I think that i've started out pretty decently on my quest to get back to being healthy. I'm trying to move more...i'm trying to make healthier food choices...all that. I want to lose the weight (and i want to lose it NOW...I admit) but I don't want to be fanatical. if I'm fanatical, then the weight won't STAY off!!!!
In the past I've purchased all the fat free and low calorie items. I've eradicated everything possible from my diet that I didn't need. Pared back. Elminated. I"m not saying that that's a bad thing. Not at all. And I do plan to do some of that. Afterall, if there is comparable items to use that saves...heck yes! BUT I'm not going fanatical. This time around, I want it to be a forever change. Fanatical is not a forever change. (And I wasn't as fanatical about it as some people go). I want to strike a good balance between living and being healthy. I don't want to have to spend 4 hours a day exercising to maintain. But I do want to live a more active life. I don't want to eat dry lettuce for the rest of my life. But I am willing to eat more fruits and veggies and cut out some of the sweets. Ok, MOST of the sweets. It's not a long term solution to cut that stuff totally. Life without a cookie...or a piece of cake......not a life at all! Life without pizza would be HORRIBLE! LOL
That said.........the last time I lost the weight I never really cut back my portions....I just ate so much healthier (tons of fruist and veggies and other low cal things). Ok, my portions were cut back some.......lol This time around, I want to work on cutting back my portions. It means taht in a restaurant I'm gonig to have to ask for a box at the BEGINNING of my meal. I know me. I'm a foodie. I'm a food addict. If they put the plate in front of me...even if I have plans to only eat half, when I'm done with my half, I'll plow through the other half too. If it's boxed up....I won't! So there are tricks to doing it. Ohhh and the beauty of it? I"m just as satisfied (if not more so) with only half of a meal most of the time. Becasue face it...most restaurants give HUGE portions! :-)
The scales are starting to show progress....so that's GOOD!
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i have to devour all the food on my plate :( I will try though :D
I ask for a box all the time especially if it's a HUGE portion. It works great for me too.
Forever is not fanatocal - a brilliant obervation and one for all of us to remember. As we go through this, we need to learn how to live forever, not just the few days we are on a diet.
I think it's really hard not to finish everything.. I need to get better on the doggy bag thing!
just use common sense and do what feels right, you're incredibly smart and motivated so i know you'll be successful!
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