Just past the 5 month mark...
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:23 pm
and going strong! I still love this way of eating, only now it's become such a habit that I seldom give it much thought, hence fewer posts. 
Last week something happened that ended up being a positive reminder for me of the power of this eating plan. The previous weekend I had had no S's but not on purpose, just happened that way, no big deal and I didn't give it much thought. Wednesday Dh and I ended up at a local restaurant for a business meeting, not dinner, just meeting over dessert and coffee, I decided to have a piece of lemon pie. It was good! And I didn't feel a bit of guilt. I didn't even engage in rationalizing because I didn't realize until after that it was my first sweet in over 10 days. Actually I ended up feeling a sense of empowerment to know I could choose to say yes, knowing that eating this wouldn't "undo me" and that I could continue on as before, saying no to the next opportunities to break No S. It worked out just that way. The rest of the week was normal. Not once did I even think the word fail, because I realized later, it didn't matter. If it was, oh well, and if it wasn't oh well. It was the exact like the birthday party I was at the week before only in reverse. It was a non relative party, definitely not a special event. I passed up punch, ice cream and cake and it was NOT hard and I didn't feel like a hero or anything. Just normal. Both events just felt normal - Kinda nice that.
I suppose this is the power of habit. Of course I don't intend to start allowing deviations from the flight plan. I like the steady, healthy, energetic feeling I get from eating sanely, I like the fact that my excess weight is coming off the same way it went on, slowly and steadily, I like it that something in my body has switched, and I very seldom get hungry before regular mealtimes, even when my last meal was not a winner. I like that if I do end up hungry because I ate dumb at my last meal, I can ignore it and before I realize it, it's the lunch or dinner and I forgot about it. I like that actually, I don't think about food much at all outside of fixing and eating meals. I like being in healthy control.
Yes to No S
Last week something happened that ended up being a positive reminder for me of the power of this eating plan. The previous weekend I had had no S's but not on purpose, just happened that way, no big deal and I didn't give it much thought. Wednesday Dh and I ended up at a local restaurant for a business meeting, not dinner, just meeting over dessert and coffee, I decided to have a piece of lemon pie. It was good! And I didn't feel a bit of guilt. I didn't even engage in rationalizing because I didn't realize until after that it was my first sweet in over 10 days. Actually I ended up feeling a sense of empowerment to know I could choose to say yes, knowing that eating this wouldn't "undo me" and that I could continue on as before, saying no to the next opportunities to break No S. It worked out just that way. The rest of the week was normal. Not once did I even think the word fail, because I realized later, it didn't matter. If it was, oh well, and if it wasn't oh well. It was the exact like the birthday party I was at the week before only in reverse. It was a non relative party, definitely not a special event. I passed up punch, ice cream and cake and it was NOT hard and I didn't feel like a hero or anything. Just normal. Both events just felt normal - Kinda nice that.
I suppose this is the power of habit. Of course I don't intend to start allowing deviations from the flight plan. I like the steady, healthy, energetic feeling I get from eating sanely, I like the fact that my excess weight is coming off the same way it went on, slowly and steadily, I like it that something in my body has switched, and I very seldom get hungry before regular mealtimes, even when my last meal was not a winner. I like that if I do end up hungry because I ate dumb at my last meal, I can ignore it and before I realize it, it's the lunch or dinner and I forgot about it. I like that actually, I don't think about food much at all outside of fixing and eating meals. I like being in healthy control.
Yes to No S
