Today I am celebrating 40 days of taking charge of my health with Optavia. Some reflections and things I have noticed...
- If I go out to eat, or eat foods I don't prepare myself, I feel bloated, and the scale doesn't move much. I think this is partly because there is just more sodium in foods that restaurants prepare.
- I have had cold brew coffee a few times in the mornings, mixed with a Fueling shake. I don't drink coffee everyday, and I actually don't ever drink much caffeine at all. I've noticed that on the days I have coffee, I tend to sleep worse at night. I think I am going to cut out the coffee and see if it makes a difference. My sleep has been so amazing since I started this program, it is weird (yet helpful) to see the nights that it isn't really good sleep, and link it to the days I had caffeine. I use my Apple Watch to track my sleep, and the app AutoSleep.
- My weight loss has slowed, which is expected. I had pretty significant weight loss the first 5 weeks, so I expect it to taper off to more reasonable loss (1-3 lbs a week). Right now, my average is still 3.11 lbs a week, but I bet that average drops off even more as time goes on.
- On that note, I am 36.7% to my overall goal. I've met and crushed my first smaller goals, and I still have smaller goals set, but I also have a big goal in mind. I love the app Happy Scale to track these stats for me. I weigh myself every morning, and the app is really good about looking at overall trends and not the ups and downs of day-to-day.
- I have completely adjusted to eating every 2-3 hours. My body starts to feel hungry right on cue, and I eat, and then I'm good until the next time to eat. I love that it is happening this way! It is so easy to plan ahead and make sure I have fuelings ready to go - regardless if I'm home or if I'm out. This is probably my favorite thing about this program, that I don't have to think about eating or what to eat or prep hardly anything. It is so easy to follow and keep up with.
- I've talked to a lot of people about my journey. It's definitely out of my comfort zone, but I am just so excited about it, it's hard not to talk about it. People are starting to notice the physical changes - my face, my waist - but also I've had a few people say they can see it in my skin, and my energy. Those changes are more important to me than the physical ones. I feel healthy on the inside, so it radiates out of me.
- Drinking 64-100oz of water has been ZERO problem for me. I always drank a lot of water, so I'm tracking it now with my pitcher, but I easily drink it all every day.
- Non-scale victories
- I've dropped down two sizes in jeans!
- I fasten my Apple Watch band on a smaller setting!
- My clothes are too big - I'm wearing clothes I haven't worn in years!
- I don't have any interest in foods that I know will make me feel like crap!
