Good morning my 100+ IP losers!
Trucking along in CenTx land. Yesterday was a beautiful day and I spent much of it outside garage saling looking for cheap clothes and taking my 12 year old DD to the park with DH and our dog to meet a boy from school. Yikes! Not ready for that...was thinking I may need to start working on the "attack" command with our lab. Lol! Poor kid was so nervous when DD introduced us. My DH is a cop and I am no shrinking violet so I am sure we can make an intimidating pair.
Went through my closet yesterday to clear out remaining clothes in original sizes that I hadn't parted with. Blows my mind to get rid of 2nd and 3rd sets of clothes that I shrunk out of during my weight loss journey.
Maybe going through those clothes and questioning (again) if this was a good idea to get rid of these sizes...what if I need them again!?! I ran across a post on the Maintainers volume 17 thread that gave me pause. Post #367 talks about long term IPers and dealing with maintenance. She has been dealing with intense cravings in maintenance and spoke with a nutritionist. It sent me into a bit of a tailspin last night. I keep hearing maintenance is the hard part of this program...and some days I think P1 is more than I can handle. KWIM?
I reread the post again this morning and have more perspective. I also committed to reading the Beck Diet Solution which I have but haven't gotten past the first 5 days of tasks yet. I've also been talking to my therapist about where my cravings and feelings of "I better eat this because I may never see this again" feelings are coming from. I don't have to scarf snacks and junk like there is no tomorrow. There is a tomorrow and a grocery store right down the road that will be happy to sell me what I crave 24hrs a day. Why do I eat I like will never see food again?
Don't mean to get too deep this morning. I am kind of glad that I still have a few months before I reach goal so I can work on these feelings and get my head in a good place for maintenance. Will talk to my coach tomorrow too.
Oh, I hit 90 lbs lost on my home scale this morning.