATING. I never had to quit smoking, but I suspect it's a similar process. Behaviorists tell us it takes 6 weeks to break a mammalian habit. Whew. For overcoming 60 years worth of habit of emotional eating, 6 weeks was a mere drop in the bucket. I was 11 months into this when I had a very stressful experience. THIS TIME though, I recognized the motivation, and I said, I'm NOT going to do that. Eating solves nothing. Even though I had no junk food in the house, pigging out on healthy food is still pigging out! Consuming more food than what we need causes weight gain.
What did I do instead? I had printed out some of those adult coloring pages -- very detailed florals and mandalas. The colored pencils went to work. Yes, it was a great way to de-stress, and it took my mind off of food.
Now that I clearly recognize the impulse when it hits, I have a list of alternative activities. The dogs always enjoy a long walk, I'm still editing my young adult historical novel so that I can e-publish it, books are always around for reading, and yes, pulling out my colored pencils and coloring sheets is still a strategy.
Have a great weekend, get some exercise, and eat healthy food!
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