Step 1 RESTART - update

Like an old comfortable sweater, Step 1 has me in a much better place. My mistakes on Step 2 have me re-grouping and planning my next assault. In the meantime, I will hopefully lose a few more pounds. It feels like I’m in ‘no mans land’ as I refresh my body with the foods that I know.

I’m not sure how I will ever be able to persevere on Step 2. I have ‘fought’ every schedule I have ever made for myself, since being out of the Army. You have to be very aware of when you are eating carbs on Step 2. It is almost the opposite of Step 1. In Step 1 you can take or leave the carbs. In Step 2 you must have them at certain intervals, or risk getting triple the amount as your body takes over and feeds itself.

I just have to remember that I’ve been eating so much, and so unhealthy for such a long time, that it may take a while to learn how to eat; specifically for the way my body works. I really want to overcome bad eating habits and I don’t want to always be saying, “Oh well, I’ll eat better tomorrow”.

Basically I have been eating healthy. It’s those times when I would eat the whole bag of chips after everyone else has gone to bed. Or when we eat out and ALWAYS feeling as though I have to eat as much as possible, because I just have to get my money’s worth. Then there were the times when I already had a snack, ice cream, but was that enough (?), noooo. Then came the chips, or anything that was sweet and/or salty.

Each one of us knows how to eat healthy, for some of us it is harder for a reason we now know. That doesn’t mean it’ll be easy, as I have clearly shown. It will be worth it when I figure this all out and can finally be in control of what I shove into my mouth.

After coming this far, I have shed myself of cravings, lost 16 lbs., been able to eat out and feel satisfied but not stuffed, not pigged out every weekend … so hang in there, my journey has just begun and I will fight tooth and nail every step of the way, and maybe I’ll drag a few of you out there with me. (Albeit, kicking and screaming!!)

Sorry some of the articles are so long. It’s really hard for me to keep it short. There always seems to be one more thing I want to say. Funny how that’s just the opposite of how I am in person :()