12 hours until the scale… |
I’m so excited–we all get to weigh ourselves on Friday after not having been able to do so for the whole first phase of the Best Life Diet…4 weeks. It’s been a great four weeks…I feel better physically, emotionally and I do think I look smaller…I am dying to know how much I’ve lost (hoping I’ve lost!).
It’s funny, prior to starting the Best Life Diet, I thought the hardest thing about Phase One would be giving up alcohol. I’m a wine lover and, as an example of my enthusiasm for this libation, I easily went through 50 bottles on my 8-week maternity leave….a bottle a day practically (my husband helped…but still). That’s love….or just wrong. But surprisingly, I don’t miss it that much. It’s like when I was pregnant and couldn’t have it, it just didn’t really matter….I feel the same way now. I feel like I really own my body, and therefore, I am going to be very picky about what is allowed to enter it.
One bummer is that I still am wearing the larger sizes in my wardrobe…this will be a slow process–it’s only been a month and that is not long at all–but I’ll do this as long as it takes. One day I’ll get up and those middle sizes are going to fit…then the small ones.
I look forward to my weigh in tomorrow but even more toward starting Phase Two and kicking this diet up a notch! I hope you all are excited too! The fun is just beginning.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:17 am
girl i checked read your notes and i’m excited for you… I am 37 this year and decided I needed to stop doing the pizza, ice cream and bread thing!!! So far i have lost 5 lbs… and have still had pizza 2x and some ice cream but in moderation… the biggest thing i did was completely tone down the bread, pasta and rice but not omitting it completely… i just prefer to have chicken and veges ….or fish and salad…… i really feel better… much success to you… i have not put away the scale…its my motivation…
Ellen,
Phoenix
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Mary Ellen - You will rock on your weigh in. I know you are doing great and keep that positive attitude. PS - I finally have sound on my computer!!!
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Mary Ellen - You will rock on your weigh in. I know you are doing great and keep that positive attitude.
February 4th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Ellen–that is awesome and you are doing it the right way–not eliminating foods completely because you just crave them and act irrationally around them in the future. 5 pounds is GREAT…I lost 6 this month so I’m well on my way…let’s just do this thing.