Overcoming Obstacles!

Well, I have now officially been on my “Quest to be My Best” for one month.   I can honestly say this first month has been very frustrating for me. First of all I got into the habit of stepping on the scale each morning, not sure why I started that unless it was to anticipate what the day ahead might look like. I am finding this is a problem because I set myself up for the whole day based on what the scale says. If the scale shows I lost a few pounds, I think well maybe I can go a little easy on myself today day and not be as strict. If the scale shows I went up a few pounds I then become paranoid for tomorrow’s weigh in and focus a little harder on what I am eating. Looking back on this I am probably setting myself up for failure. The logical part of me wants to wait and only step on the scale on Saturday but then the other part of me gets nervous and feels like maybe I am just going to waste a whole week and not lose any weight.

Given this love/ hate relationship with the scale I made a point of measuring myself. I knew this was a good idea but had forgotten to do it because I was so focused on the scale numbers. I am happy to report I have lost several inches! This has been helpful in keeping my mood on the right path.
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 I have heard some people say “I eat to live, not live to eat”. I know that this is a life changing journey and it is not something that will occur overnight.  I need to change the way I look at food and this will be a lifelong challenge. I also realize I really do not want to live my life focusing so much energy on thinking about what I have eaten or am planning on eating.  There are so many times I will watch others and think to myself why is it they can just walk away from the food without a second thought. Why do I always find a way to justify my overeating?  I can honestly say there have been times I have thought to myself “I paid a lot for this food and I need to get my money’s worth”.  I truly believe every one of us has a crutch in our lives and mine happens to be food.