21 Days Tomorrow
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:54 pm
Tomorrow will be 21 days on habit for me and I think it's time I share some of the things that I've learned over the last 3 weeks.
1. I have had 3 supposedly RED days. Two of them were in the first week, where I had a snack between breakfast and lunch. On those days I realized that I was eating breakfast at 5am and not getting lunch until almost 1 in the afternoon. I figured out that if I ate a little more breakfast I didn't feel the need to have that snack. The other day was a day of 'seconds,' not a whole lot of seconds but they were still there.
2. I don't eat as much at meals now as I did in week 1
3. On my first set of 'S' days, I ate a snack and some sweets but overall didn't do too badly.
4. On my second set of 'S' days, I ate cheesecake for breakfast after staying the night at my sisters house after her housewarming party. Not necessariily a good idea, but no one says that I can't.
5. My food choices have been mostly healthy, but for the first time in about 5 years, I'm not beating myself up about eating something that has fat in it.
6. I went to the grocery store last weekend and instead of grabbing everything that was low-cal or low-fat, I actually grabbed the correct ingredients for my receipies and enjoyed cooking them.
7. I don't know if I've lost any weight yet because I'm not weighing myself, but regardless I feel relieved everyday to not be worried how many calories I'm consuming and should I be eating that or did I bring enough snacks to 'keep my metabolism up.'
I guess I'm just enjoying being happy and having the time to think about something else besides food constantly. I know that today might not be a great day, mainly because I have now come down with bronchitis from my wonderful students but I know that tomorrow will be an ok day. And if I make a mistake, if I slip up, I haven't fallen off the wagon, and I'll finish out the day just fine and tomorrow I won't have a slip up.
I know that everyone wants instant results but if it takes me 3 years to lose my 30-35 lbs. then it takes 3 years, but I'll be happy and healthy and not obsessing about food or my weight.
1. I have had 3 supposedly RED days. Two of them were in the first week, where I had a snack between breakfast and lunch. On those days I realized that I was eating breakfast at 5am and not getting lunch until almost 1 in the afternoon. I figured out that if I ate a little more breakfast I didn't feel the need to have that snack. The other day was a day of 'seconds,' not a whole lot of seconds but they were still there.
2. I don't eat as much at meals now as I did in week 1
3. On my first set of 'S' days, I ate a snack and some sweets but overall didn't do too badly.
4. On my second set of 'S' days, I ate cheesecake for breakfast after staying the night at my sisters house after her housewarming party. Not necessariily a good idea, but no one says that I can't.
5. My food choices have been mostly healthy, but for the first time in about 5 years, I'm not beating myself up about eating something that has fat in it.
6. I went to the grocery store last weekend and instead of grabbing everything that was low-cal or low-fat, I actually grabbed the correct ingredients for my receipies and enjoyed cooking them.
7. I don't know if I've lost any weight yet because I'm not weighing myself, but regardless I feel relieved everyday to not be worried how many calories I'm consuming and should I be eating that or did I bring enough snacks to 'keep my metabolism up.'
I guess I'm just enjoying being happy and having the time to think about something else besides food constantly. I know that today might not be a great day, mainly because I have now come down with bronchitis from my wonderful students but I know that tomorrow will be an ok day. And if I make a mistake, if I slip up, I haven't fallen off the wagon, and I'll finish out the day just fine and tomorrow I won't have a slip up.
I know that everyone wants instant results but if it takes me 3 years to lose my 30-35 lbs. then it takes 3 years, but I'll be happy and healthy and not obsessing about food or my weight.
