Losing weight in spite of myself.

I began this blog in February 2011 as a way to help me not quit trying to lose weight, and to learn a few things. It's been an interesting and powerful experience. It certainly confirms what I've long suspected--that although I am a genuinely happy cheery person in the main, I am NOT a happy cheery dieter. I DETEST losing weight. I resent being overweight in the first place and I am a virtuoso in the art of self-sabotage. And YET--I'm doing it! I'm fighting and kicking and EATING all the way down, but the weight is finally going down. The plan I was following in February was a half-baked one largely based on wishful thinking. I gained a little weight and decided to get real. I knew I couldn't just join weightwatchers or count calories or do any one plan and expect to be successful. I decided if I was going to bother to make the effort to lose weight I was going to throw everything I could think of at the problem. And so I do. My real "Day One" for this blog is April 1, 2011. I joined weight watchers, I joined caloriecount.com (awesome website), I read the blog losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com religiously, I keep this blog faithfully, I joined the health programs sponsored by my insurance, I use the principles from overeater's anonymous, I use my church's 12 step program as well, I subscribe--and use--Healthy Cooking Magazine.



The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.

The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.

There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.

Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!







Tuesday, March 1, 2011

cinnamon toast crunch

This eating plan definitley has its perks. This morning I had a perfectly fine breakfast of a hot pocket, some cottage cheese and fruit and milk.  It should have filled me up but it didn't.  So I poured myself a baggie of cinnamon toast crunch cereal and walked up to work.  Now I'm munching on the cereal (which is below 20% fat) and feeling pretty happy with life. Today is the easy day I expected yesterday to be.  I'm making chicken enchiladas for dinner.  I'm not quite in the mood for the lunch I packed (a yam and black bean chili leftover dish), but I am able to have a couple of those Saudi Arabian date balls so I'm feeling graced with plenty.  Tomorrow will be a challenge though.  Tricia's (my best friend in high school) father died and I'm going up to Salt Lake tomorrow for the funeral.  They were my second family for a long time.  I don't imagine the funeral food will be any too healthy, or that I'll be wanting to worry about it.  I suppose I'll just make the best choices I can---it shouldn't be too hard.  This is one of those very rare times when I really am more concered about the people than the food.
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