My So-Called “Diet” - Ramblings and Musings of a Wife, Mom, and Chocoholic

I wish that I could figure out why I manage to sabotage my weight loss efforts.  I was doing pretty well, getting into a low-carb groove, and them whammo! The cravings for all of the crap come back with a frantic vengance.  It’s a hard feeling to fight.   Anyway, I’m working to get back on track.  Through it all, however, I have managed to shed 9 lbs. somehow.  More of that lose/gain/lose/gain yo-yo stuff, but at least I’m on the downswing of it.  Thing is, life’s thrown me a curveball or two lately, and I just haven’t coped with them as well as I’d like to say I have.  But I can’t keep using the excuse that someone’s sick/someone died/someone’s cat was run over by a car/it’s Tuesday/it’s raining - whatever it may be.  That’s how life works.  I have to find the strength to be able to motor my way through these stumbling blocks and keep myself on the path I’ve plotted out for myself.  

Hope you’re all well.  Take good care, I’ll blog again soon. 

You know, this whole weight loss journey has been a long, hard fought road.  Admittedly, sometimes one I try to navigate without a map I can read.  I’ve been on so many different plans in my life, some of them several times.  Most didn’t work, some did.  I’ve tried some that are so far off the mark that it’s like trying to read a map of a big city that’s printed in a language you don’t understand.  It’s frustrating, and you barely know which was is up, let alone succeed at getting to your destination in any decent amount of time or without killing an entire tank of gas in the process.  Coming back to a weight-loss plan that works well for you and you’re comfortable using is like finding an old map that’s dog-eared, has markings and notes on it, it’s been torn and taped up and folded in the wrong places, but it’s the one you go back to time and again because you know it.  It’s comfortable.  And it gets you where you need to go.  You’re still in the same city (fat) but this map doesn’t have you driving around in circles, lost.  This map shows you “Hey, remember we’ve been here before? We’ve done this, and we went this way and we got there, safe, sound, and with plenty of gas left in the tank.”  I think that’s what finding our perfect weight-loss plan is all about.  And sometimes, it’s not just one plan.  Sometimes it’s elements of two or three plans that have worked well for us, so we combine them and make our own customized program.  A little of this, a little of that, and viola! SUCCESS! Sort of like a family recipe that you build on over time, customizing it to suit your family’s tastes, portions, likes and dislikes.  But once you get the final product, your family devours it and there’s never any leftovers! So here goes…I’m back to the basics that I know, that work for me, with a little bit of some new thinking tossed in for spice and variety! Here’s to being a big loser!

Well, so much for posting every day, eh?  I’m working my way through starting a low-carb plan, and it’s been really rough on me these last couple of weeks.  I never thought in my wildest dreams I’d miss carbs as much as I do, but I do! I keep telling myself I’m not depriving myself of something and that I’ve actually STOPPED depriving myself of good health by cutting out the bad carbs.  As a type 2 diabetic, this is something I should have been doing all along, and I have tried, but haven’t succeeded to the degree that I would have hoped.  Anyway, long story short, I’ve lost 9 lbs since I started this one in earnest.  I’m working hard to keep up the momentum and stay on track.  My next mission is to try and design a workable exercise plan that will help me ease into the exercise routine safely and smartly.  Peace out for now!

Hello, and welcome to my ‘diet’ blog.  Yes, I know, I just said the dreaded “D” word.  Truth of the matter is, we’re all ‘on a diet.’ We all eat.  What we eat every day is our ‘diet.’ Some of us are better at it than others, however! So in the interest of being very pro-lifestyle change, I’m not going to call myself ‘anti-diet.’  Because though my goal is and has been for a long time to figure a way to improve my current lifestyle and change my daily diet, I realize they go hand-in-hand.  If I change my diet, my lifestyle will change accordingly.  But just changing what I eat, the amounts, and the way I eat isn’t a lifestyle changed. We all know we must find a way to incorporate fitness (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) into a successful lifestyle change as well.  This blog will be a tool that I hope helps me (and possibly inspire others) to do just that. My blog won’t be an endorsement of any particular program, product or success story, but I hope it’ll become a resource full of tips, tools, tricks, and information to help others who are on the same journey I am.

Anyway, welcome to my blog.  I look forward to getting to know you, hearing your comments and suggestions, and learning from your kudos of what I’m doing right and (constructive!) criticism of what I could be doing better.  Thanks for stopping by!