Yay I'm a Size 18!!!

I'm so sorry that it's been so long since I've posted. I've been in charge of a family reunion and it was just a ton of work. So I've just not had a chance to post as much as I would like. The other problem is that I've been teaching my kids to blog and now they all want the computer! LOL... However the good news is that I can get into my size 18 clothes again! Yay!!! I can't believe it, because I thought I would need to be a few pounds lighter than I am. I can't get into everything yet, some things are still so tight that I wouldn't wear them. However I know that I can be comfortable in all of my 18's before the month is out. It's been a ton of fun going through my old clothes and finding things that I can wear. Even after a family reunion and a week long of book fair I am still feeling great! The hardest thing about the reunion was not getting the fresh veggies the way I'm used to. I put on 5 lbs while gone for 3 days. Very discouraging but the good news is I have it all off now. I'm on my way back down the scale again and that is what really counts.

My Mom made us a wonderful Sunday Dinner which I over indulged on. I ate, but I still felt hungry... so I ate more and I still felt hungry. After leaving there I was discussing it with my dear husband, asking him why I over ate when I haven't done it in months. Why would I keep eating when I felt full? Very wisely he said it was probably because my body was still trying to get the nutrients that it's used to. After thinking about it I'm sure that he was right. Because the majority of the meal (mostly comfort food) was dead and cooked. It was a great typical Sunday dinner and wonderful to eat and visit with family. So I realized that a great deal of the food we over eat on is due to lack of nutrients. I feel like such a dummy but it was such a good lesson to learn. So I guess it was worth the weight gain to learn and understand that simple thing. I'm fat because I wasn't smart enough to give my body the right nutrients go run on. I also have to apologize to my children. Because I've done the same thing my mother did, and I'm sure it was something her mother did, and her grandmother did and her great grandmother did. I've used food for comfort, for stress, for celebration, for everything but for nutrition and ultimate health. I'm learning late in life, but better late then never.
:)