Happily Maintaining

Its been awhile since Ive checked in. Dont take my lack of posting as a sign that I have given up or fallen off the wagon. Mostly I am just incredibly busy trying to reorganize my life post-holidays. That being said, I am proud to say that I am happily maintaining! I ended my 3rd round of HCG at 206 pounds and about three weeks into maintenance I am still 206! Though I have had some points where I ate too much, I continue to recommit myself to my weight loss journey every morning.

I really want to emphasize that I am HAPPILY maintaining. I love the maintenance phase of the HCG Diet. My body loves it, too. This is the stage of the HCG program where I focus on eating low-carb and I slowly start incorporating healthy fats back into my diet. This means more options! Ive successfully added several foods including pistachios and cheese.

Each morning I wake up and get butterflies as I step on the scale. Its an overwhelming feeling knowing that something as simple as a crescent roll can make that number go up. But this is also teaching me to be more conscious about what I eat. Maintaining is a challenge, but its a welcome challenge. The habits Im developing in this phase are ones that will carry me throughout the rest of my life!

Speaking of habits, yesterday I was on my way to an evening class at the University of Utah. I parked and started the short walk to class. The building I was going to was up several flights of stairs. Last January I literally dreaded going to this same building because of all the stairs. I would take elevators whenever possible, sometimes going out of my way to find one. Last night, as I was heading up the first set of stairs I thought, "Its not to late to take the elevator."

Thats when it hit me... This urge was definitely the old me talking, the 285 pound me talking. I dont need to take the elevator. Stairs dont hurt anymore because there are 80 less pounds of pressure on my knees.  I no longer need to live in fear of stairs. I quickly quieted the old me and continued step by step. I worry though, what would have happened had I given in to that urge to be lazy. I honestly think that giving in to that small thought could have opened the door to other small temptations to be unhealthy.

We all have habits that the old us is scared to give up. For me its taking the elevator. Once I recognized this as a habit of the old me, the new me made the decision to choose the healthier option of taking the stairs. Dont live your life in fear. Your body is capable of facing physical struggles. The roadblocks you encounter are mental ones and they can be overcome. Losing weight is about more than eating right. You need to change your life by changing those small habits that are preventing you from being the healthiest person you can be.

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