Why is it that I start the week with great resolve to stick to a weight loss plan by tracking, keeping my carbs under 75, and exercising, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and even most of Thursday are GREAT days, but around Thursday night my resolve is starting to waver. And WAM! by the weekend, I have lost all resolve whatsoever! For the last year this is what my dieting plan has consisted of--Great resolve and then WAM--no resolve whatsoever.
On Sunday I start planning again to be good. I ask God to help me stay on track--all seven days! I plan a menu and make sure I have the groceries to make healthy meals and snacks. I visit with myworkout buddy about what we are going to do this week as far as exercising. I do everything that I'm supposed to do because I know what it takes. But later in the week if I get off track just a little (like eating dessert at the school luncheon), then it's like I have no desire to stay on track because I've already blown it. Why can't I just eat a little dessert and then stay on track for the remainder of the day and weekend? That was a rhetorical question...I know the answer. I've been addicted to food for a very long time. I guess it's just like being an alcoholic or being addicted to drugs. An alcoholic can't just have a little--they call that falling off the wagon, and the AA program has that person start counting their days of sobriety all over again. I know the dessert or chips or whatever it is that I have choosen to eat isn't a healthy option and it is something that I didn't plan to eat--usually on impulse, and it just consumes my mind, takes over, and as soon as I give in then it's all downhill from there.
So after writing this post, I am once again starting my week off the right way, but I think I will try an "All or None" approach and see where that gets me. I don't mean a radical plan because that's not me. I usually know what's happening during the week and if there is something planned that might derail me, then I will stick to my plan--don't give in to impulse eating
On Sunday I start planning again to be good. I ask God to help me stay on track--all seven days! I plan a menu and make sure I have the groceries to make healthy meals and snacks. I visit with myworkout buddy about what we are going to do this week as far as exercising. I do everything that I'm supposed to do because I know what it takes. But later in the week if I get off track just a little (like eating dessert at the school luncheon), then it's like I have no desire to stay on track because I've already blown it. Why can't I just eat a little dessert and then stay on track for the remainder of the day and weekend? That was a rhetorical question...I know the answer. I've been addicted to food for a very long time. I guess it's just like being an alcoholic or being addicted to drugs. An alcoholic can't just have a little--they call that falling off the wagon, and the AA program has that person start counting their days of sobriety all over again. I know the dessert or chips or whatever it is that I have choosen to eat isn't a healthy option and it is something that I didn't plan to eat--usually on impulse, and it just consumes my mind, takes over, and as soon as I give in then it's all downhill from there.
So after writing this post, I am once again starting my week off the right way, but I think I will try an "All or None" approach and see where that gets me. I don't mean a radical plan because that's not me. I usually know what's happening during the week and if there is something planned that might derail me, then I will stick to my plan--don't give in to impulse eating