Update on my progress

Since starting this blog, I have felt much better than I did before the lifestyle change.  I no longer get headaches from sugar overdoses, and I have been surprised at how much more energy I have had since I started eating healthier food.  In addition, my mood has been more stable.  And, even though losing weight wasn’t my main intent, I went pants shopping before Thanksgiving to buy my first pairs of non-maternity dress pants and jeans and found that I had lost 6 pounds and dropped 2 pant sizes since starting this blog.  This was such a blessing, as before no non-gym pants had fit no matter the size and we were heading to Chicago for Thanksgiving, so I really needed some pants to keep from freezing.

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I controlled my eating better than I had before during a vacation, but I still backslid and had one episode of binging on sugar.  I am thankful for the blessing of my mother-in-law’s cooking and getting to eat the delicious home-cooked food that she prepared for us, as her food made me feel better, helped give balance to the other processed food I was eating, and helped keep me in my lifestyle change (except her amazing cherry cheesecake that I ate way too much of =).  However, when you’re at a hotel and not in your own home, it’s easier to be tempted and harder to eat healthily.  After over a week of eating more sugary and fast-food items than usual, my body literally hurt.  I had pain in my side and back and did not feel as energetic.  This taught and showed me that the unhealthy way I ate before was not a better way to live, and I realized that I never wanted to go back to that unhealthy way of eating again.  Therefore, this past Monday I began eating healthy again and exercising and am feeling much better already.  Thank you all for reading my posts and helping to continue encouraging me!