All Good!

Just a little update. Another week eating the Dr. A way, and three of those pounds I gained back are gone. Also, I saw a friend last night that I haven't seen in about six weeks. She asked if I had been losing weight, and I said I had lost a couple of pounds. She looked me over pretty thoroughly and said, "No, you've lost more than that. Your face looks so much thinner, and you have more definition in your waist." I took that to mean I actually have something of a waist line now, and thanked her. She and her mother asked what I had been doing, so I gave them a rundown of the Habits of Health and how I feel more energetic, how I haven't had heartburn in weeks, and how even my acne-prone skin is clearing up.



It's all good from where I'm sitting. Yeah!!! ~Juli

Confessional

I won't make excuses for myself. I fell off the wagon. I convinced myself that I was doing so great on Dr. A's program that I could cheat a little and it wouldn't make a difference. Well, it did.

I'll give you the nutshell version of my last 2 weeks: a funeral, field day, my youngest daughter's dance recital (I was class mom), last day of school, a birthday party and a baptism for my oldest. In all this, I kept very well to the schedule set up by Dr. A, eating small meals every 2 or 3 hours to keep my metabolism up, but I fell quickly back into my old habits. My food choices weren't healthy. And my great surprise was how tired I started getting again, every afternoon. I was a bit more short-tempered with my girls. I gained those 4 lbs. back. :o(

So here it is now, 4 p.m., my worst time of the day. I started eating the right way again this morning, and this is my witching hour, when I'm normally most tired, most hungry, on my shortest fuse. Today? I feel just fine! Better than I have in 2 weeks, in fact. I'm hoping I can quickly lose what I regained, but I've learned that I really can't expect a quick fix. The book is about changing to a healthy, happy lifestyle, not a quick fix.

~juli