The biggest thing is that my weight has been steady, despite eating whatever I want when I want it. I know it's not healthy to do that but it's also encouraging that my weight has remained steady. Imagine what it'll do when I get my act together?
My headaches are gone. I realized the other day that I had a headache and it's the first time in 2 months that my head has hurt. I was so amazed. I've lived with headaches and migraines so long that I just assumed I'd always have them and yet I haven't and I didn't notice until the other day - strange!
My skin has improved drastically. I know that those who know me think I've got gorgeous skin anyway but for me this is even better. I used to get the one a month breakouts and my skin would do all sorts of strange things and now it just looks gorgeous all the time. Yay!
My hair is starting to grow back! I have baby hairs along my forehead and I'm so proud of them. My thinning hair has probably been the hardest thing for me to deal with because everyone sees my hair and to have it all over my clothes and looking so sad was just heartbreaking for me. I don't think I'm losing as much on a daily basis either so that's even better.
Oh yeah, the big ones, my cycles are nearing normal. I didn't have the horrendous cramps and flow that I'd been having and it's still a couple days longer than it's been most of my life but I think it'll work itself out. I'm really pleased though.
I'm just so grateful for these things and they may seem trivial to some people but they are a big deal to me. I have another ultrasound on Tuesday to see how everything looks (yay for more embarrassing moments
). Unfortunately I'm beginning to feel concerned that I might have irritable bowel syndrome now .. I suppose one can't stop collecting syndromes one you start. :p I'll talk to my Doctor and see what she has to say ..
As for other stuff .. I made a short visit to the T-Tapp forums and I have to love these women for trying so hard but it makes me so tired to read the Nutrition forum. It's a new diet and idea every other post and they are so diligent in their efforts to try them. I have such hope for all of them yet I feel a bit of pity as well that they are so desperate. I hope that doesn't sound as bad as it seems to.
I know that I haven't found the "one true way" but I do know that paying attention to my body is more important that paying attention to some expert, whoever the flavor of the day is.
My motto recently has been K.I.S.S -- the more complicated I make things the less I do them so it's simple for me and I end up getting results.
I haven't been doing my low-carb lately but I've been more careful with my choices and trying to moderate my intake of carbs and that has been good but I need to buckle down a bit more. Like I said I'm holding steady right now and that's a total win in my book but I want to start moving downward.
Baby steps ...
Update: 1/4/2007
so I'm back on track with my eating and everything else is falling into place as well. I have a tendency to try doing a lot of new things at once and then I end up stopping ALL of them. I make up some excuse and then just go on my way. I do this over and over and I decided I was tired of it.
I'm perfectly capable of eating right, exercising, cooking for myself and keeping my house clean. It's not like I'm asking myself to do brain surgery. These are every day things that millions of people do every day - why do I think I'm incapable?
I'm feeling a lot better about myself lately and the cleaner my house gets the better I feel. I never quite realized how important the home environment is to mental health and well-being. I find that when my kitchen is clean I do better at nearly everything - strange sounding isn't it?
I'm going to bed later than ever lately, around 11:30+pm which is super late for me. I'm feeling OK when I get up but I have a tendency to just keep snoozing instead of getting up and moving around.
My work is going well, it's busy and I'm happy at my job but it's a growing period for me. I'm a team lead now and while I've gravitated toward leadership it's entirely different when it's your job. I feel a bit more self-conscious when I'm doing my job lately.
Anyway .. that's it for now. I'm down 2.5lbs and feeling good.
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