Making progress
In spite of myself I am making some progress. What I mean by that is I am finally in an exercise routine and I am loving it!! I still haven’t gotten the food thing under control, though. It’s not that I’m completely out of control, for the most part my diet is quite healthy. It’s just those “extras” that are finding their way into my mouth. OK, not finding their way, I’m seeking them out. The intelligent part of my person reminds me that if these foods weren’t in my house it wouldn’t be possible to eat them. But the emotional part of me wants to keep them around. At this point the emotional person is winning. I did have one moment of clarity today, though. We had company for supper last night and I made a pudding-type dessert. As we were getting things ready for supper tonight I told my husband that after he had what he wanted to throw the rest away. I definitely wanted some more but realized it wouldn’t be a good decision.
To celebrate my success (I know, I’m pathetic that I’m celebrating not eating dessert ONE time) I decided to pull out some pants that I bought a couple of weeks ago that were too tight. They fit!!! So then I got cocky and pulled out my jeans that I want to be in by Thanksgiving and they are still too tight. In all honesty I think my goal may be a bit too lofty but I am going to keep working toward it. I thought I could drop a size by Thanksgiving but if I am being honest with myself I really got up to a size 26 which would make the size 22 jeans going down 2 sizes. Even if I’m not in them by Thanksgiving I know I will be in them soon.