Week 8 weigh in - Lost 4 pounds for a total of 40.4 pounds lost!
I am feeling so good, but you knew that already. It is hard to adjust to such quick weight loss. I feel thinner than I look, but also just got used to last week's weight loss, and here I am smaller again. It's a surprising feeling, but I am not complaining. Amazingly, I am averaging 5 pounds per week - go ahead and say WTF, I know you want to.
Time for a recap on my typical day -
Morning is fight-the-constipation time. I take 2 Colace and a huge tablespoon of sugar free Metamucil. About an hour later I have my usual vanilla shake - Vanilla mix + 1 Equal packet + 9 ounces of Vanilla/Orange Seltzer + 4 Ice Cubes. I do this four times a day. Usually at Lunch or Dinner time, I have the 1 Optifast Soup - Tomato or Chicken. I prefer the Tomato and I add spices to it.
Mostly, I just don't think about the shakes or the soups. I try to make it a part of my day that is equivalent to fueling up at the gas station.
At some point during the day, I put on my sneakers and do 10-15 minutes or more of a YouTube exercise video. I am working my way past that rather wimpy time. I can already feel myself getting stronger. I don't always do it every day - it depends on whether I am having any aches or pain in my knees, which is significantly less than it used to be, but hey, I'm old.
I had a wonderful reunion with my old RISD friends over the weekend, and we went to a lovely restaurant called Mills Tavern in Providence. Don't google it, why torture yourself? As it usually is, my diet was the subject of some conversation. I sound like a cult member when I'm talking about it, because it has been so life changing for me. I'm grateful that people pretty much understand and are mostly supportive, but I do get the...'This is the easy part, what happens when you start eating food? That's when you gain it back!' negativity. Hey, it's a valid question, but I always get the feeling that the person asking wants me to fail. But nothing can touch me now. That is the type of attitude that derailed me on other weight loss journeys, but not this one. Nothing can derail me. Bring it on jealous bitches, bring it on. I'll be happy to donate my size 22 pants when I surpass your weight. :DD
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OMG, what a horrible thing for that person to say! That's incredibly discounting of the work you're doing now, as if it's not real work. Anyone on Optifast knows it is, on so many levels. Sure, there will be challenges when food comes back into play, but there are f*&$king challenges now!! Ooh, that makes me boil. I've had "innocent" people say similar things to me, but I haven't had the class to let it slide as maybe you did ... I've called them on it and talked about it so that they can understand that comments like that are actually very insensitive. You keep doing your thing girl. You rock ;-)
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Did the person asking you about "failing" have some weight issues/food issues themselves?? Probably! I have one friend who compared me to Oprah losing all that weight, flaunting it on her TV show, then gaining it all back. She kept cutting me off when I tried to explain our program...and she's an anorexic! Needless to say, I haven't talked to her in weeks. You stay right on your course and congrats on this spectacular achievement! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, of course! I have heard the Oprah comparison as well. And of course I have thought thoroughly about all those issues, as I'm sure you have as well. Hugs right back at you, you are such a supportive fellow Opti-diva. xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteKathy, thank you, when we reach our goals, we three should get together and have a green salad with no dressing. ;)) I think it is just as 'classy' to put someone in their place. I am just too happy now to feel anger easily, LOL!! You rock as well!! :)
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