No I haven’t given up and no I didn’t enter the witness
protection program. Since my last post on May 13th, our life took a hard left turn just 11 days later. Dieting took a back seat…about
7 rows back!
I’ll keep it brief, our 13 year old daughter was diagnosed
with a Chiara One Malformation on May 24th. She’s suffered since about the
age of 6 or 7 and her symptoms progressed to serious the end of her 7th
grade year. This whole time, us never knowing what was wrong. Her eye sight was now affected, etc. It was pretty serious. We FINALLY had a
doctor who recognized what he was seeing and at our 2nd trip to the
ER within a week, we were blessed to have this gentleman as our ER doctor. The
rest is history…
After 8 days in Comers Children hospital – Chicago following
brain/skull surgery, followed with 2 weeks of horrible vertigo…she is still
recovering and doing wonderfully! She goes back to the specialist in October
for the ‘all clear’ thumbs up and she can resume her normally scheduled
childhood. Cheerleading will be in the plans this school year, believe it or
not!
When all this came to a head, I had an afternoon when I lost
it. I caved and had a 20 minute bing eating session. When it was over, I felt
like a million bucks. I was able to get back on my diet but after a few days I
had to cut myself a break. I just couldn’t do it. Emotions were running so high
in our house, it’s been a very upsetting 2 months. As of this morning I’ve
gained back 15 pounds, yes…15! Boy is it easy to do. The easy approach to life
is to just eat what’s readily available to you. That means sugar, carbs and
fat! It is what it is and I’m going to say this with a serious face…I didn’t have much choice. I had to let go of the diet, I just couldn’t focus.
We're cramming an entire summer into just a few weeks, our daughters haven't had one. Life is so good right now. I’m back at it as of today and feel REALLY good about my future. We’ll get these 15 pounds back off and then I’ll pick up where I left off.
First step is saying goodbye to sugar. Pop, sugar in my
coffee, chocolate, dessert…that is the first big step to diluting water retention
and my bloated stomach. I feel gross! I’m a long ways away from the 45 pounds I
originally lost…it won’t take but nothing to get these 15 back off. Amazing how
horrible I feel after eating all this garbage for 2 months. It just kills your
body, in an unbelievable rate! So scarey!
I look forward to talking with you all again and getting to
the finish line.
This is in fact a journey, not a trip across town. Thank you
so much for hanging in there with me and coming along for the ride!
With God as my witness, I WILL DO THIS!!!
