Make a plan

A plan is  the fanatic me taking control.  The packing of a lunch to take to work or even the carrying of an apple in my pocket qualifies as a plan.  Of course a plan could take the form of one of those written diets, or have a personality of a family budget and those work, but only in the short run.  It is the every day awareness that the plan can contribute to that awareness that is "fanatic mode" or consciousness.

Today is Sunday, I am down a rabbit hole and need a plan to climb out.  Think about this, Tomorrow is Monday, Office has sweets at morning meeting.  I plan to avoid them.  I will bring an apple.  This is a plan for a day.

It is a start.

Sugar has got to go in 2013

So you know I lost over 70 pounds and until my mother passed away 5 years ago, I had been the poster girl for maintenance.  I was still fanatic and I watched everything.  Most importantly, I have enjoyed my new life, I can walk more, I can climb hundreds of steps when I travel and I recognize that I am really successful in the scheme of weight loss sagas.

I am now up 23 pounds and eating badly for several months.  I am having trouble "snapping out of it."  Do you ever get to this point?

I think I am a better fanatic that I am a moderator.  Being on the liquid diet (Doctor's Answer) was easy, that was all I ate and my fear of a gall bladder attack kept me honest.  So, today, I have decided to let sugar go from my life for 1 week to see if I can break this bad new habit.

I will substitute a Satsuma Mandarin when I crave something sweet.

I will try and make this a new lesson, that has been said since the beginning of weight loss discussion, find something else to do, divert attention.

Okay, let's go for it.

Recovery is true success

One of the women in my "group" has been in the fasting program 3 times.  First time she lost something like 160 pounds.  Then she gained back 60 I think and lost that then she gained back 30, but she is on a great path.  For each time she has "fallen off the wagon"  she got back on a plan and each time got better.

I have said before that it is not the weight loss it is the ability to recover that is the true success. So, don't give up at that first overindulgence and just eat the rest of the cookies, put on the brakes and pull yourself back.

Though I have gained some back and struggle with this.  I have to keep saying, I am never going back.