Part of the reason I write this page every week is to remind myself of what I’m trying to do. \u00a0Yeah, I know, Yoda said to either do, or do not – there is no try, but honestly, I’m human, not a Jedi Master, and I have to try. \u00a0Because more often than not lately, my best intentions have gone the way of the dodo (wow, talk about mixing metaphors!).<\/p>\n
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It’s stress. \u00a0I am really lousy about dealing with stress. \u00a0I internalize a lot of it, and then I blow my top, and my diet, and everything else. \u00a0I don’t take my meds on time all the time. \u00a0I don’t eat right. \u00a0I end up rushing, and not taking the time to make the foods that will make me feel better, or forgetting them at home, and then I eat fast food, which doesn’t help either.<\/p>\n
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It’s a journey. \u00a0I really need to remind myself that I didn’t gain the weight all at once, and that stressing about it is not healthy either. \u00a0I need to set up meals the night before. \u00a0I’ve written up a meal plan for the week, and rather than just doing dinners, as I’ve done before, I actually sat down and planned out the entire week of food: breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks. \u00a0I’m planning on going to the gym and swimming on Tuesday and Thursday (they have new hours for the pool) and I have morning appointments on Monday and Wednesday. \u00a0I’ve made allowances for those days, working that into my food plan. \u00a0It really is all about the planning, and the follow-up to the planning. \u00a0Make the plan easy enough to follow through.<\/p>\n
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I’ll let you know how I did next Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Part of the reason I write this page every week is to remind myself of what I’m trying to do. \u00a0Yeah, I know, Yoda said to either do, or do not – there is no try, but honestly, I’m human, not a Jedi Master, and I have to try. \u00a0Because more often than not lately, …<\/p>\n