Forty Days Come and Gone

It has already been one week since I made it through forty days. Total weight loss is 11 pounds! To celebrate, my husband and I went out for dessert where we split a piece of decadently dark chocolate mousse cheesecake. Yum. With a cup of coffee, it was heaven on earth! The weird thing was, after I had eaten about three quarters of my portion I was very satisfied. I finished it anyway, and I felt really full...like bad full. Six weeks ago I would have polished that thing all by myself! It's amazing what happens when you really change your habits.

Other changes: EVERYTHING tastes good to me. And this is such a blessing for someone who was such a food snob! I take simple pleasures in peanut butter smeared on a graham cracker. Or cheerios covered with my favorite fruit yogurt. Potatoes, cut into wedges, seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs and baked till their a bit crispy on the outside, are wonderful tasting "healthy" fries.

Beyond these forty days I plan to continue eating right, but I'll indulge in a dessert now and then, or go out to dinner. Just this past weekend I enjoyed dinner out with some friends at a Japanese restaurant and had the tempura (battered and deep fried vegetables and shrimp). But because I ate sensibly all week and worked out at the gym, I still managed to lose another pound. COOL!