The past week of Body Ecology has been interesting and eye-opening. I hit Day 21 of Body Ecology and got struck with excruciating tooth pain, tooth pain so bad that 4 Motrin didn't even cause a dent in the pain. I waited an entire week before going to the dentist only to find out that I needed a root canal. The night before having the root canal, I couldn't eat anything hard (no veggies or protein) and, honestly, I was so sick and pissed off about all the time I'd lost for exercising and eating well due to the tooth pain, that I through a HUGE pity party and ate sugar cookies (did I mentioned I baked them?) and pancakes for dinner.
That crashed Body Ecology. It's been about a week of being off of Body Ecology and I feel crappy: bloated, tired, insatiably hungry and pissed off that the week before I got off Body Ecology I hadn't lost one pound. I lost 6 pounds week 1 and 4 pounds week 2 and week 3 NADA.
So here comes the spiritual lesson: I have to find a way to enjoy the process instead of focusing so intently on the event (the weight loss).
It's Easter, I've had pizza, jelly beans, chocolate and sugar and I've made one commitment to myself: To begin Body Ecology again tomorrow with the goal of completing 120 days (not 21 days) of straight Body Ecology before taking a few days off. I think a few days off in between periods of Body Ecology may always be part of what I do but I want to know what it feels like to have 120 days of Body Ecology healing under my belt... weight loss or no weight loss.
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