It Moved!

The needle finally moved to the left. I'm down about 3 lbs. Most of it is probably water weight that I was retaining from having so much sodium in my diet (from sodas and prepared foods).

The withdrawal symptoms are finally abating. I still get a headache at about 4.00 p.m. each day, but it isn't nearly so severe. I'm not as tired as I was last week; but I'm not bursting with energy, either. Mostly, I'm feeling a little more even---not the extreme highs and lows from the sugar and caffeine. And I feel a little more focused, less jittery. It hasn't been the dramatic change that I expected, though.

It's definitely been time-consuming, with cooking most of my meals, reading every label at the grocery store, trying to figure out if it's better to eat whole wheat or avoid wheat all together. Is organic sugar okay? What about honey? I've had to adopt a "best effort" attitude to save my sanity. Otherwise, I could spend a day just trying to figure out which loaf of bread to buy---or if I should even buy bread.

Now if I can just resist the maple pecan pie that a coworker brought in . . .