Day 4

Wow...this day has TRULY been spectacular!!!

So, yesterday I weighed myself. Still too self conscious to put the ACTUAL number up here, haha, but it was a lot. However: it was 9 pounds less than it was when I was weighed at the doctor's office on Monday, March 5th (less than a week at that point). I was floored. I figured the scales were probably off and I'd only lost a couple of pounds (still big YAY!).

Well, this morning, after going to the bathroom I weighed myself again. 2 pounds less than I was 24 hours before!! I was like, "Holy schnikey!" Then I had a thought...why don't I put on those pants I haven't fit into properly in MONTHS instead of the super baggy ones I've BEEN wearing that I can pull up without having to undo the button or zipper? "Probably won't fit," I thought, "but at least I'll see how much progress I am making..."

Wouldn't you know it? THEY FIT!!!!!! I woke Andrew up to tell him and show him, haha. There's still room to fit into them better, but I wore them comfortably ALL DAY and was told by a few people I looked thinner (probably just saying it, but hey: I'll take it!!).

Energy levels all day were great. I had a couple of projects I really had to focus on today, and I found time was FLYING because I was engrossed in what I was doing and I wasn't looking at the clock. I took a juiced lunch in with me and refrigerated it during the morning. It was still yummy and I drank it all, but it didn't taste quite the same as the fresh juice. Having it there was much more helpful than trying to make it eight hours on just ice water.

End of the day comes, and I had two errands to run. Ask Andrew how much I love errands...I can't stand them and avoid them at ALL costs, haha. But I had plenty of energy and it felt good to walk around the store for awhile.

Came home, talked to my mom and my sister for awhile, and then got ready to walk on the treadmill after a weekend off from working out. On a whim, I decided to weigh myself again. So I went to the bathroom, fully expecting to see a bigger number (since everyone "knows" you weigh less first thing in the morning).

I didn't see a bigger number. I hadn't lost a pound. Or even two pounds.

THREE POUNDS, people. Weighed myself just now, after working out, still right there. I just am in awe.

Andrew's felt great today, too, he said this is the best day so far. He faced SERIOUS temptation today at work: breakfast taquitos and Einstein Bros. bagels in the morning, and Chinese food in the afternoon. He resisted: he's so good!!! His headaches are pretty much gone and all in all is just feeling really great.

It's weird that three 30 ounce juices and some ice water are enough to fill us up during the day. But it does. People keep asking me, "Aren't you hungry, though????" and I keep GENUINELY saying that I'm not. One lady even said, "This can't be good for you, you NEED all those other things, you're going to pass out!"

It's amazing how people think you have to have all the sorts of food people eat on a daily basis, that you have to CHEW to be able to survive. I read that there wouldn't be hunger, and had my doubts, but I jumped in with both feet. And everything I've read from other people who have done this is true, and we are just SO THANKFUL that we are doing this.

Andrew is down 19 pounds since he was weighed on March 2nd (10 days ago). I am down 14 in a week. And we are 4 days into this "60 day" (really, it's kinda a lifestyle change that's forever) thing. So happy, SO EXCITED to be seeing results and feeling this good. Others have told us they are proud of us and they are happy for us, and they're telling others who are getting inspired. And it's just great, the Lord used others for us to start this journey, and so in turn we are being used to help others. It's just such a great feeling and this is just the beginning of our lives, the way they are SUPPOSED to be. I haven't seen the girl that I feel like I am, inside, looking back at me from the mirror in so long...and I miss her. She's in there. She's just been in a fat suit for awhile, haha. I'm finally mentally ready to take it off. I don't know what I was scared of. I watch Biggest Loser and see people using food to suppress all these dark things. I have never felt like I had that reason. I just liked to eat. I could never stick with anything for very long, I never saw results and I would just quit. The results from this spur me on more and I today found my cravings a lot less than they have been (not gone, but less).

So for those of you that have known me, you know this statement is true: if I can stick with this (that really should be "when", but that isn't how it's usually worded, haha)...ANYONE can do it. I told a few people today, I have all this energy, and I don't know where it's coming from. Processed foods and my obsession with them really have suppressed me into someone I didn't recognize anymore. I'm SO GLAD to be shedding that old self. Long way to go still, but I'm ready.

I am ready.