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Weight Loss is Weird

 I can say that I've been successful at weight loss. And that makes me happy, but there are some weird things about it.  Last year, in 2020, I lost 55 pounds. This year I have gained 15 of it back.  When I look at my weight chart, I can see that my lowest weight was in February of 2021, over a year after I started losing.  But then, it started climbing.  I'm not altogether sure why. But I do know this: it was about my head, not about my carbs or calories.  Here's a list of things that contributed to my regain, not excuses, triggers. I caught Covid in February. I was actually down 60 pounds but I don't count that as loss. Food didn't taste good.  My dad and his wife caught Covid. And both died.  I visited my family in the wake of my dad's death and the visit shook me.  Emotions steamed out of my heart like so much boiling water.  When I was down 60 pounds which put me at 158, I still had a gut. I thought what am I doing here?  So gradually I began researching wor