MissMomo Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I'm a food addict. Food is my biggest vice, the bane of my existence. Everything else is minor compared to my unhealthy relationship with food. My life revolves around food. I hate any sort of exertion. I've been overweight my entire life. I'm unhappy with how I look and it affects my day to day activities. Most importantly, my lifestyle is a Pandora's Box for many diseases. I am currently pregnant and the weight is beginning to climb at an alarming rate. I have to change myself and adopt a healthy lifestyle, for forever. What better time than now? I'll have a healthy pregnancy and baby and by the time I give birth, I'll be well on my way to being healthy. If I don't, I risk complications to myself and the baby during the pregnancy and afterwards, I'll have a huge mess for myself to clean up. If I am to do something, it must be now. I've tried countless times before to change, but each has been as unsuccessful as the last. This time, I can't fail. I need to do this. There are no excuses, no procrastination, no slip-ups. If I can’t give it 100%, I will give it all I have, and keep going. If my cravings are sucking the life and happiness out of me, I will ignore them, and will keep going. If I don’t feel like eating the same old tasteless stuff every day, I will eat it, and keep going. If I find it hard to prepare meals for myself, I will prepare them, and keep going. If everyone around me is eating and offering me junk, I will decline, walk by, and keep going. If there's nothing but water available to consume for the day, I will drink it, and keep going. If a weighing scale is begging me to step on it, I will step over it, and keep going. If my weight doesn’t budge even a single ounce, I will ignore it, and keep going. If I absolutely don't feel like moving, I will get up and move, and keep going. If I am failing in all other areas of myself and my life, I will not let myself fail in this regard, and I will keep going. If the world is falling apart around me, I will still keep going. If I am hanging on by a thread, I will grab on with both hands, and keep holding on, and keep going. If I fall, I will not use that as an excuse to take a break and then restart. I will immediately get right back up, and keep going. I will keep going hard until it is no longer hard, but a permanent, happy, easy part of myself and my life. I have to do it, or face ruining myself and my life, now and beyond. I can do it (due date: December 10, 2015), because the choices are mine to make and I am in complete control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted August 30, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 30, 2015 If I don’t feel like eating the same old tasteless stuff every day, I will eat it, and keep going. Hi, there, MissMomo! Congratulations on the soon to be BabyMomo, and good for you for deciding to get healthy now. Overall, I like your resolutions, but this one kind of stood out to me. Let's try to change it, because honestly, Whole30 food definitely does not have to be tasteless. Maybe try, "if I don't feel like eating the same old tasteless stuff every day, I will make up some Sunshine Sauce to pour over it, and enjoy my food again." (Or chimichurri sauce, or zingy ginger dressing -- there's lots of choices of sauces and dips, and they'll make your food so much tastier, and help when you struggle with food boredom). Or you could try, "if I don't feel like eating the same old tasteless stuff every day, I will look for a new recipe to try." (Cracklin' Chicken, Asian Meatballs, Belly Dance Beet Salad, Baba Ganoush, and Velvety Butternut Squash are all good, but there are tons more out there.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hi, Shannon! Thank you so much for your kind words and the helpful suggestions and links! Haha, I knew I would have to clarify that part further. What I meant was that since I prefer junk over meat and healthy foods, I will just have to eat them until I start to like them more than all of the junk that I usually eat. I completely agree with you that eating healthy doesn't mean tasteless boring food, and it should never mean that, otherwise it'll be hard to incorporate it as a lifestyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Day 1 (8.31.2015) My goal for now is to get through the first 10 days of this. It takes me that long to get off of sugar and stop craving it. I did low carb once for ~2 weeks and didn't crave any sugar after that. It was pretty neat! I won't be incorporating exercise until then, because I don't want to have to deal with too much, all at once, and then give up. I'll also be officially entering into my third trimester, so there's some extra motivation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Breakfast: Omelette - 3 large eggs with tomatoes and onions, fried in canola oil) Lunch: Beef - 2 1/3 pound Angus beef patties with tomatoes and onions, wrapped in lettuce, and lightly smeared with sassy sauce (a mixture of mayonnaise, horseradish, and honey mustard) Dinner: Nuts (1 ounce of almonds) Salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 I've been talking to myself the whole day today, and telling myself that in just a few days, I will be well adjusted and my cravings will be gone; a few days of pain and an eternity of happiness. We all have to sacrifice to gain. I haven't weighed myself and intend to abolish this highly demotivating and obsessive practice out of my life for good. (Except at doctor's visits). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Day 2 (9.1.15) I had a hard time falling asleep last night and woke up earlier than I usually do and couldn't go back to sleep. I was ravenously hungry for some reason so I munched down an entire ounce of nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Breakfast 1: Almonds - 1 ounce Breakfast 2: Omelette - 3 large eggs with tomatoes and onions (fried in canola oil). Lunch 1: Beef - 2 patties Almonds - 1 ounce Lunch 2: Beef - 2 patties Almonds - 1 ounce Dinner: Bananas - 2 Watermelon - several wedges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMomo Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 I was having horrible carb cravings that I finally gave in to at dinner. On the plus side, fruits are far superior to all the junk that I usually eat to satisfy myself, and they never make me feel horrible the way junk carbs do. As soon as I bit into that banana, the voice in my head told me that my whole30 had been ruined and I might as well eat everything in sight and start anew tomorrow. I'm not listening to that voice anymore; not now, not ever. I did good today and tomorrow, I will do even better, and soon, the day will come when I will be at my best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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