I've Canceled My Membership to the Diet-of-the-Month Club

I used to belong to the "diet-of-the-month" club

I was a member for over 16 years

There are times that I've let my membership expire...

... only to renew it again, and again, and again

BUT, and this is a really big, gigantic, humongous BUT

I'm determined to never allow myself to join that silly club again

How many of you belong to this club?

The one that flip flops us from diet to diet

This year alone I've been....

Low Carb

Paleo

AND

Vegan

How does that even work?!?! 

Well, it didn't. I went insane and messed up my body

All of these diets promise results

Of course, anyone can see results on any of the diets

People can be perfectly healthy on any of these diets

But there are only the select few who can LIVE that way

I couldn't live with any of those 100%

... and if we can't live a life eating the way we are eating now

what makes us think we can be successful long term?

For some reason....

every time... 

every single time... 

 a new "issue" of the diet-of-the-month club came out

I was excited

FINALLY something I could do

But it always failed me, always

I'm ready to start a revolution....

okay, that was a little dramatic...

but seriously! Who is with me?

Let's all STOP

Let's all LIVE! 

This past week I've focused on getting myself back into the groove

Sure, weight doesn't fall of as quickly

But I lost 1lb this week. 

I'm starting off small

I'm focusing on counting my calories

Eating reasonable portions

But if I wanted a treat, I had it, as long as it fit within my calories

I'm not watching my fat

I'm not watching my sugar, fiber, protein or anything

These are all important and I will get there

But... I'm addicted to food

and I've tried the cold turkey approach

It just leads to a binges for me

This week I'm going to focus on getting active

I'm not ready to put my Fit Bit on (for all my Fit Bit friends)

But I am going to start walking

I'm going to get myself out there

I think its important to eat clean and be healthy

But I just can't do it all at once if I want it to be a way of life for me

Slow and steady wins the race 

Its a hard concept for me to swallow.... it really is....

and I will get to the point where I can be more strict with myself

But its going to be MY rules

I will no longer follow someone elses rules about "diets"

I've read enough of them to take bits and pieces 

to design a program that works for me

After all.........

I've never been very good at following rules

and that's why I've canceled my membership

to the diet-of-the-month club

Who is with me?!?!