myawethinTICself's Journal, 26 April 2014

Last week I joined a new challenge: TRUST FALL (the weight loss version)
the first week ends in 12 minutes......here's what I have learned:

1)Foods *truly do* harm or heal the human body!
When I began this lifestyle transformation in Sept. 2013(7 mths ago) my body was in constant pain.Still or in motion it ached all the time. So much in fact that I hardly slept. Very soon after joining this family of friends I began partaking of a different way of eating: Avoiding white foods (sugar,potatoes,rice,bread,flour,etc.) Almost instantly my aches & pains disappeared.......Now they are coming back.

2) A body in motion tends to stay in motion,while a body at rest tends to be put to rest.
It may be words on a commercial but caring for FIL I see the truth in them every day.(Altho' he is more active now than when Keeper & I moved in earlier last year!)But back to what I have learned this week....while *I* have been in motion it has not been the "needed" motion. In fact, not much of my motion has been the needed motion this challenge or my transformation requires.
Just as a person who is an addict or substance abuser realizes their way of life is harmful& desires to change it so they go to rehab to learn life skills that will aid them in transforming their life for the better, leaving that "safe house" too early will prove detrimental to the individual & they wind back on the curb they crawled off of.....Thats where I'm heading again.

I am not ready to give up the things that are designed to support & encourage the very behaviors that I wish to learn & adopt as a way to a better life.(The scales,measuring tape,the graphs & charts.....the NUMBERS) I still need them....& if they in fact do *help* me to reach the lifestyle I'm on this journey for,then WHY would I want to give them up?

Maybe. MAYBE. I wont need them later.Maybe I will. But we're reuniting & I joined a different challenge. One that still encourages all the goals of the last one but doesn't require me to say good-bye(even for a short while) to my scale. :D

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1433 kcal

Fat: 84.68g | Prot: 68.18g | Carb: 102.01g.   Breakfast: lemon juice, Tap Water, 14" Pepperoni Pizza. Lunch: McDonald's Grilled Chicken Snack Wrap with Ranch. Dinner: Unsalted Butter Stick, Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Pace Chunky Mild Salsa, Great Lakes Cheese Monterey Jack Cheese, Great Value All Natural Sour Cream, Breakstone's Ricotta Cheese, Tyson Foods Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, Mission Foods Carb Balance Tortillas. more...

2136 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 2 hours, Resting - 14 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...