Hi, all. Maybe I haven't moved from this chair since May 5? Just looked back to see when I wrote to say I had made my first green drink (this time around). And here I am sitting here again, on May 15, in the same chair with the same green drink at my side, which is still tasting great. Honestly, I can't believe it's been 10 days. Because that means 10 days without a sugar slip, or a salt (potato chip) slip. To tell the truth, though, I am sick and tired of one more time trying to let go of my addiction to sweets, to overeating carbs to soothe myself. How many times do I have to climb the same mountain? But -- I am attempting not to look ahead. When Joe was little, I went 7 years (!) without sweets. Then, just like "taking the first drink" for an alcoholic, on the plane to Portland for one of Joe's birthdays, I decided then and there that I was going to have a piece of the rich chocolate cake that I've baked him every year since he turned 1. And that marked the end of my freedom from my drug of choice. I was off and running and have been battling my "addiction" ever since. Really sick and tired, to repeat, of this battle, and the weight-gain yoyo. And it does feel like a battle. So I won't look ahead because if I do, I envision myself slipping again and then having to start all over, one more time. So, mostly, I'm trying to take it a moment at a time, to hold my balance, to stay calm. 

Recomitting

This is the challenge over and over. But, I bought my NEON gasp. Memory foam energized new walking shoes. I'm hoping they work. Walking was the best thing in my program.
Come out come out where ever you are and get back to the mindfulness of your health.

Reporting in

Hello, Sisters.  Still trending down--ounce by ounce.  So slow but going in the right direction.  Being able to grab a predetermined meal helps me so much.  Makes me so much more mindful of the portion sizes I have when I am eating regular food or having a drink.  Wearing the Fitbit is informative yet find myself amazingly at a shortfall for steps walked, stairs, calories burned.  I am burning more than I am taking in but a little bit, thus the decreases is in ounces.  Believe me, I'll take it.

Checking In
I am finishing up my third green drink in as many days! I'm ever so slightly encouraged.
M

MIRACLE
At my side as I type is my first green drink in EONS! It tastes good, really good. I bought the greens and other fixings at Trader Joe's this afternoon and was about to put off making the drink until tomorrow, but caught myself. That's what I've been doing for months -- buy everything fresh, come home & put it all in the refrigerator, and weeks later I have to throw it all out.
A friend has two Fitbits and is putting one of them in the mail for me.
All for now.

Disclosure:  Sentence 1 is a lie.
Love,
Mignon