Number Eight

 

Still going strong.  Trying new foods.  Trying new cooking.  It is kind of fun again.  Especially the roasting and stir frying of vegetables.  My friend Belinda told me about cabbage steaks and she was right.  They are very tasty. And turns out good for you with few calories.  One of those wonderful low calorie dense foods.  

Noom has been teaching me a whole lot of things.  Like how some of our habits got that way.  And why we do a lot of the things we do.  Like social norms in dining with other people.  There is so much more involved than just counting the calories. 

So about two weeks in the program talked about how the scale should not be your only reference to your success.  The timing was perfect because the day of it, I gained a pound.  I was like wait...what? Seriously I am following the program and not cheating.  So I took a breath and followed what the program said.  Success comes from enjoying all the greens.  Success comes from how many days did I walk.  Success comes from continuing to follow the program and not jumping ship at the first swell.  Success comes from how I feel so far.  All those things were good.  So I continued on.

I am now at eight pounds down.  I'm looking forward to my cinnabon one day.  Wait...not a cinnabon because I looked it up and it is 850 calories.  Then I looked up the minibon and it is only 350.  Still a lot for a treat, but doable once in a rare while. When I decide it is time and worth it.  Maybe when I hit magic number 20.