Moving in the right direction

Things seem to be moving in the right direction for me, with the exception of the high temperatures...they need to go down and now! As I get older the heat seems to get on my nerves a lot more. And then in turn, the rest of the world does too.

However, I have met some amazing ladies in my "Am I Hungry" class and have found them to be refreshing, supportive, caring and hillarious! Most of my social events revolve around food...restaurants or pot lucks. But when I am with these ladies, I have a great time and we are not eating! Okay fine, we are talking about eating but that is calorie free!

I have lost 6 lbs. I feel better. My blood sugars are doing fantastic. I feel more in control of myself. Sure I may have a big meal once in a while but I don't beat myself up over it anymore. That always resulted in more eating! Now the new medicine my doctor put me on is probably helping too but either way, it's all good and I am going to move with it!

My brother in law has remodeled our bathroom for us and fixed our leaky faucet. It looks amazing. We have a bit of touch up stuff to do and I want to paint the door but that will wait until the fall. I hate painting and I hate painting in the heat even more!

The boys are doing amazing! Jonathan will be in first grade in 2 weeks! Zachary is making huge progess physically and I have to say, when people comment on it, it makes me feel so much better! I want to make sure it is really happening and not just something I want to see.

Well that's it...boring huh?

Am I Hungry?

Now there's a question that I didn't start asking myself until recently. For years it was more of a statement, "I am hungry.". I never gave it much thought. I ate when I wanted to, what I wanted to and as much as I wanted to...never letting the over stuffed feeling stop me. Shoot, I love food and for the love of Pete, you only live once, right?

Times have changed for this girl! No, I am not on a diet and I never will be. I will never fork over money to Weight Watcher's again nor will I ever be one of these people who constantly watch what they eat or are watching what everyone else eats, and passing judgement. Those days are over.

If you have never heard of Dr. Michelle May, I suggest you google her right now. In my opinion, Dr. May is the Dave Ramsey (don't know who is? Google him too then!) of instinctive eating. Dave Ramsey encourages you to take your financial life and get real! No more excuses and his advice is truly common sense. Dr. May, she basically teaches you that food is fuel and once you learn that and learn to ask yourself, "Am I hungry?" and learn to only eat when the answer is yes, then you will in turn be a happier person.

I signed up for a support group/class called "Am I hungry?" and the first thing I discovered is that I ate because it was time to eat, I was bored, mad, stressed or unhappy. And I often ate foods I didn't like! It isn't easy to change and it is a long process but the power behind it is amazing.

I figure between Dave and Dr. May, I will find lots more reasons to be happy and rather than filling my mouth with food, I will become more productive and my to do list will be longer. And after I finish with Dave, I will have more money to spend and can then shop rather than eat! :-) Just kidding!!!