Everyday Systems

I have gone through a couple of bad weeks. It seems like my self control is OUT OF CONTROL. I was doing so well at first, but then I stopped being so strict with myself and it was all downhill after that. I need to get myself back on the strict rules. I can't cheat even a little bit, because once I ...

ok... I have finished 6 weeks and am still on course, even though I went to a family reunion camping trip filled with snacks, sugar and yummy big meals. I have weighed myself and I am 6 pounds down from my start weight, so I am feeling success. I would love to be 10 pounds down at the end of the yea...

wow. 6 years is very impressive. Well, today is 3 weeks and I just finished my Saturday root beer float. That is the reward I think of all week. I actually did ok with no failures and no cheating. Whenever my husband offers me to share his evening snack, I am practicing saying, "no thank you.. I'm s...

SO... 2 weeks in and so far so good. I haven't weighed myself, trying to avoid discouragement. after all, I'm supposed to be developing life-long habits, so it doesn't really matter if I lose weight or not. I just finished my Saturday root-beer-float. I'm trying hard not to feel guilty. I can tell t...

ok. one week in and I think it went pretty well. I read the no-s diet book and I am struck by how psychological the approach is. I love the habit chapter. It applies to many facets of life other than eating. Many years ago when I first got married, I did not have the evening... watching tv and eatin...

starting day 5. so far so good. I haven't gorged out on ice cream and potato salad, and I haven't starved.

losing 17 pounds sounds wonderful. Whenever I try to change how I eat, I focus on food so much more and feel hungry all the time, that I can't manage well. I think the idea that eating regularly is more mental than anything else is true. I think I have very little self control. I have been doing wel...

can't seem to stop. I think I have to go cold turkey.

I have tried losing weight MANY times before but I always give up. I have decided to try again but the voice far inside my head tells me this will never work and I can't do it. Here I go again.