Ready to jump off the crazy train!!

So, I got an email from our library today to let me know that the book I had put on hold... "The 17 Day Diet"... had finally come in. And do you know what? I decided not to go pick it up. I have spent my entire adult life jumping from one new plan to the next. Whatever is the diet of the moment, I run out and buy the book, follow it religiously for weeks and then realize that it consumes my every waking thought and becomes an absolute obsession. I will eat a meal and immediately be planning what the next will be. Eventually I quit because most of those diets aren't something that I can stick with for the rest of my life. I am tired of focusing on what I can't eat, stressing over the rare meal we may eat out and worrying that I won't be able to order something that will work with whatever particular plan I'm on at the moment, and generally sucking the fun out of life. My husband can't even bear to listen when I tell him of the next great plan I'm undertaking because they all run together!

So, THIS IS IT!!! I'm happy for all of the people who are reporting really big losses on the 17 Day Diet plan but I won't be joining them! The library can give the book to the next person in line. I will keep eating regular healthy food in smaller portions. I will keep working out 6 days a week. I will keep logging calories in and out. But I will not continue to let the number on the scale determine how my whole day will play out. I will not focus on what I can't have but on all the great things I can. I will log my foods and forget it for the rest of the day. I won't let one slip up give me an excuse the blow the rest of the day or week. I will do my best to be a normal but healthy eater and set a good example for my daughter so that she doesn't go through life with the same issues that I have!

Danielle

PS I also won't continue to have the belief that the less I eat the more I will lose because after 3 weeks on MFD of eating more calories (exercise calories) I finally lost three pounds, which is three more than I've lost since January when I was following Weight Watchers and then Body-for-Life and not eating enough!