The Diet Talk

Posted on March 18, 2010 | Filed Under Personal Thoughts, Weight Loss

I spent the evening in a round table discussion on diets. We talked about the sugar in soft drinks, getting your vitamins and minerals through juicing, and even which diet is best. I learned one thing.  The Diet Talk is the perfect way to think about what you need to do, but often lack the motivation TO DO!

As I am preparing myself for the cycle of “TO DO” – I am so amazed at how much of the conversations around me revolve around food, diets, weight loss, and the such.  It is so hard sometimes to do the easiest things.  The key to all of this though is that it can not be a “DIET.”  Diet’s don’t work.  Diets are what we do on when we have to.  We tell people how we can’t have this and can’t have that because of our diet.

I am a strong proponent of programs like weight watchers that do not focus on diet; however, focus on lifestyle change.  It requires more than just to stop eating those cookies and snack cakes.  It requires us to make smart and healthy choices each and every day.

A choice to be healthy is one that effects our physical health and our emotional health.  Many toxic foods have devastating addictive qualities.  We call them comfort food.  They provide an emotionally stimulating and acceptable reaction.  When we turn to food to control our emotions, then we must ask ourselves “how is this any different than drugs?”

So lets realize that living healthy, starts by making good choices.  Healthy living means that we are in control of our life.

Battling Weight Loss

Posted on March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Personal Thoughts, Weight Loss

Have you ever realized that the people who always want to put their two cents in on how you should lose weight are the very ones who never struggle with their weight.  America is the fattest country in the world.  We have become a nation that is sedentary, but more than that, we are a people who have began to eat our problems away.

Obesity is a symptom of a much greater problem.  It is a reflection of our communities lack of self-discipline and lack of self-esteem.   Please don’t misunderstand what I am saying.  The process of losing weight is one of the hardest challenges that I know of today.

I struggle with weight loss and I can say with certainty that I know it is a matter of my self-discipline.  It is not a quick fix for surgery – it is a problem of my own self-control.  I need to know when to say enough is enough.  I need to know when I am feeling down that I can not turn to food.  I have to find other sources of comfort and release.

This is the first blog entry into an on-going saga of my life.  This is a personal battle and one that I start the fight with great nervousness.  Now starts the hard part, JUST DOING IT!

Now the journey begins…

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