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Aug. 30th, 2007 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafYes. I can do it. It seemed nearly impossible at first to stick to Weight Watchers' guidelines without feeling uncomfortable... but now I think it's a question of time and adjustment. Of forming new eating habits to replace the old ones. So that's what I'm doing. It doesn't rule out indulging myself every once in a while; the key is that I treat it as a 'special occasion', a 'reward' for being a good girl and following the plan - not as a regular thing. I will still eat my Mum's Sunday dinner once or twice a month, and I will not angst over restaurant food in Toronto (a vacation is a vacation, and I'm planning to enjoy it) - but my average daily routine is going to be a different story from now on, meal-wise, and I really believe it's going to have an impact. Not only in terms of weight loss, but of general physical health and well-being (I won't ever have to worry about high cholesterol, for one).
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mellacita said: if eating right is important to you, you will find room for it in your life. I actually cook now, on a regular basis - and it's not as time consuming as I feared it would be, because I eat very simple. Too simple for my own taste, sometimes...;)... but again, it's a question of adjustment, and I hope to broaden my culinary horizons somewhat as I strive to stay on track. I'm actually pretty excited about this whole idea of having more control over what goes into my digestive system. It feels good to know I can consciously and effectively stop myself from descending the downward spiral, so to speak. I used to be pretty fatalistic about it, simply because I didn't know enough about proper nutrition and somehow imagined that most people living in the United States are 'doomed' to have serious weight issues. Well... now I think it actually might be more a question of awareness and self-respect than anything else. I was pretty careless and ignorant for most of my life too, so I know what I'm talking about (and if I had grown up here, on fast foods, processed snacks & 'soft drinks' sweetened with corn syrup, I probably wouldn't fit through the door by now). I guess I'm just lucky that I came to my senses before my stupidity caused some major damage...
And it's exactly like
mellacita said: if eating right is important to you, you will find room for it in your life. I actually cook now, on a regular basis - and it's not as time consuming as I feared it would be, because I eat very simple. Too simple for my own taste, sometimes...;)... but again, it's a question of adjustment, and I hope to broaden my culinary horizons somewhat as I strive to stay on track. I'm actually pretty excited about this whole idea of having more control over what goes into my digestive system. It feels good to know I can consciously and effectively stop myself from descending the downward spiral, so to speak. I used to be pretty fatalistic about it, simply because I didn't know enough about proper nutrition and somehow imagined that most people living in the United States are 'doomed' to have serious weight issues. Well... now I think it actually might be more a question of awareness and self-respect than anything else. I was pretty careless and ignorant for most of my life too, so I know what I'm talking about (and if I had grown up here, on fast foods, processed snacks & 'soft drinks' sweetened with corn syrup, I probably wouldn't fit through the door by now). I guess I'm just lucky that I came to my senses before my stupidity caused some major damage...
