Ch-ch-ch-changes

The other night, I had one of those moments where time seems to stand still for a bit. Sometimes I feel like I'm making progress in changing to a healthier lifestyle and other times I feel like I'm no where closer to my goal than I was when I was at my heaviest.

My hubby made delicious ribs over the weekend and I made mashed potatoes to go with it. As was making dinner monday night, I was using up the leftovers and realized there wasn't enough for 2 people. But I'm usually good on the fly so I whipped up a fresh fruit salad and squeezed a fresh lemon over it.  Here is what my husband's plate looked like.... and my plate.

I did end up moving a rib over to my plate.... I'm from the south, and we don't turn down good BBQ (My hubby may be born in Washington, but he has certainly adapted well to Texas! He is a great cook)... but it was just one! (and those are egg whites on my plate, in case you were wondering - they are my new super food!) :)  and that's when the "moment" hit me. A few years ago I might have been dreaming of mashed potatoes until I got my craving smothered in them, but today I wasn't feeling the least bit deprived... success and accomplishment is sweeter than any other reward.

Change of subject: I'm diabetic. There. I said it. Its not something I openly advertise, but I won't deny it either. Its a side effect from the enormous weight gain from the cushing's disease. If I can lose the weight, it (among other health issues) should go away. I wish it would leave sooner than later...

Remember a while back when I had unexplained weight gain and figured out it was from a medication? (you can read about it here) Over the past month, I've had more insurance issues than I care to talk about and ended up going off of one of my medication for a time period (don't worry, it wasn't life threatening). Insurance issues are now solved and I started up my meds again.......and guess what?........ the scale is up 4 pounds. so now I'm up 9 pounds. (I haven't lost the weight I had gained from the previous time I started the meds :( ) ...........ugh......Talk about depressing.

Right now my inspiration comes from Bob Harper. I may be a TAD *haha* obsessed with him and his book... so you may hear of him a lot lol.

Right now, only 1/2 of my success story is written. I'm determined to finish it.