Slowing Down

Jun 15, 2015

This past month I have had more cravings than usual. I started buying myself a large McDonald's Unsweetened iced tea to break the water & homemade tea monotony, and I am wondering if using equal in the McD's tea rather than Stevia like I use at home contributed to this? I am not actually jonesing for sweets, but my carb intake has been higher. I stopped buying the McD tea about 10 days ago so I will see if there is a change. But on a lot of days I have maxed out my daily calorie allotment b/c I was hungry...before when I stuck closely to what was recommended I was fairly full the majority of the time.

Not to let myself off the hook, but I also wonder if my body is adjusting to the lower calories & kinda returning to it's old self. I've only lost about 6 pounds this month after losing 16 last month. I have done a lot more exercise...swimming, and I wonder if that is building muscle and that weighs more.

I know I still FEEL good & have a pretty good amount of energy despite the smaller weight loss & increased hunger. I have experienced ALOT of NSV'S (non-scale victories) since I am down almost 50 pounds. I am just nervous (or OCD) about the returning hunger & slowed weight loss. I do not want to fail this surgery! I guess I can look at it as once I have the surgery/tool I should do pretty good continuing my journey. I just hate feeling hungry.

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