There are days when I feel like I am going in reverse even though my clothes are looser, my diary shows I am well within my limit, and the scale tells me I've lost pounds. I feel sluggish and flabby regardless. Then I have to ask myself how I actually measure "progress." Further to that, what is progress anyway?

My purpose is to get healthy and live a fuller and longer life. So if I feel sluggish am I achieving that goal? Makes me wonder sometimes but I keep reminding myself that it is a journey and there will be many changes and "feelings" along the way. If I think about it, I realize that even when I was at my peak in the service (a long time ago) I had sluggish days as well as top performance days. I have to remember to keep it all in perspective. Am I feeling the way I feel because of my "diet" or because it is just a crappy day all around?

The irony is that I have total control over how I feel, I just have to focus on where I want to be and then take myself there. My body is going through a lot of changes as the excess weight drops off and I need to relish those feelings instead of dreading them. If all the quantitative indicators are positive, then a sluggish feeling is just part of the process as things go to equilibrium.

The bottom line is that THIS IS WORKING and I need to give it time to work. As I gained weight, my body went through the same adjustments, only this time it is doing it in reverse. And THAT is a good thing.