Day 1

I debated with myself on how to share yesterday’s lack of total success. I saw some strong points early in the day but really felt like a failure by the end. Last night I thought ” I will just start over tomorrow, so I’ll eat the cookie, and have late night ramen noodles to boot!” But this morning when I woke up I reconsidered and decided that I am not starting over, it’s not Day 1, today is Day 2 and I did do some things right. Maybe the C+ is generous but but I hate bad grades and did earn points with exercise.

This may all seem silly but the mental game we wage on ourselves can lead to success or failure in any situation. If I say I am starting over then I automatically feel defeated. I won’t do that to myself this time. I am going to keep going and continue to improve my diet which is clearly out of control or I wouldn’t be pushing 200 to begin with I guess. So onward and upward!

I am not planning to report what I eat every day but I thought in this case the accountability was important for me. I suggest writing down what you eat in a day as you get started just to face the reality of what’s going on with your diet. There’s something about taking inventory of the day’s food that serves as a reality check you can’t avoid. I knew I went bonkers with carbs at the end of the day for example, but when I wrote it down I can see that it in no way resembles any kind of diet for weight loss hahaha, so room for improvement! I’ll keep going!