Day 314 - Nov 12, 2008

Happy Wednesday.. Here we are mid week.. and did we make any progress... NO !!! so what am I doing wrong.. Well let me share something that made so much sense to me:

“This diet will change your life!” You’ve heard that one before, haven’t you?

The problem is, these diets do not change your life, even if they do help you lose weight. They don’t change your life, because they don’t change your LIFE STYLE. When the diet’s over, you end up with the same habits and daily routines that caused the weight gain in the first place.

Dieting without a lifestyle change is like patching a flat tire!

I was introduced to SparkPeople.com to help me make that Life style change... It goes thru 4 stages and the first stage I am starting tomorrow... It's simply setting 3 small goals. ( Cindy you listening.. small goals to reward myself and not fail)

My goals are as follows: drink 8 80z glasses of water a day... Do 15 mins of exercise and write in my "food journal" every day... They are simple and achievable... So this week I will be following and blogging to let you know how I am doing in achieving my first week's goals...

If you get a chance go visit www.sparkpeople.com and join me in my quest for a new life style change...

See you there...!"

Day 310 - Nov.8th 2008

Hello everyone... Here we are on the weekend.. I haven't weigh myself, so I can't share any successes with you, but I can share a a bit of wisdom that a dear friend shared with me... It went like this... She was yelling ( Ok holding me accountable) for not blogging daily and was concern about my posting goals which she felt were setting me up for failure.. Her comments were as follows:

I just read your blog, I see you have set a new goal ! Why do you put the pressure on so hard. You have the rest of your life to deal with these issues. Take the time to do it. Why put so much on your plate that you set yourself up for failure. I used to do that too. I have learned over the past few years to make tiny goals and when i meet them i REWARD myself. I find that when i do that and i take the time to enjoy the wins the losses just don't hurt as much. You have to live life and lets face it depriving yourself of things cant work for any length of time. Just learn to make the (better) choice each and every time. Life is to be lived and not just pushing thru the day to get to the next. So slow down and give yourself some slack enjoy each day as it comes and just make good choices !! (Cindy Mason)

Well talk about a wake up call.. If I take one day at a time I probably will make the right choices instead of looking at a big audacious goal... So what has this done for me... As I think about eating I ask myself what is this going to do for me... ? if it's not something beneficial, then I skip it... and look again.. Yeah it tough but at least I can say that I made a right choice...

So that is where I am today.... taking it one day at a time, and looking forward to a life of daily choices, and the power to choice is the greatest power we have... If I make the right choices on a daily basis I will get to April and be celebrating and I won't be disappointed..

Lesson learned. - Take it one day at a time and make the right choices... ENJOY !!