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Better New Year’s Resolutions
Approaching weight loss from a specific perspective.
When you set goals, breaking down the goal into its smallest parts makes it easier to visualize. So, I’ve decided just to concentrate on not eating while standing up. This habit will be my New Year’s resolution.
Yes, I would love to eat better and lose those pounds. Actually, for all of my adult life, I have been gaining and losing 20 pounds. I max out at 185 or so, which for me is when I can’t buy clothes in the regular women’s section, about a size 16. Then one way or another, I will lose weight.
Exercising more and counting calories are both effective methods until I lose motivation. If I am lucky, I will get busy with a work or home project that will keep me busy.
My job keeps me close to the current diet trends. I have even counted calories for school lunches every week for a year. I consider myself very knowledgeable about the nutritional content of most food. But regardless of all my knowledge, it doesn’t make me eat better. I’m almost like the doctor that smokes. I have always wondered why, even though I know all of the things that I should do to lose weight, I cannot follow through with what I know.
My most significant weight loss came when I committed to making all of my food. I ate nothing…
