Stuffed peppers
I'm enjoying that meat and cheese is a plus for bringing protein into my diet.
So many of the foods I avoided before are now encouraged. So strange.
A bump in the road
I'm getting closer and closer to the finish line. My last medical exam was to have a chest x-ray and I received the orders for it Monday. As luck would have it, I was able to get in the same day. Easy peasy. Tuesday night we watched the Oprah special on the Weight Loss revolution where she discussed the use of injectable meds for weight loss. It was very interesting and explained that obesity is a disease and has nothing to do with lack of willpower. That felt good to hear, because for years I've felt it was "just genetics" or "laziness" which leads to a lot of self-shaming. I've been fortunate that I've not had a lot of public shaming except for a man once at McDonald's who I had gotten in his way and when I paused to let him pass he called me a "g-d damn fat cow". That really stung. There is a thing called body dysmorphia where people who have always been heavy still see themselves as fat after losing weight. A friend of mine still...
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