But a change is coming

Date:   10/24/2005 1:07:32 PM ( 19 y ago)

So it's been 8 days since my last post, and have I listened to all the advice given to me?

To a certain extent.

I'm not particularly strict or anything, but I am trying to improve my habits. I have all the information I need, it's just trying to break free of old habits and social conditioning.

Like for example, this weekend I spent time with friends, and we ate a lot of fast food. I could have adamantly refused if I'd stood my ground, but the social enjoyment in the moment was something I wanted, so I consciously ate the food knowing it was bad. On the bright side, I didn't feel so great after eating it, so now I feel less and less like eating bad food.

Basically, what it comes down to is my active participation: do I want to do it or not? I know the goods and bads of making any decision I make, so I have nobody but myself to blame for anything I do. In a sense, this works for me since I'm essentially digging my own grave so to speak, so I'm taking decisions more seriously.

So while I'm still not perfect or really healthy in my diet, I feel a change coming on. I don't feel depressed if I break my diet, because I realized a diet isn't a 10 day thing, it's for life. I either choose to eat healthy next day and get back on the diet, or I eat unhealthy the rest of my life. And another thing is this 'diet for life' attitude has changed is my enjoyment of bad foods. I don't enjoy them as much, and I was actually missing how good the vegetables made me feel, if that makes any sense.

Bottom line, I'm not totally there yet, but I can sense a radical change coming on the horizon.

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Initial Weight: 175 lbs
Current Weight: 168 lbs
Pounds to lost: 43 lbs
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