It's a health thing

Down 10 pounds! 💃🏻now 200. It’s been about a month of clean eating and calorie tracking. I can feel my clothes fitting a bit looser and my stomach a bit flatter.

This is BY FAR the heaviest I’ve ever been (including while pregnant). I knew it was bad but this was devastatingly bad.

It was grocery shopping day today and my husband brought 2 dozen chocolate muffins from Costco (we freeze them and cut them in half so they last few weeks). It took some willpower not to have one. So far so good. I want to be able to come back in the evening and say I didn’t have one!

Lifestyle choice is more daunting... it’s “I will have to watch what I eat- always”. Which isn’t to say we have to constantly deprive ourselves or not allow ourself a treat here and then. But it also means not letting one treat become a week-long binge or gradually sliding back into our old habits.

It’s harder, but the results are worth it. So far I’m doing well. Have to check myself few times when I feel like walking over to the fridge out of habit- “are you actually hungry or just looking for something to mindlessly pop into your mouth for a distraction?” Most of the time, it’s the latter.

Still need to drink more water...