Learning to Eat One Step at a Time is Better Than Nothing

"It's better than nothing/I'm feeling good"  Jen Trynin--"Better Than Nothing"

If you think that you have to do a colossal amount of work to loose a colossal amount of weight, well...you're right.  But you can get to your goal one step at a time, and in terms of weight loss, that's probably a great idea.  Too many folks boomarang back and forth between sizes, poundage brackets, and so forth.  I don't want to have two closets of clothes anymore--you know, "fat clothes" and "skinny clothes."  Truthfully, I ditched the size small and medium shirts, and the six 6 anything.  I want to go down to a size L top and a size 8 like most of my life, and trust me, that'll be just A-OK by little (soon) old me.

I went to the Mahopac Fire Department Installation Dinner over the weekend, and I tried out my newfound reserve in terms of portion sizes that evening.  I mean, after all, it's special events like this (or holidays) where we loose all control and spiral down into a weight gain of anywhere from one to five pounds.  And even though it may be temporary, sometimes it's not and sometimes it's just an exercise in futility.  SO...I tried to see if I could maintain some control over myself at a function which is essentially a wedding without a bride and groom (in terms of food). 

I did not drink any of those creamy alcohol-based drinks that I normally imbibe during such events.  I did not have any hot appetizers other than one mozzarella stick and a plate full of vegetables (and, okay, like five teensy squares of cheese).  No dipping sauce.  Nothing like that at all.

I skipped my salad (I hate dressing) but I did eat all of my pasta course...it wasn't a big deal.  I ate all of the veggies that came with my dinner, ate most of the prime rib and two forkfulls of potatoes.  Dessert came and I had a slender slice of cake.  Ta da!

And when I weighed myself the next day guess what?  No backsliding!!! 

So yes, I did good that night.  But that's no reason to fail to keep my eyes on the prize.  Food addictions are battles that are won one forkful at a time.  And I suppose that if today is your aha moment in terms of this truism, great!  And keep remembering that every time you open your mouth and put a forkful to it. 

And eventually I'll break the barrier and re-enter the 150's again.  Hopefully this week will do it!

Comments

[Mabster]

The idea that you could possibly be a size L is crazy. No frikken way!

[Slim Stacey]

Wait, do you mean that in a positive way? Like, as in, "I never thought you were an XL let alone an L?" Because then, I love you forever! LOL :)