Whew.

The cravings finally did go away, and except for the obsessive food thoughts and daily meal planning efforts, I'm coasting. And the scale is down 2.5 pounds. Yay! It really is amazing how bad my sugar/flour addiction was. Cookies, pastries, pastas, bread, candy drawer at work, mmmm.

I'm in this intensive base-building indoor cycling course at the LBS on trainers, and I was worried that my energy would suffer, but with the Triscuits, oatmeal, rice, fruit, I'm getting plenty of carbs and my energy feels great, with very few dips. I had a hard time today during the 2:30 p.m. slowdown, but I ate oatmeal with a banana and bounced right back up.

I know some of you may freak out at that rapid level of weight loss, but this is really what I need, just to drop the ballast before cycling season so I can eat normally when I'm training hard. I also should mention that my thyroid was too underactive and I just got my medication adjusted in late November, so my metabolism is sort of returning to normal after gaining 10 pounds last fall/winter.