Ah, I was waiting for your next update.
It’s good to hear you are trucking right along. Just remember: regardless of what others do, you are doing what you are doing. You shouldn’t need really any approval or support. You do what must be done. Don’t let those frequent social engagements that pop up and crisis times jinx you. There is nothing wrong at all with sipping a beverage while others eat. Then again, what you are doing is obviously working—and true to form for a modder, you are finding what works! That’s great! No one can knock that! Just don’t get sidetracked with time’s fleeting concerns.
One word of warning; as you seem to be experiencing, the sugar stuff does work against you in reigniting the old cravings flame (aka blood sugar spikes), especially at later points in your day. I learned this some time ago and found that my body was happier staying with sweet treats on certain days and none on others. Remember to not be afraid to change out the meal replacement beverages regularly, as this will increase their appetite supressant effect and your taste for them.
As far as I’m doing, well, hey, no worries for me at this point. My weight jumps beautifully between 194 and 202 and I maintain optimum functioning. This is good because I’m doing as I’ve done and have found that at 2,800 calories, I can maintain weight and be fairly active. Just took a while to see the effects. Once you’ve been losing for so, so long, your body wants to just keep on keeping on.
Had tons of fruit this week and one 3,805-calorie day. That day, I felt less great than the others. lol Whereas if I stay at 3,400 calories, I can be gruelingly active and feel just dandy still. Thing is, I find that I just don’t need to be that active, so I’ll follow my 2,800 norm. Several days of the week, I drop back to 1,800 and 2,000 calories and my body quickly drops down to around 197 or so lbs. It’s amazing how, at any given time, we have so much food and water in us, which significantly changes our weight. it’s nice to not be afraid of these fluctuations as I once was. I guess I can now say that having been in maintenance helps with that further.
Had a huge party last night. Was a blast. Had nothing, but this “breakfast”/dinner, had leftover Popeyes chicken, some green beans and rice, and then some blackberries, grapes, strawberries, and 3 apples. Totalled out at 2,615 calories (if I counted right—not that I really care). May get some good ole’ weightlifting in tonight after the hot date I got planned!