Getting in a groove

Yesterday I lost 1.8 pounds. Understood that these kind of numbers are starting to diminish, however I will take it any "healthy" loss the way it comes. I walked for over an hour and a half yesterday. What I am really thankful about is the feeling that I am getting very comfortable with the food choices and behaviors that are making me loose weight. The lesson is that the most difficult thing is breaking the patterns that got us into the mess we are in.

How did I do that ?

Two pounds ! Now I would like to reverse engineer this so I could do it again. It could be because of one of two things that I changed. I exercised probably three times as much as usual. I also split my meals up to five from three. The funny things is I did eat bread. There is also a third possibility that it was really due to things I did on Sunday when I had no carbs at all. Or it could be the positive momentum and synergy of all the good things I am doing and my body getting the message that I a really want this.

Yesterday I discovered an amazing site that is a real source of inspiration http://www.waswayfat.com/ the best part was something I read today The Long Haul . What I like best about this site is that the author encourages everyone to find their own way of accomplishing their goal. This is something that I am doing and I suggest for you to also. In fact my 14 principles may not work for you, so think of the rules that will work for you. So feel free to download my spreadsheet then - yes - change the rules. Then when you lose all that weight you can sing "I did it my way". I hope you find this an inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgB6X6S5c

A pound a day makes the doctor go away

Another day another pound gone. Yes I know that it is unlikely that I can sustain this rate for very long - but you never know. My expectation is that even if I do not get the reinforcement from my scale every day if I have graded myself and received a good grade then I can feel good about doing the right thing.

Part of my free diet plan is the principles that I am grading myself on. The first principle is the elimination of white flower and sugar. Yesterday I added a short page to discuss why the diet devil is not red but .... WHITE ! ( sugar and flour that is).

Progress is always good

Even if I would go a snails pace but was constantly making progress I would be pleased and would eventually reach my goal. The problem is when we lose and gain it seems like we end up on the wrong end of the see saw. However this weekend I accomplished a major feat - I LOST WEIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND ! So instead of gaining back most or all of the weight I lost so far instead I actually lost 1 pound. Can you tell I am proud of myself ?

Saturday - Toughest day of the week

This was probably the best weekend I have had for my diet in the last year. The knowledge that I would be grading myself on all aspects helped me to stay on the wagon. So no out of control binges. I am very curious what the scale will say tomorrow - but either way I know I already got an A and know I am doing great.

Yes !!!!!!!!

Day one was really natural or not stressful at all because of the new or renewed good eating habits. Even better than that was the loss of 1.2 pounds ! Now if I could do that for the next 60 days I will have lost = 72 pounds that is close enough to goal. That was exactly the kind of thinking that got me in this mess. So lets restate that - one more day completed to acquring the habits that will make me healthy for the rest of my life.

Grade Diet - A New Beginning

This blog will be an adjunct to my web site set up at Googlepages. The blog will be comprised of daily posts whereas the web site will be for more stable information that will be relevant for new people adopting the diet.

I have completed my first day on my newly invented plan and I scored an A ! I did not do any Psyche work - however I must say that I seting up the web site and the personal accountability of doing a blog and a website to be excellent - I AM SO PSYCHED ! If anyone in the blogosphere reads this and wants me to link to them for that extra motivation boost - I am ready willing and able to help.

Can not wait to post my new weight as of tommorow morning.