Day Four

Four days in, and I haven't had any carb withdrawals.  That is amazing.  Usually I go through a detox from carbs with chills and aches by now.  Thank you, Advocare!  The scale this morning says that I am down 3 pounds.  Lets hope I can keep up this pace!  I am a realist, though, and at some point I'm sure a pound a day will stop.  Right now it is probably that my body is removing excess bloat from poor eating.  Hey...whatever makes the scale move down, I'm not complaining.  While I was working out yesterday, I had a thought I wanted to share with you.  When my brain tells me that I am "hungry," I now have to learn how to silence that deceiving voice and learn when I am really hungry, not bored or nervous or excited about something.  Getting that inner voice to shut up may be a challenge.  Even harder than that, though, will be teaching myself how to turn on the new voice that reminds me that I need to work out and stay healthy for the rest of my life.  For years, my weight has fluctuated up and down, up and down.  I have tried throwing out my "fat pants" in hopes that I would be inspired to keep off the weight.  Eventually, I just gave up and keep clothes in my closet from size 6 to 16.  I am a realist.  I have been down this road before.  I want to get this weight off and KEEP it off.  That will involve shutting up the old "I'm hungry" voice and finding a new voice.  Keeping it off is the really hard part. Maybe I just need to want it bad enough to make some changes in my life, like putting myself first and keeping myself there.  Anyone else have any suggestions?  Thanks for reading!  -Susan