Loosing it - a podcast by carlton Jones

  After 2 years of following my mantra of "No seconds, sugar snacks" my weight leveled off at 160 pounds.  Currently I am  maintaining at and between 160 and 164 pounds.  Using the "turtle " method of losing and getting to a desired weight was kind of mercurial. But it gave me the advantage of "tuning in" to my "body talk". So much so that immediately after a meal I could almost accurately estimate my weight. Now that is not magic its just being consistently mindful of my eating habit and style.  Eating should become a life style and some days I do push pass the boundaries, but, I remain conscious that doing so 2 - 3 days in a row will create unconscious changes. The changes in weight  may not be as significant as would be, the change in habit. Just as quickly I could soon forget my style, and before I realize it, small change  slips past my "awareness gait". . Now that may seem like work, it is, but not a lot. I think of that body builder, that athlete I so admire, who is focused on maintaining the optimum physique and skills.  I try to remember that I was not just changing my body, I was replacing habits by changing my mind. 

Every night just before I go to bed I get on the scale and write it down. In the morning when I rise, again I get on the scale and write it down. I find a consistent 2 Pounds  ( difference) lower in the morning. Those action, at first, seemed meaningless and and some what frustrating. Longitudinally  I began to learned to feel the ups and downs of the pounds and kept my goal in focus. It later became my habit. 

I am mindful that each individual has their own proclivities, and that there are no cookie cutter ideals.  I learned to bite into a donut and then throw the remainder into the garbage. My thought was this, waste it there or waist it here. Better still, avoid it. I never gave up ice cream, I just restricted its presence to outside treat.    It has since been re-welcomed at home.  

My A1c came in at 6.0

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