Baby Steps

It is true, what someone said in comments.  When I started this diet on April 16, 2006, I had a no-nonsense, no-excuses approach.  I didn't eat a cookie for a good six months.  I never dreamed of eating the stray french fries from the bottom of the McDonald's bag.  I was Good, very very Good.

I've veered away from that stringent approach, perhaps inevitably. 

Yet, I know that most of the time I need to avoid processed foods (white flour and white sugar in particular) to be healthy.

So, for today, I'm doing all right. 

I had oatmeal for breakfast.
Big salad with tuna and light Italian dressing for lunch.
A "healthy" granola bar for a mid-afternoon snack.
An egg-white and spinach concoction for dinner.
One square of dark chocolate.
A sugar-free pudding.

I intend to have fat-free popcorn while I watch Survivor tonight and then possibly a South Beach ricotta dessert (thanks, Sandy, for mentioning that the other day). 

And than I can congratulate myself on having a reasonable day of healthy eating.

I did not exercise, today, which is unfortunate.  But one thing at a time.

Comments

[liz]

Yeah for a good eating day!!! And you're absolutely right...it's baby steps. Take it one day at a time -- Don't worry about tomorrow's food or exercise. Don't worry about the next time you get on the scale. Take it a meal at a time if you need to.

Keep up the good work -- You're amazing! Even though you're having a hard time now you continue to be an inspriation!!!

Have a great weekend, too!

[b]

Good for you. At some point you will take that walk and you will remember how much you love and missed the walking. Nothing but good can come of a nice long walk every day.

[Sandy McCann]

*blushing* Gosh I feel "famous" now, LOL!

Oh, and thanks for putting that comment in to remind ME that I need a kick in the bottom to follow my own advice sometimes. I made the historic dip below 170 last week but am now hanging more back in the 171-173 place. But, AF is due Saturday so this is the normal high point weight wise for my month...also the hardest to hang on to my principles when every cracker in the house calls my name!

On top of that, family stress has been high so I have opted for a glass of wine before bed rather than the protein serving...

[mrs darling]

This morning I hit the elusive 30 pounds lost mark. I have swooped in around it and been close to it by mere tenths of a pound but only today did I hit it square on! Thanks so much for dieting naked and encouraging all of us on the way.

[Cheri]

I've been exercising daily, but haven't managed to be very "good" about watching what I eat. The daughter was up all night coughing so I sat up with her all night (bronchitis), so it's not looking very good for an exercise session today...but I've eaten fairly well. Oh well....perhaps soon I'll manage to get it right.

[Maureen]

I really admire you for all the progress you have made in losing so much weight. You were unhappy with where you were at,and you made some big changes. You are absolutely beautiful!

I am really interested in your thoughts on this subject-when you say you are "good" or "bad" depending on what you eat, do you ever feel like it is a generalization on how you feel about yourself? I was a strict Weight Watcher for years, and I finally realized that I was sick of passing a morale judgement on myself by what I put in my mouth.

I believe I am a good person, I try to live a life where I respect others, and myself. I am not "bad" or "good" because of what eat.

Somehow for me, that was a very freeing feeling. I am not what I eat, but what I do, and how I act.

This is way long, but I guess I hate for you to be so hard on yourself, you are such an amazing person, I know you wouldn't be as hard on one of your friends as you are on yourself.