Little By Little

What I am learning...and want to share with you:

It all comes down to choices. Every little choice, one at a time, adds up to change, habit modification, and results. For example: every now and then I like a little chocolate, I have chosen to have a individual wrapped piece of dark chocolate = 1 point. It satisfies the craving. I am choosing to leave dressing off salad, wheat over white bread, water over a second can of diet soda, park further from the door, etc.

Habits. I have decided that in order to change, I need to die to any old thoughts that I had about who I am. I decided that I had to stop thinking of myself as fat, a failure, or what habit I used to do. I know think of myself as someone who IS losing weight and SUCCEEDING because I have new habits and continue to implement new habits. I no longer focus on my old way of doing things or my past failures. They are in the past, there is nothing I can do to change them. So, therefore, I move forward....on to the next healthy choice.

Stress. I am definitely a stress/emotional eater. I am working on this, but what I do know is that God does not give you anything that you cannot handle. This is what I have been telling myself when I feel absolutely overwhelmed and emotional to the point I want to binge out on a something completely off my program. When I tell myself this, it gives me a sense of CONFIDENCE...an "I CAN and WILL get through this (without eating)."

I am actually excited about my weigh-in tonight. I am believing for good things. I feel thinner, I have noticed it in my face now and in my clothes. My 'aunt flo' is visiting me now, which is not ideal for a weigh-in, but I will keep this in mind if I don't get the results I want. I also am reminding myself that it is just a number on the scale and as long as I know I have done what I should this week, the rest will fall into place when my body is ready.

Until tomorrow...with my weigh-in results.....be blessed and make good choices!