Weigh-in Wed: #27 Week "Weight Loss becomes 'Healthy Lifestyle'"

I broke the plateau! It's a small shed but I don't care, the number on the scale went downward. I shed .2 pounds this week and .50 inches for an overall achievement of a full 18 pounds and 18 inches gone. Woo-hoo! {dancing the cabbage patch}

Today, not doing video because I'm at my folks house, and had to leave at the crack of dawn this morning to take Dad to the airport which is 1-1/2 hour away. Instead, I took this picture at Borders bookstore last night and chuckled to find that the "Weight Loss" section is now called "Healthy Lifestyle: Eating & Cooking." It's attack of the marketers, but this change I think is more indicitive of what you need to do to stay at your goal weight long term, create a healthy lifestyle.

Something new I have started doing at the advice of my doctor is eating nuts when I have sugar pangs. As we all know, I have a mighty fierce sugar addiction, and the sugar pangs are worst at night. My doc suggested that instead of eating a cookie or ice cream when I get a sugar crave, I should pop in a few walnuts, filberts, or pecans instead because it's protein with some healthy fat. The sugar pangs is your blood sugar dropping and what's best to appease it is actually protein. When I get tired of nuts, I've been eating some pieces of Whole Foods sliced turkey or chicken. I'm finding that I like the protein option better than the sweets because what I am discovering is that I just want the pang to go away and not necessarily craving that cookie or piece of candy.

Because of last week's sciatica injury, the only cardio I was allowed this week was walking, and boy did I do lots of power walking. In fact, when I went to the Farmer's Market on Saturday, I ended up walking for over 4 hours that day walking all over San Francisco. There were days that I really wanted to run, but I refrained because in my older more wiser age I have learned not to push it when the body is talking in the form of pain. Walking is great exercise too, and for me it gives me a chance to soak in more of the environment around me.

Ever since I started the chelation therapy to get rid of the heavy metals in my body, my emotions have been on a steady level. The mood swings have virtually diminished and the anxiety and depression at night has stabilized immensely. It really does feel like a miracle, and I have to say that I am really excited to see what happens at the end of the 10 weeks when the metals detox is complete. I've got 6 more weeks to go. I still have pangs throughout the day of missing Matt. I want to call him, tell him I love him, or go back to my bed with him but I can't and yes that makes me sad. It's been 3 months now since the break up, and the idea of dating has crossed my mind many times, but to actually take action is another story. Physically I could go out on a date with someone new, but my heart, my dear heart is still madly in love with Mattie. It's going to take time.