New Year....
So its the new year and I'm ready to make a change. I felt starting any kind of diet plan during the holidays would set myself up to fail.
And for the record I do not believe in the word diet as in what it has been adapted to become by society. By society "Diet" means to totally restrict your way of eating then go off of it and gain all the weight back ; ] Diet by definition is something like...your normal way of eating.
So yesterday I started Atkins, I've done it in the past and really liked how I felt. My skin would clear up, the pounds dropped with little effort, I felt full and didn't have cravings like on a high carb diet. So since I've done Atkins a few times and know all of this why did I quit?
Well with anything in my life, diet or exercise oriented I have an awful time sticking to it. Its me, I don't like putting blame on others. It is hard though with a carb fiend husband so sugar is abundant in my house. We don't eat out a lot but when we do I see it as a special occasion and will eat whatever. Usually a high fat, high carb, high sugar meal. I need to change my diet, on Atkins I was eating more veggies and I felt good. I read recently on a message board that they had fallen off the wagon a few times but the last time they got back on it stuck and their health was all the better for it. I think if I make myself stick to it, if I can hang on for a good 2 months (I quit at a month last time...just as I was seeing results) then I will see enough results I won't want to turn back. If I get off the wagon for one meal (not a whole day) I will get back on it.
That is where my problem usually lies. If I have one cheat meal then I deem it a cheat day, and a cheat weekend and I never get back on. That is where my main problem is. I know this so lets work to change that. I am 26, I am a woman, I have control over me and I can do this.
So yesterday was induction and as with anytime I start my first day I get a headache. I did Ok yesterday. I did do some Atkin's no no's. You really should stick to real foods as much as possible and I ate 2 breakfast bars and then later had a diet pepsi. So all in all I did good that it was a better eating day than usual....bad that I had the processed items.
Last night I stocked the house with some meat and grape tomatoes for my salad. Need those tomatoes!!
Thursday we are going to have a meeting in the office in the morning. I have a feeling they are going to bring breakfast, usually high carb, so I'm not sure quite how I will handle that. Maybe just have one cream cheese bagel if its whole wheat....and eat beforehand so maybe I can dodge it altogether.
And for the record I do not believe in the word diet as in what it has been adapted to become by society. By society "Diet" means to totally restrict your way of eating then go off of it and gain all the weight back ; ] Diet by definition is something like...your normal way of eating.
So yesterday I started Atkins, I've done it in the past and really liked how I felt. My skin would clear up, the pounds dropped with little effort, I felt full and didn't have cravings like on a high carb diet. So since I've done Atkins a few times and know all of this why did I quit?
Well with anything in my life, diet or exercise oriented I have an awful time sticking to it. Its me, I don't like putting blame on others. It is hard though with a carb fiend husband so sugar is abundant in my house. We don't eat out a lot but when we do I see it as a special occasion and will eat whatever. Usually a high fat, high carb, high sugar meal. I need to change my diet, on Atkins I was eating more veggies and I felt good. I read recently on a message board that they had fallen off the wagon a few times but the last time they got back on it stuck and their health was all the better for it. I think if I make myself stick to it, if I can hang on for a good 2 months (I quit at a month last time...just as I was seeing results) then I will see enough results I won't want to turn back. If I get off the wagon for one meal (not a whole day) I will get back on it.
That is where my problem usually lies. If I have one cheat meal then I deem it a cheat day, and a cheat weekend and I never get back on. That is where my main problem is. I know this so lets work to change that. I am 26, I am a woman, I have control over me and I can do this.
So yesterday was induction and as with anytime I start my first day I get a headache. I did Ok yesterday. I did do some Atkin's no no's. You really should stick to real foods as much as possible and I ate 2 breakfast bars and then later had a diet pepsi. So all in all I did good that it was a better eating day than usual....bad that I had the processed items.
Last night I stocked the house with some meat and grape tomatoes for my salad. Need those tomatoes!!
Thursday we are going to have a meeting in the office in the morning. I have a feeling they are going to bring breakfast, usually high carb, so I'm not sure quite how I will handle that. Maybe just have one cream cheese bagel if its whole wheat....and eat beforehand so maybe I can dodge it altogether.
posted by The Warfield Family @ 9:16 AM
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