Today is weigh-in day! I always look forward to this day. Well, sometimes I look forward to this day. Today I weighed 253.2 pounds which is a 2 pound weight loss for this week and 18.6 pounds lost total. Slowly, slowly, slowly . . .
The mindfulness is absolutely key to my slow and steady progress. I have to know what I've eaten today, how much I'm eating, and when I'm eating. I need to listen to my body - whether it's hungry or satisfied. When I'm keyed into my body, I'm telling you - the food part is easy. I've eaten French fries, I've eaten chips, I've eaten ice cream . . .I eat the things I love to eat but I think about it while I'm doing it. (And I don't eat those things every day.) It's such a different experience from 3 months ago when I sat on the couch and just numbed out while consuming an entire bag of Doritos. I don't measure calories exactly but I do keep a loose idea in my head about how much I'm eating. And the no snacking after 8pm (except on fruit) probably has a lot to do with the significant progress I've made in the last two weeks. And maybe it's no coincidence that I've been meditating these past two weeks, too.
This morning I set my alarm for the time I actually wanted to get up and it worked! I was able to get out of bed an hour early.
And in meditation news, today I meditated in the car while waiting for my therapy appointment. I did a Sat Nam meditation, which translates to Truth and Name . . .or Truth is my name . . .Here's some more information on the meditation if you're interested. Basically, I inhaled chanting the word "Sat" in my mind - breathing up from my toes through the crown of my head and I exhaled chanting the word "Nam" in my mind - breathing back down again. I loved it. I noticed the colors changing behind my eyelids as the sun ducked in and out of the clouds.
No comments:
Post a Comment