Surprised and Hormonal

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Hello everyone,

I have been holding back on weighing myself because I can easily become a slave

to my scale. I have noticed a little more room in my clothes in the last couple

of days, so the curiosity got the best of me. I found out I lost 7lbs. in the

last three weeks. Even though I gave in to the old weigh myself feelings I

didn't jump on the scale again the next day, and I have no plans to weigh again.

I know I will simply because I am curious and not because I need to figure out

how to change my eating according to my weight. It feels really good to let

that go. Also, the surprise of losing weight by eating everything I love is

magnificent! I could shout it from the rooftops. Here are the results I've

wanted my entire life, and I got them by being true to myself, and taking care

of me instead of following what Oprah says, or some diet guru is touting. I

feel like a weight (no pun intended;)) has been lifted off my shoulders!

Now to the hormonal part. My apologies to any men on the list. I have been

eating quite a bit lately it seems. I'm hungry a little more often, (maybe once

more per day than usual) and I seem to be able to eat quite a bit more when I am

eating before I feel satisfied. I just realized that I am going to start my

period in the next day or so, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced

this. I've tried writing about it to see if anything comes up, but I can't seem

to find anything that is bothering me at the moment. Do we naturally get more

hunger signals when we are hormonal? I am going to continue to trust my hunger

and satisfaction signals although I feel like I need more work on the

satisfaction point. I don't know if this is diet mentality or if I really need

to work on it. I'm so glad I have all of you to bounce this off of!

Thank you in advance.

Kath