How I Feel So Far

A couple of people have asked me if I've noticed that I feel any different yet, so I thought I'd take a quick minute for an update on that.

The answer is: YES

The top biggest change is that my acid reflux has completely vanished. I've been taking daily medication for it for years. YEARS. And it is 97% gone. I haven't taken any meds for it at all since I started Medifast, and since then I've only felt twinges of the reflux. This is huge for me.

The other biggest change is in my energy level. I would always feel particularly tired and lethargic in the early-mid afternoon, to the point that on a couple of occasions I nodded off at my desk at work. This is no longer the case. I don't feel sleepy/tired at all in the afternoons.

Yesterday after a lunch with my co-workers at which one ate a plate full of enchiladas, he complained for quite a while about feeling over-full and ready for a nap. I didn't feel that way at all. I felt satisfied with my food, but not overly full (even though I ate a good amount) and ready for my afternoon work.

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say I feel FULL of energy. What I feel is that my energy levels are steady and consistent now.

Apart from feeling different physically, I'm also discovering things about my eating habits I didn't realize before. I put some of them in my first weekly report, like feeling obligated to eat when someone makes food for me.

I realized another thing on Wednesday night, when my husband went to his hockey game. I felt like I deserved a dinner treat since I had to go home from work and deal with the kids and bedtime while he got to go do something fun with a friend. Previously, I had just considered it a treat for me and the kids. But I was surprised at how resentful I felt overall that I wasn't going to get to eat something fun that night. So much so that I broke the rules and went off plan over it (though I did try to do so within reason).

Clearly, this is something I need to work on. People talk about using food as a reward, and I knew I did it sometimes, but I hadn't ever seen it quite so clearly.