Feeling Better

Today I am two pounds lighter.  I have increased my caloric intake to around 900 calories a day.  I was averaging about 600 per day, which is way too little.  I ended up getting sick and could not get rid of it.  It took me three weeks to shake whatever I had.  I'm sure a lot of the delay was because I was not giving my body enough fuel to fight whatever it was.  Once I started taking in more calories my health slowly improved.  I know what I did wrong....once I started seeing results with not eating a lot, I got obsessed with seeing how fast I could lose the weight.  I knew my body needed a certain amount of calories to stay healthy, but since I hadn't seen any negative effects I kept going.  I guess you learn the hard way.  Anyway, once I started eating more calories it took my body awhile to realize there was a steady caloric intake so I was stuck on a plateau for almost three weeks.  Now that I've let go some of the obsession, my weight loss is kicking in again.  I might not lose 17 pounds in a month, but at least I won't be depriving my body of what it needs.  With all that aside, I feel pretty good about how it's going.  I've had a lot of comments from my coworkers asking how I'm doing it and how much I've lost.  With me being only 4'9", 19 pounds looks like a lot more, which is fine with me.  I actually had someone call me "Miss Skinny" yesterday, and that felt really good.  I have 36 more pounds to lose to achieve my goal.  Woohoo!