You may remember that I told you I have struggled with my weight for the last twenty years. When I graduated from high school and went to college I was no longer playing soccer or marching in the band. As a result my activity level dropped. However, I continued to eat like was still doing these activities. The result was that I began to put on weight.
Throughout the years as I have tried to control my weight I have tried different diets, popular plans for losing weight, and even had some help from my doctor. The immediate result was that I lost weight. At time I dramatically lost weight, but in the end when I stopped whatever the program was I gained the weight back and then some.
Through out all of this it has led me to realize that for me diets do not work. I don't just need to diet, but I need to change my behavior. The problem with dieting is that after my goal was met and I returned to my lifestyle I would relax and fall back into the same pattern of behaviors and would regain the weight. What this means is that I do not need a short term program to lose weight I need a life style change. I need to change my life and behaviors. I have determined that I cannot take a break from a diet. Instead I need to change my pattern of behavior.
Patterns of behavior that I believe God wants me to change are making healthier choices when I eat, exercising more, not taking comfort in food, not eating after 6:00 PM (as a pattern from time to time there may be cases where this is not possible), not eating our of boredom, finding entertainment options not based around food, and being aware of how I think about food.
I know dieting does not work so in order for me to be successful I need to change my food behaviors and as a result my lifestyle.
Through out all of this it has led me to realize that for me diets do not work. I don't just need to diet, but I need to change my behavior. The problem with dieting is that after my goal was met and I returned to my lifestyle I would relax and fall back into the same pattern of behaviors and would regain the weight. What this means is that I do not need a short term program to lose weight I need a life style change. I need to change my life and behaviors. I have determined that I cannot take a break from a diet. Instead I need to change my pattern of behavior.
Patterns of behavior that I believe God wants me to change are making healthier choices when I eat, exercising more, not taking comfort in food, not eating after 6:00 PM (as a pattern from time to time there may be cases where this is not possible), not eating our of boredom, finding entertainment options not based around food, and being aware of how I think about food.
I know dieting does not work so in order for me to be successful I need to change my food behaviors and as a result my lifestyle.
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