So I learned some valuable lessons today:
1. After 2 weeks on this journey, brown rice - even at only half a cup - feels like a cinder block in the pit of your stomach! Suddenly the Wicked Old Witch of the West from Oz suddenly shrieking "I'm shrinnnnkiiinngg" comes to mind when thinking of my stomach in relation to brown rice....ugh, bad feeling.
2. Do NOT give into the submissive line of thinking and bombard oneself into believing they didn't achieve a loss, ANY loss, as to avoid disappointment. Or, is it simply thinking that lures one back into the land of delusion? Yes, yes, I took a temporary day trip back into that land and was shocked when I saw another 2 lbs. gone when I weighed in. And yes, I'm starting to formulate a little, creative happy dance in my head...be prepared, it will be phenomenal!
As I sat there thinking "Wow, I'm .4 away from 10 lbs gone!"....I started wondering if those 10 lbs. explain why I feel more sprightly?! I mean sure I'm still stuck in the fat suit, but heck I wore a top I haven't worn in over a year quite comfortably yesterday....could it really be those first 10 lbs. made that much of a difference?
So I pondered what exactly 10 pounds looks like...and what I'm NOT carrying around at this point:
* Obvious one, 10 lbs sack of potatoes. Yeah, those can seem pretty heavy when carrying them through the store!
* 38 Sticks of Butter (seeing I'm 9.6 lbs gone). Hmmm, think I'll save that butter for someone else to use basting their turkey next week!
* 2 Chihuahua's. Now there's a vision!
* 3 1/2 dozen Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts. MMMmmmm donuts!! Oh sorry, distracted. But really? 3 1/2 dozen?!
* 3 Human Brains! Wow, if I'd had HALF a brain (again with the Wizard of Oz), I wouldn't have needed this journey because I would have done something about it long ago.
* An Average Newborn is only 7.5 lbs.....wow, I haven't birthed one but I have melted one off my body. Creepy!
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