OK....after much thought I'm ready to start with a revised No S plan:
Since my eating is SO out of control, I will start with basically what will be my ultimate goal for S weekends:
- Three meals
- Two snacks (probably at 4:00 and either mid-morning or late at night)
- And ONE serving of sweets with lunch and dinner
- I will also have one glass of water with each meal and snack
Like I said....not much of a diet but compared to my non-stop munching and overloading of sweets I have been eating, it's a good place to start.
I will do this for 21 days. At the end of that time, I will take one thing away and do that for 21 days. I will continue to take one thing away after 21 days until I eventually end up at vanilla No S. If I ever have alot of red days during a 21 day period, I will extend it for another 21 days until I can comfortably abide by the current rules. However, going at this slow of rate, I'm pretty confident that I'll have a much easier time sticking to it than I ever did with vanilla No S right off the bat.
As for exercise, my main way of thinking this new year will be just to MOVE. I plan to incorporate much more physical activity into my day. I will start yoga, but not have a set up plan of how many days a week I need to stick to it. I will do whatever my schedule will allow and then fill the rest of the week with alot of physical activity. Just to keep moving will be good enough for me right now, but I think the yoga will really help with my incredibly decreased flexibility.
I will also try to be much better about getting more sleep. It makes such a big difference in everything else. Will aim for at least 7 hours a night.
I am reminded by reading other posts that I want to no longer "stop and restart this diet". I will just start on January 1st and keep going....good or bad.....some months will be good, some not so good, but I'm not going to continue my battle with jumping on and off a diet plan. I will just do the best I can and that will have to be good enough.
This new year I will finally learn to accept myself for who I am. No more looking in the mirror and hating that I don't have my former 30-yr old body. I will focus on my strengths and not my flaws.
I will weigh myself monthly, just out of curiosity, but will not guage my happiness and feelings of accomplishment on a number on the scale.
I will no longer analyze everything to death. I will just set my plan in motion and do it.
And lastly, I will take the time to enjoy things instead of constantly focusing on my struggle with this.
There ya have it. I will start a new thread for 2012. I hate to begin a fresh start with a bunch of baggage hanging overhead.
Thanks to all for your support. See you on my new 2012 thread.
) I know that the less I eat sweet things, the less I crave them. Which is why sometimes when you've had one fail in a day or week, the rest of the day/week can be even more difficult. I also ponder that the less I drink sweetened drinks (even diet or low calorie) the less I will 'fail' but not sure I'm ready to take that step yet!!