The Scale MUST be Lying

Ever stepped on the scale and had a number in your head that you thought you were going to be.  You even give yourself 10-15 lbs so that you will be under and then it won't feel so bad.   Well, I did that this morning, and up popped the number.......no!!!!!!!  It cannot be!  Get off and try again.  Same number, there is no way, try again.  Damn!!!!

This morning I was trying to make a decision; do I weigh myself and start this journey AGAIN on a negative note?  Or do I take the painful number for what it is and go from there?  I decided to take it for what it was, a starting point to a life of healthiness, with a side note of skinniness. 

So I have day 1 in the books.  I think today I have eaten more fruit than I have in the last week combined.  Has it been easy?  Not when there is a Valentine chocolate that I forgot to eat last night staring me in the face.  Not when I am making supper and I am hungry and don't really feel like ANOTHER piece of fruit.  But then again this is not going to be an easy journey.  Am I going to fall off the boat and eat that "unhealthy food" again?  You can be sure.   However this time I am going to try and get it in my head that, one trip doesn't mean I stay on the ground for months before I get up again. 

So into the boat I go, just leaving the dock.......let the paddling begin. 

Excuses....there are Millions of Them!

Why is it that I can make a million excuses as to why I cannot start a diet?  I have all the good intentions on Monday each week for this to be the week to change my eating habits, and in turn my life, and I do it.....until 4pm when I am starving and in my kitchen where there is easy access to food.  So I thought for a little laugh I would share some of the excuses I have used as to why I cannot start, or have started and only lasted days (alright, sometimes only minutes) in this life long journey.   I hope you can see a little of yourself in them too.

1) It is Thursday!   Who starts a diet on Thursday?  In reality this can be any day of the week except for Monday, because for some reason Monday is THE day you have to start a diet, any other day just won't work. 

2)  I am going out for supper with everyone on Tuesday, so I mine as well not start on Monday because my diet will be ruined then.  Then look to #1 as to why it is not started until next week. 

3)  I have my period this week so that won't work.

4) I am busy every night so I have no time to exercise.

5) It's my birthday and who can start then because there is cake, and I am NOT missing cake on my (or for that matter, any ones birthday)

6)  I am going to start next week, I don't want to do it this week.

7)  Too much stress in my life right now, I NEED chocolate (or any other comfort food) to make it through. 

I know there are many more reasons I have given myself, and hope that one day soon I will stop making them, but until then, we always have Monday!