Kara & Michael’s Blog

I’ve been on SLD for three weeks. I understand that might be too soon to throw the towel in, but I’m doing it anyway, for a couple reasons.

1. I have lost no weight. None whatsoever.
2. My body fat percentage has gone up a not-insignificant amount.
3. The thought of taking the oil makes me want to puke. I’m actually gagging now as I type.
4. I have come to realize, even if I break the association with taste and calories, it does not help me break the association of taste or food with comfort. Last week, I went out to the store in a rotten mood, bought a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and finished it. Awful idea, and I had the stomach pain for the next day and a half to prove it.

I get that I over-eat sometimes and I get why I over-eat sometimes. And so far nothing has been as effective in limiting that as exercise. I don’t know if it’s because working out gives me more energy than food ever seems to. Or because working out makes me aware of just how much energy it takes to burn off calories. Or because working out always seems to be an enormous mood-lifter for me. But if I want to lose weight, the only thing that has ever been successful for me is exercising. It makes me feel better. It makes me eat better.

So I’m calling it quits with the SLD. I think it’s a novel idea, and WoDM is certainly losing weight with it. But this just falls into my view that there isn’t (and never will be) a one-size-fits-all weight loss plan. I know what works for me, I just have to get up off my fat ass and do it, and exercise some self-control (which I know I have) to limit the crap I eat.

It’s not that hard, say I, as I munch on my Korean cookies (mmm… sesame seeds) and drink a cup of instant coffee with stevia as sweetener. But I needed the SLD to remind me that it’s not hard, that I’m in control of what I eat and how much I eat. That I need to slow down and listen to what my body is telling me. If nothing else, it was useful in that regard.

In other news, the wedding party is this weekend, and I’m going, oh, moderately insane. I think we’ll be good though, I think we’ll be good. If I ever find the memory card for the nice camera, I’ll post some photos of our thriftstore finds this past weekend.

K.

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