In nineteen days we start eating again. I have gotten quite use to not eating and I am scared stiff-less about the transition. But it appears that most people who go through this program are afraid of the transition, and many ask if they can continue on the product. But there is a health danger on staying on the product and we were told we should not order the product over the internet. It was almost like they read my mind.
So the transition takes four weeks and then for some it will be all food all the time. For others we can have 3 products a day. The caloric intake goes -for most- from 960 to 1200, an increase in 240 calories. After the 30 weeks we have our metabolic rate tested and they determine the calorie intake based on the results of that. So basically after week thirty the rapid weight loss program stops.
For me I will still have a lot of weight to lose, but I will be at a weight were I can be more active (I hope) and feel better about myself. I am planning on going through the full 82 weeks, even if I am the only one sitting at the table in the end, but I have too many things planned that don't include carrying an extra person around.
I worry worry worry about not being able to do it in the real world. I know that TH will help, but I have to come to realize that - food - TH and -me- do not mix. TH opened my eyes to a whole new array of food that I had never had before, and he brought a full larder to my world (my cupboards were always bare.) So TH and I bonded over food we now have to bond over something else because we won't be eating together (except for special occasions of course.) Even thinking about it makes me sad - I don't know why- but it does.
So far in these 12 weeks I have looked at food as a means to survive. I take the product not because I like the taste or I look forward to eating, but because I have to eat it to stay healthy. It is a completely healthy way to think about food, but since I don't like what I am eating I have no desire to eat just a little more. What happens when the tastes overwhelm me and I can't get enough? What happens when I want to take just one more bite?
I don't know I hope that I can overcome - stay tuned...
If you want to take one more bite, call me.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't be sad. You'll discover zillions of other ways to bond. Think hunting!
Right on Twila! I think T3 would be a hunting fool! Actually, I'd be thrilled if she got into target shooting since I don't thinking hunting is in her blood (except maybe with a camera).
ReplyDeleteThanks again Twila (even though I suspect you were joking) & I apologize for my later comment about a load of manure for Valentine's Day (that's what happens when you read the comments from newest to oldest).
TSH & his friends had a super time hunting!