Have you ever seen the movie What About Bob? It's old. [Which reminds me. Raiders of the Lost Ark is 25 years old this week. I can hardly believe it. I enjoy Indiana Jones so much I still think of him as current and cool. And to think I can remember anything that is 25 years old is terribly aging. I guess seeing Harrison Ford age should have given me a clue.]
Anyway, back to Bob. I don't think it's as old as Jones. That's not my point. In that movie the Bob character is trying to get to a better state of mental health, and he keeps talking about baby steps; ie. the change won't come fast or all at once. And the last time I was watching that movie, a year or more or go, that concept of baby steps really stuck in my head, and I thought I should apply it to the changes that need to happen in my life, mostly connected to weight loss.
Anyway, I gave up Coke a couple of months ago, 'cause I love the stuff so much that there just doesn't seem to be any middle ground for me. Either I'm drinking it too much, or not at all. "Goodbye to Coke" was my first baby step. I soon after decided I have to give up all pops because of the sugar, and I don't really like them anyway, and for me they're like a gateway drug (leading back to Coke.) So that was baby step 2. Then I gave up MacDonald's, then most fast food burger joints (actually, just the big chains like Burger King and Wendy's. I got to have a burger sometimes, so I saved my fave spots, like George's and Burger Factory). Last week I decided eating ice-cream when I'm alone has to stop (which leaves a few loopholes I can sneak through occasionally), and yesterday eating out alone got cut. Well, in theory. I usually stumble a few times before I really adopt my new lifestyle changes. Like last week I had ice-cream a couple of times when I shouldn't have. But I'm not going to hell for it.
So I was inspired to blog about all this today because when I put on a pair of pants this morning that I haven't worn for a week or two, they fit better. And I feel good about that. And now you know.
Yeah for me! Baby steps.
4 comments:
woo hoo~
proud of you girl! :)
I'm with you. If food were alcohol, my trip home would have been a ten-day drunken binge. It is a sad thing that a body can put on 3 to 4 kg in two weeks, but that it takes double that to come off. So this week is back to discipline.
good for you Cheryl! i feel that way often when it comes to becoming organized. baby steps! i love that movie!!!!
Ok, Alisia here again. Just wanted to say good job girl! I'm really proud of all these steps you are taking to care of you. It sounds like you are in such a good place right now. I miss our talks! Gotta get together soon!
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