2-XL

I'm sorry for not posting more frequently. School has ramped up in a big way, so it's hard to justify doing much writing of things that haven't been formally assigned. Regardless, what follows is a brief update on my progress.

Things are going well, though not at the torrid pace at which I started. What's been most interesting, though, is that, while the poundage hasn't been changing as quickly, I have noticed the greatest change in my body during this time. I don't have a good explanation for this experience, but it has done wonders for keeping up my motivation despite a (relative) stall on the scale. I learned this week that the fruit servings that I had been omitting are actually of the utmost importance to turbo-charging my metabolism, so I've started noshing on apples and berries like a madman. At this moment, still less than three months since deciding to murder Fat Steve, I am down (approximately) 63 pounds, 3 pant-sizes, and at least one shirt size. The usual caveat applies (I still have a long way to go), but I must say, it really feels good to not have to go to the Big and Tall department for clothes anymore! It seems silly to be excited to fit into XXL shirts, but that size was so far from fitting three months ago, it's actually a pretty big deal.

As far as the day to day goes, my struggles look very much the same as they did before, though I think I understand them better now. When it comes to foods that are obviously off-plan (your fried foods, sugary stuff, CheezIts, etc.), I am not even tempted anymore. In the past two weeks I have sat in a room in which cookies were being baked, ice cream cake devoured, and french fries gobbled with nary a slip-up. It's the borderline foods (or even more so on-plan foods in larger quantities than recommended) that get me. Cheese on a sandwich, an extra tortilla as a late-night snack, whatever. In isolation, it seems like these extra 100 calories are no big deal (and they probably aren't), but I guess I don't fully understand what effect they may be having on my metabolism itself. SlimGenics' whole thing is using food to maximize the heat of my engine--am I torpedoing that effort without even knowing it? I mean, the results, while not quite as electric as at the start, are still really good, but I wonder if this kind of line-blurring could come back to bite me in the butt in the long run. Even on my worst day, though, my eating is 10000% better than before I started SlimGenics. In any case, I'm working on cutting down on the "good enough" choices when ideal is less feasible.

Steve