I called my very good friend Di this morning....I had to vent...I came across a journal I have kept since 1996...and it was only about weight loss...I read through it and got completely depressed....for twelve years...I have yo-yoed up and down....I feeel so good right now...If I could only keep this feeling...I know I could do this...but that is my problem...I never keep it...and I go back up...ugh...
So being a good friend that she is...She talked me down from my rant....Now the next conversation will change my life forever...
Me: You know how I am always hungry...even after 30 minutes of a big meal I start to feel hungry again.
Di: Yeah I never understood that
Me: Well...I am starting to think that is not actually hunger pains...because since I started this diet...My stomach actually growled(I really have not felt my stomach growl in a long time because I ate so much) I think that feeling is something else and I just thought it meant I was hungry
Di: Does it feel like a gnawing feeling above your stomach
Me: Yeah...kinda in the middle below the ribs...the diagram area.
Di: That is acid reflux...(than she went on to explain how)
Me: Really
Di: Go take two Tums
Me: (after going to take two and waiting a minute and paying attention to my body) OMG...its gone...that gnawing feeling is gone (than I precede to freak out..basically saying I am an idiot over and over)
Di: Glad I can help.
So basically...I am an idiot...all this time I thought I had this huge appetite...and not really....and you want to know something that is truly funny....When I have read the side affects of being over weight I always had all the problems that went with it....but when I read the part about acid reflux...I always thought...Well thank god I don't have that
.
The Blanking Idiot
Sorry, don't mean to laugh, but it sounds like something I would do. I'm glad you figured it out, though. Hopefully you'll be able to focus now and stay on track.
Linear Mode
