DAY 23


There are two great truths I want to share today:




1. There is great joy in breaking through a really tough barrier
2. There is great satisfaction in doing the journey together


BREAKING THROUGH
Lanny asked me this morning if I was down today. I told him it was strange that he couldn’t see me jumping in the air, turning cartwheels, and yelling insanely. I finally broke through the dreaded ‘zero’. Wow – it is such a good feeling. [that makes 11 pounds total for me. Lane’s is at a much more impressive ‘24’!] We have both been trying to break through a stubborn ‘zero’. There are 100 pounds separating us, but we are still fighting the same battle.

I went shopping yesterday for several reasons; It was the day after payday, I needed to walk around to put some miles on my pedometer, and I was curious if I would be able to tell a difference in trying on clothes. 1) I did spend some money, but only super sale items. 2) I racked up over 11,000 steps yesterday. 3) And YES, I could tell a difference. It was a pleasant experience to fit into things more comfortably. It will be exciting as this journey progresses to see how even this experience will change and get better.



THE JOURNEY TOGETHER
It is no secret that Lanny initially did not want to come on this journey with me. He was really against it in the beginning when I first brought it up. The 500 calories was too daunting for him, and he has never handled calorie restricted diets very well. He plays too many mind games with himself to be successful. I finally gave up trying to get him to do this with me, and asked simply that he go and talk to SIL [son-in-law] about it. My plan worked perfectly, and he signed up that day at SIL’s office.



I'm so glad we are doing this together. The food prep is easier because we are both eating the same foods, we help and encourage each other along the way, and the support system that I feel is so crucial is in place. His weight loss is so super that he is really excited to be doing it now that the hunger pangs have pretty much gone away and he can get through the day much easier than at the beginning.


He is now at the weight he was a year ago. He lost 70 pounds last year and was looking fabulous. Little by little, as we humans do, he allowed old habits to overtake him again. To achieve his initial loss, he had been eating every two hours, eating smaller meals, and not snacking at night. He had gone back to 3 large meals, and was snacking at night again. He was also consuming a lot of pop [at least this time it was diet pop]. He had put 20 pounds back on and it was a shock to him that it came back so easily. This program has been a great way to get that control back. He made a salad this past week that he couldn’t even get through. Afternoon snacks may or may not be eaten. Lanny said he thinks the real value of this program is that it’s long enough to really affect some lifestyle changes.


So - - - here’s two thumbs up for persisting and breaking through those stubborn zeros, and for doing it TOGETHER!


STAY TUNED AS WE CONTINUE THIS ON-GOING JOURNEY.