Well, here we go again. My life consists of yo-yo dieting. I feel like I lose weight only so that I can gain it again, only so I can lose it again and the cycle just doesn’t stop. I don’t get why I can’t figure it out and lose the weight and keep it off. I know what my problem is; I am addicted to foods that are not good for me. Even when a food is good for me, I indulge in it to the point where it becomes bad. As soon as I have one bite of a greasy French fry, it’s over. I know it might seem crazy that I say I have an addiction to food, but there is no other way to describe it. I know that eating a bag of chips is bad for me and as I walk to the cupboard to get the bag, I know that it’s wrong and I say to myself, you shouldn’t be doing this, but I do anyway. What is it that makes me do that? There has to be some sort of addiction or high that I get from the food that outweighs the consequence of gaining weight. It’s hard to explain the feelings that come from eating to those who don’t have a problem. I wish I could eat anything and not feel guilty. I wish I could make the right decisions without having to think about them. How do you get to the point where you don’t have to consciously make an effort to eat right?
I am going to try and take a different approach. It is clear that I need to re-train my brain to be healthier and live a life style that I truly want to live. I am going to set weekly goals for myself, not so much weight loss goals, but goals for a better, healthier life in general. I think what this mostly boils down to is I have created a lot of bad habits in my life surround food, exercise and all things healthy. I get on a kick then I stop and don’t do it anymore. Experts say that it takes 21 days to break or create a habit. Each week I am going to list a habit that I would either like to form, or break. I am going to document my difficulties, triumphs and feelings throughout the process.
In addition, each week I am going to research once aspect of health and try to gain as much knowledge as possible so I can better understand why it is so important, not only to eat healthy and exercise, but what does it all mean. What is protein and why do we need it? Is it healthy to be a vegetarian? How much exercise is too much exercise? These are the kinds of questions that I want to find answers too!
My hope for this is to eventually become a health nut. I want to be one of those people that people think of as healthy. I want to be able to give advice and share in the struggles that people going through what I am right now. It boils down to living this live style isn’t making me happy. I now that thousands of people share my feelings and inner turmoil of wanting a change and not quite knowing how to make it happen. This blog is mostly for me, to be a constant reminder of where I am and how far I will have come, hopefully.
This week my habit to break will be soda. I typically don’t drink a ton of soda, so I am hoping that this will be a relatively easy habit to break. I never drink regular soda, growing up my mom always had diet so it’s just what I like. I typically drink it because I just want something more than water and juice has too many calories. This week I want to get to the bottom of the question, is Diet soda really bad for you?
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