So sure, after ninety pounds I should expect it right? I mean at some point the weight loss was going to slow down. Well meaning people are always asking me, “Are you done yet?” Ummmm…. no. It’s just that things slowed down some. This is always met with advice. “You must be doing something different! Are you cheating? Have you thought of adding in exercise? What about trying a different diet? Ever thought about trying something else?”
My answers are usually, No… no … no… and of course, no. At some point, it was going to slow down, and no, I am not thrilled by it, but there are other things to consider here. First though, I take dieting advice from the only person who has ever been able to make any difference in this department, Dr. Jack. And as Dr. Jack, so eloquently put it, “Patience, grasshopper!” He always makes me giggle because he KNOWS how awfully impatient I am about this issue. Hey, when you waited as long as I have for happy ever after, you want it to get here, NOW!
Now most people find it interesting that Dr. Jack is not really all that interested in weight loss. He is into HEALTH. I cringe when I hear people call him weight loss doctor because nothing could be further from the truth. He is interested in helping people to get healthy, and weight loss is a natural side effect of that. I knew that going in and quite honestly, that was really what I was looking for. My original idea was, I wanted to lose forty pounds and get healthier than I was. My disease felt out of control, I figured that a little better was the best I could hope for. Dr. Jack was always more interested in helping me cure my Hashimoto’s disease than in my weight loss.
And that thinking has rubbed off on me. Education of the whole person is one of his primary goals. I don’t care for slow numbers but I am able to focus on other things too. For example my muscle mass has gone up by something like eight pounds. How great is that?? The fat around my essential organs has approached a healthy number. My body fat is down. My thyroid symptoms are non existent. This is the first winter I have not visited my primary even once. Not a sniffle, not a flu bug, not UTI’s, no weirdo skin and hair issues, nothing, nada. I have not had one single seasonal allergy this year. What a relief that has been! Been wearing contacts all through this spring, first time in like twenty years!
I don’t have all that foggy thinking and my skin is clean and clear. I sleep the best I have in my life, and I wake up every day with hope. I enjoy exercise now and realize the physical and mental benefits. So pounds lost? Well, that is one inch on a ruler that is about fifty inches long. There are lots of factors here and I need to look at them all.
That is why think that you have to come into this with a different train of thought. If your goal is just weight LOSS, then how is that going to change your eating habits after the weight is gone? For some people a few pounds lost might be enough and then the want to get back to the life they used to have. For me? No thanks. I know far too much now to ever go back. And I know that as soon as I do, my Hashimoto dragon is going to rear its ugly head again. So for me, this is how it is going to be forever.
“You have to live a little, too.” I hear that all the time. I AM LIVING. Gosh!!! I am living better now than I ever did in my thirties. So, thanks but no thanks on the cheating. And as far as the eating different, again no thanks. New diet? NO WAY…. and exercise? He will tell me what I need to know as I need to know it. I am so happy where I am right now. Slower weight loss with all these benefits I didn’t expect?? Yeah…………. I am great with it!!!
So sure, after ninety pounds I should expect it right? I mean at some point the weight loss was going to slow down. Well meaning people are always asking me, “Are you done yet?” Ummmm…. no. It’s just that things slowed down some. This is always met with advice. “You must be doing something different! Are you cheating? Have you thought of adding in exercise? What about trying a different diet? Ever thought about trying something else?”