Diets

If you've ever tried to lose weight you've probably read that, "diets don't work". And it has to be a "lifestyle change". You've heard that eating less and moving more is the only way. I had come to believe this very strongly. And then I started Atkins. And it is working. I guess since I've heard so often about diets not working, etc, that I keep feeling the need to defend this diet. I keep thinking of things I should say and come on here and post. And that's just ridiculous.

The bottom line is right now this is working for me, and that's all that matters. Right? And it's not really that bad. I had some major successes this weekend, which I attribute to doing all this with Aaron more than just trying to stick to a diet. I baked cookies for our babysitter and I didn't eat 1/2 c of cookie dough. In fact I barely had a taste of cookie dough. I cant' say I didn't taste any - I'm only human after all. But it was waaay less than I normally would have eaten. And then when I took those piping hot, delicious smelling cookies from the oven - I ate half of one. A far cry from the 12 I would have eaten a couple weeks ago. Another success was taking the girls to Chik-fil-A. I let them get ice cream cones. Well Olivia got a milkshake and Abigail got an ice cream cone. ANYWAY - I knew Abigail wouldn't eat an entire cone so I scooped half of it right into the trash can. And when Olivia drank about 1/2 of her milkshake and then said, "Here Mom, you can have the rest." I took one tiny sip and threw it away. Normally I would not have thought twice about eating half of Abigail's ice cream cone, and finishing Olivia's milkshake. Nothing of it.

The one area I haven't done anything is exercise. I have a list of excuses a mile long. But I know I need to get back in the habit. For my soul more than weight loss. I think I am less grumpy when I workout. So this week I'm going to work on that.

Current weight - 222.3