Bridget Jones has nothing on me...........
November 1, 2006
Current Mood: determined
I have always had an obsession regarding my weight. In the book, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget is always journaling about her weight, she knows how many calories every food has and she is always weighing herself. Me too.
I have tried various diets - and most of them work - if you stick to them. That is the problem. For a person like me, a diet is a lifetime thing. I think it is for most people. And knowing that makes me want to rebel. I do not like the idea of being a slave to food ( or more directly a slave to resisting food ) for the rest of my life. However, that is the way it is.
A friend once asked me about my diet routine. Here is the answer I gave - which is an honest answer. On Monday, I am a diet champ. I do everything I ought to. By Wednesday, my patience with the whole process is starting to wane. By Friday, I am totally slipping and doing all the wrong things. On Saturday, I am feeling frustrated and angry at myself for being such a spineless clod that I cannot stay on a simple diet which convinces me to start all over again on Monday. This is a continuous cycle. I know I am not alone in this. A lot of people have been in this situation. What I am missing is accountability.
In an effort to keep myself accountable, I am going to report on my progress here every two weeks. My goal is to lose 20 lbs. by the spring. An easy and totally attainable goal. Bridget wrote in her diary to keep herself accoutable - sort of - but it was just for her to read. This is for everyone to read, so the pressure is on! I do not aspire to be supermodel thin - only to be a size 6 or 8 again. I also want to prove to myself that this is a do-able thing - which it TOTALLY is. I am going to make myself behave and that is all there is to it. Diets are a matter of choice - you choose to eat that or drink that - and I am going to choose to eat less and move more. Simple as that.
7 comments:
I can sooooo relate! Great idea, btw. I would really like to lose about 40 pounds before we go to Hawaii in June. That should be doable, too. Except for that we now have left over Halloween candy, Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming up, and we keep having people over for dinner and I feel compelled to include dessert!
Good luck, Jen!
Also, LOVE the Halloween pictures! I'm trying to load some of my kids from years gone by, but blogger is giving me fits. :o(
Jen (JD)
The holidays are always a bad time - which is why I feel compelled to do this now. Instead of gaining weight, put the focus on losing! LOL The worst is desserts at family dinners and parties. I hardly ever let myself have anything like that - so my strategy is to have small portions. Hawaii? I am so jealous! LOL You deserve a trip is HI girl!! Do you kids get to go to?
Yup. It's a whole family vacation. Todd and I have been to the Caribbean twice without the kids, but we wanted to do Hawaii with them. We're really lucking out, too, because between all the flying between PA and AR Todd did and staying in a Homewood Suites for over a year, we had enough points to pay for four round trip air fares and almost two weeks in a Hilton resort. Now we just have to save up for food and stuff to do!
Jen (JD)
Sounds like so much fun!! Wish I could go to Hawaii! Someday.....
If I could cook like you can, Jen, I'd be as big as a house. AND I wouldn't care. Ha!
You look great at any weight. You're a beautiful person. So don't worry about your weight too much. Just as long as you're happy and healthy, you're fine.
Love you!
Thank you "Anonymous"!! LOL
I hate to think that most of us will have to be on diets for the rest of our lives. I wish the focus was on healthy living rather than our weight.
Personally I've given up dieting and worrying all the time (still worry often), and I'm attempting to make better choices. There was a long history of bad eating to correct, but I'm learning.
Speaking of being a size 6 or an 8, I've lost weight over the past couple of years, but I've never been either.
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