I am thrilled that my eat-healthy-foods-in-healthy-portions plan is working. This first week, without the obsessive calorie counting, measuring and weighing, I have thrown away SIX POUNDS of excess weight! Kicked it to the curb -- goodbye and good riddance!
One of the biggest changes about my mindset is that, if I were at this stage in a past "diet program" I would be saying to myself something like, "Well, this is only the first week in a long process. It's going to take a long time to meet my goal. I have to stay committed." BlahBlahBlah.
This isn't a "long process" anymore. I'm not simply trying to reach a certain goal and then... then, what? stop? No, this is a change in the way I live. Yes, I have a goal of reaching a healthy weight and fitness level, but I am not living life differently just to reach the goal -- the goals will simply be a by-product of my choice to change the way I live and eat. I need to keep in mind that I am not on a diet. I am not on a program. I am simply eating healthy portions of healthy food and becoming more physically active.
This is so.... freeing. I don't have to be perfect. Without a rigid program and set rules, I don't feel pressured to be perfect. I can't "slip" because there are no hard-line rules. I can't "cheat" because nothing is "forbidden." Just by eliminating the whole guilt thing, I have eliminated one of the biggest problems I've encountered in the past -- that, "Oh, I blew it... who cares... might as well go ahead and... (overeat something bad)...." Without those regimental rules, there is no such thing as "blowing it."
Okay.... back to earth. The birds are chirping outside my open patio doors. It's hovering around 70 degrees. I think Spring might actually be edging her way through. I'm so ready. I want to plant and mulch and dig and get dirty. Then watch little green sprouts erupt and blossoms open and nests appear under the eaves of my awning. My favorite time of year is approaching. Life feels good right now.
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Wow, 6 pounds is awesome! I think getting past the idea of being on a "diet" is really good. The word itself is inherently depressing, it seems.
ReplyDeleteI let myself go out to eat once a week and be "bad". Most of the other days, I eat well. I don't feel deprived since I know I can have some "bad" but tasty food soon enough. I feel better when I am being good, though, which is wonderful.
Anyways, congrats on the first week of your new lifestyle!
Thanks so much for your encouragement!
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