I had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday to follow up with my awful visit to the ER (GERD diagnosis). I have to go for another EGD (scope down the esophagus into the stomach) this coming Wednesday. Oh joy. Actually, I'm not nervous this time. The only thing I remember from last time is burping when the scope came back out. Ha! I also vaguely recall that we tried to watch Dr. Strangelove but I don't remember one bit of it. Hooray for twilight drugs!
In any event, I am also happy to report that my new weight, as of this morning, is 190.6 lbs. I was nervous, because we began the Phase 2 portion of South Beach. I'm starting to add whole grains and whole fruits back in, which is really nice because I have missed those things. Can I just tell you how harmonious I feel after a whole wheat english muffin? Or, some strawberries? OMG they're amazing. This morning for breakfast I had steel-cut oatmeal mixed with whole blueberries. I sprinkled some cinnamon and stevia on top and that was delicious. I also had a scrambled egg with some tomato salsa. It feels good to eat that kind of food.
Not gonna lie though... still want a cupcake. Or ice cream. And the book "says" we can indulge every once in a while, and I think we plan to (valentine's day is coming up; we may indulge in a tasty dessert), but now I'm hitting the battle of "What if that one thing ruins everything I've done for the last month??" I asked my therapist whether she thinks there's such a thing as a food addiction/sugar addiction, and she does think so. Maybe my next big step is going to be trying to work through my emotional attachment to Little Debbies and apple pie. (I blame my grandparents for that one...)
In any case, yay for having lost almost 16 pounds so far!
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