Slow and steady….

It is so hard to wrap my mind around how things change as you get older. Some things just happen more slowly. Weight loss seems to move at a snails pace and I am hoping I just keep moving in the right direction.

I’m very curious to see what things will still work for me this time and what things won’t. This week has been Brussels sprouts week. I love them. I just love them. Sautéed in butter salt and pepper and it’s like candy to me. This week I have focused on protein fat and veggies. Im not as consistent as I want to be yet but I’m just trying to get back in the groove and eat well.

I am way past the point of working for a bikini body. I just want to feel good in my skin. I want to feel healthy and strong.

Dinner tonight was steak, Brussels sprouts and coffee with cream for dessert!

Here’s to tomorrow!

Baylor

2022 and working it out

I know it has been a long time. I have been though a lot in the last few years as we all have. My health has been a roller coaster going through vertigo and heart issues along with being 55 now and fighting hormones for every pound.

Earlier in the summer I knew I was ready again. It has been painfully slow 7.5 pounds in 6 weeks and then another 2 pounds this week finally.

I wonder how long it will take to find out all the pandemic took from us. I know it took who I was away. Constantly locked up and not able to just get out and explore.

I had starting gaining weight with menopause on 2012. No matter what I did I gained. For 4 years before that I ate as a routine. I worked at understanding my ccl and knew where I had to be to maintain 98 pounds lost. But all of a sudden no matter what I started gaining. I grew frustrated, got lazy and slacked off. I would say I gained 50 lbs back of what I lost. It hurt. It made me angry. It made me feel less than and unworthy. My drs told me to try other methods and I did but they don’t work for me.

I Am A Carb Addict.

It is that simple. If a diet tells me I can eat them and lose I will and I wont lose even though that is the way the plan works.

in the beginning of the summer I started thinking about what I loved about Atkins. The weight loss, for sure but more than that I felt good. I lost the brain fog, the bloat, I lost in all the right places. I felt good.

So that is my focus this time around. I had my cholesterol done recently and will have them done again in 6 months to a year. 9.5 pounds isn’t much but I have to say everyday I feel a bit more like myself. I know this will be a long journey. I lost 79 pounds in the first year last time and then 20 the next. I am pretty sure I am going to be lucky too lose 20 by next year but somehow I have to be okay with that. I am not spring chicken. My Children are almost grown. I don’t want to spend the time my husband and I have ahead not feeling good.

So here I am. Ready to whip out recipes, tracking, and trying to accept this new chapter with grace and patience.

Baylor