That is really nice to see! It makes the last three days of fasting totally worth it. Today was a pretty tough day fasting, being home with the family and all. When I'm at work I can usually at least keep myself busy and stick to myself at my desk, but at home I usually help get lunch and dinner for the kids.
One of my kids had to make cookies last night to bring to church today, so I helped her make those, and then of course there thy were today and everybody was eating them. Lunch and dinner looked really good, too, but I kept to my commitment and I didn't eat anything!
So I'm right on track today, with one more day of fasting to do. I'll eat dinner tomorrow night to break my fast. I'll probably have some kefir or yogurt with or right before dinner to get things going in my gut again. I did a ten day fast some time ago, and found that at the end I was really just craving something like kefir, and I just drank that for a few days to get back used to having food/drink. I don't feel that as much now with the shorter fast, but it does sound quite good and wholesome.
So I'm really excited to be right on track again! I did do progress pictures and measured my waist for the midpoint, and I am happy with how much better I look, and my waist is down to 52 inches from 55.5 inches at the start. Pretty remarkable really.
This morning I had a cool non-scale victory when I didn't have any of my size 2X shirts clean that I normally wear. I really had no choice but to try on one of the XL shirts in my closet, and when I did, it fit! It was a little snug, but I was able to wear it and it didn't look bad at all! It looked about the same as my 2X did when I started this process. I had been afraid to try them on, not wanting to get discouraged I guess if they didn't fit. I was about 262 pounds when most of my clothes fit, so I was going to wait until then to start trying them on, and probably will wait a bit to really dig in as long as my bigger shirts are available.
So I am so excited to be half way to my goal! I know I can achieve my goal, I'm half way there and I feel better than ever!
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