Dieting a Day at a Time
Last Saturday when the Lord's prayer prompted me to take a look at my "daily bread" it flipped the switch in my thinking. Dieting is more mental than it is physical. That's why emotional eating is such a factor for most of us. Somehow our brain tells us we'll feel better if we eat something. Heck, some of us are raised to believe that like it's part of our religion. "Here, eat this cookie and you'll feel better." It kind of reminds me of the serpent talking Eve into trying a bite of the forbidden fruit. That outcome was disastrous, and not just for her. But I digress...
When the mental switch was flipped, it was because my focus changed. The switch was spiritual in nature and so is my eating problem...disorder...whatever you want to call it. When I learned that binge eating is now a disorder it sounded so much better because it makes it not my fault, whereas if you call it sin--well I sure didn't want to go there. And I'm not going there now because I'm choosing not to focus on the negative. God flipped my switch and I'm taking dieting a day at a time--a calorie at a time--and it's working.
Yesterday I worked in the garden for about a half an hour starting to prep it for this season, and I walked for 30 minutes. I can't tell you what an accomplishment this is for me the proverbial procrastinator when it comes to exercise. When I woke this morning, while lying on my back I rested my hand on my stomach. It felt much less like the Pillsbury Dough belly. How exciting to feel a difference. Not that I don't have a ways to go, but I'm going--and in the right direction!
Today when I stepped on the scale I had lost again! Not that I expect that everyday, but it sure is encouraging when it happens.
Today's Weight: 133.6
When the mental switch was flipped, it was because my focus changed. The switch was spiritual in nature and so is my eating problem...disorder...whatever you want to call it. When I learned that binge eating is now a disorder it sounded so much better because it makes it not my fault, whereas if you call it sin--well I sure didn't want to go there. And I'm not going there now because I'm choosing not to focus on the negative. God flipped my switch and I'm taking dieting a day at a time--a calorie at a time--and it's working.
Yesterday I worked in the garden for about a half an hour starting to prep it for this season, and I walked for 30 minutes. I can't tell you what an accomplishment this is for me the proverbial procrastinator when it comes to exercise. When I woke this morning, while lying on my back I rested my hand on my stomach. It felt much less like the Pillsbury Dough belly. How exciting to feel a difference. Not that I don't have a ways to go, but I'm going--and in the right direction!
Today when I stepped on the scale I had lost again! Not that I expect that everyday, but it sure is encouraging when it happens.
Today's Weight: 133.6
posted by Donna Sundblad at 4:58 AM
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