Hi Turtles, just checking in. It's been a hard three weeks, but I'm holding on. My weight is at 272.5--so I gained a pound, but considering that it's 3 days before TOM I'm not freaking out. Honestly, I'm not freaking out about it anyway. Considering everything else going on, 1 pound in three weeks, to me, counts as maintenance!
We've had wonderful, deep, intense sessions with our marriage counselor, and we agree that he is good for us. He's the counselor we needed to find to help us get where we want to go. He's also helping me with dealing with my emotions, and working back to let go of some things that have happened between my husband and me. We found a glaring, painful link between my anger and my weight, and I think next week's session is going to be intense, too. I'm not comfortable with being angry and I strive always to contain it--hence the problem. It's going to come out somehow, and it's showing itself on my body! I keep journals and I have done for 20 years, so I can track what happened when and what my weight was at the time. Every disturbing incident (hubby and I had a ROUGH start to our marriage) corresponds directly with my weight gain. DUH!
Now to figure out how to heal that and undo the damage. Ah, this is what we have counselors for, right?
Princess, smoking raises your metabolism just a little bit. So when you stop smoking, even if you don't change the amount you eat, you stand the change of gaining a bit til your body adjusts again.
THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY ADVOCATING GOING BACK TO THE CIGARETTES!!! Smoking is far, far, far worse for your body than being overweight. Your body
WILL adjust again. Add in a walk, or make your exercise 10 minutes longer each day. Give it time, and it'll figure itself out. And with the increased lung capacity and the increased heart health, your workouts will rock your world!
Everyone else, keep on keepin' on. I'm sure we'll all get there. "Never give up--never surrender!"