Eight weeks into the diet. My fasting blood sugar numbers are hovering around pre-diabetic. In another month I’ll go in and get my AC1 checked again. I’ve lost nearly two sizes. My body is changing shape, which is weird after all these years. It’s both wonderful and yet, frustrating because now that it’s finally happening, at times I want it to go faster or for my stomach to lose weight faster than my hips. But we can’t dictate where the weight comes off of—it just does what it wants when you’re on a diet and exercising. You can do specific toning exercises to tighten up muscles, but the truth is, when you’re—to put it bluntly—fat, the weight comes off in odd places first, sometimes.
It’s very hard for me to look in the mirror when I’m naked, but I’m forcing myself to at this point, so I can visibly SEE the results of my hard work. At first, it wasn’t all that obvious, but now, there are definite changes that I am noticing. So, body is shifting and right now it still feels surreal. Speaking of, I found out that I was wearing the wrong cup size bra—so get measured to make sure. It can make a big difference. I was wearing a cup size two sizes too small. (Yes, two sizes…).
In fact, sometimes when you lose weight the breasts can shift and you can gain cup sizes while reducing band size. This is not because the boobs actually add extra weight, but when you gain weight, some of the breast tissue may shift to the sides, and losing weight shifts it back forward. I did not know this, but a friend who is an expert in the subject explained how it worked and it’s what I’m finding out to be true in my case.
The diet is going fine, though I’ve definitely lost that rah-rah shine that we start out every diet with. But I can’t go off of this one. My health depends on it. Where does that leave me? I’m learning to accept. Learning to accept that this is the way it is. I’m looking for ways to compensate for the loss of some of my favorite foods.
As far as exercise, my workout partner and I upped our Yoga Booty Ballet workout to twice a week. We were doing the Goddess Burlesque workout and arms one day a week, Yoga Booty the second. But now we’re doing Yoga Booty both days—it’s a more intensive workout and we want to step up our game. I’m still biking though this week have been a little sluggish, but there are up times and down times. I am actually enjoying the workouts more and more, even though right before I grit my teeth and think “Just 45 minutes and we’ll be done with this for today.” Afterward, I feel great, though.
So, moving along. Making progress. Sticking to the diet and exercise. And accepting that this is the way it is.
Yasmine
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