The Incredible Shrinking Mama

Would you like to know how to finally drop that unwanted weight?  It’s easy!  I’ve finally learned the secret:  STOP EATING.

(Sort of.)

One side effect of this elimination diet that I hadn’t counted on was the flat-out melting away of poundage on my behind (and my sides, and my arms, and my legs…).

I’ve lost 25 pounds in three weeks.  Y’all, that’s a whole toddler!  It’s exhilarating stuff.  Frightening, but exhilarating.

I know the experts say you shouldn’t lose more than a pound a week for healthy weight loss, but since I’m not doing this TO lose weight, I’m not going to worry my tired little head over that piece of wisdom.

What I am going to keep in mind, though, is that carbs and sugar seem to be the weight killers for me.  I was never someone with a huge sweet tooth, but I would positively drool over the thought of nachos, bread, pancakes, waffles, tortillas and chips with salsa or queso.   (Oh, yum…why did I start thinking about that now??)  One of the first things I did when I discovered Mr. Charm couldn’t have eggs or dairy was to seek out replacements for those very things.

It was actually a lot easier than I thought to find dairy and egg replacements for breads and breakfast goodies.  Maybe it wasn’t a good thing that I did, because on this diet I can have NONE of those things…and my body is just…rejecting  the extra poundage I carried for too many years.

I now, officially, am wearing clothes I haven’t been able to stuff my body into for 16 years.  (No, I don’t keep “skinny clothes” in my wardrobe, but there are always a handful of garments most women keep for sentimental reasons, and by yimminy, I can wear them again!)

So aside from keeping Mr. Happy healthy, I’ve discovered that I can perhaps keep myself healthier, too.  When I can start eating “normally” again, I’ll keep a close eye on those weight-killers so I can stay  at my “OMG Let’s go shopping!” weight.

Honestly, clothes fitting aside, one of the best things about this is that I can finally curl again.  Once upon a time, I always sat with my legs curled up under me in some way or another.  I didn’t even realize it, but the last few years I haven’t been sitting that way.  My legs wouldn’t fit comfortably squeezed so tightly.  I’m curling up all the time now, and I LOVE IT!

I’m also sleeping better, and have a little more bounce to my step.  I don’t know if that’s from the weight loss, or from just cutting out the processed crap that was still in my diet, but…either way, it’s a good thing.

By the way?  I’m still losing weight.  That 25 pounds was apparently just the starting point.

Have any of you lost crazy amounts of weight on an elimination diet?  Please tell us you didn’t gain it all back!