Project Thin
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Well, this is it. I have made an oath with myself, that I will write in this diary every day. Yes, *every day*. This is the start of Project Thin, the start of something very special. It is an almost imperceptible change in attitude, like the soft judder when a train leaves a station. Like the train, this diet is going to gather momentum and no-one will be able to stop it, and the next time it comes to a rest will be at the destination of a new, thin, me.
Ok, so metaphors were never my strong point. But I think I am definitely on to something here. Taking action like this has given me a kind of energy that I'd forgotten.
So, yes, as I have written before, I'm somewhat of a chronic dieter. I have a count of three separate diets in the last five years, and I have been shedding and gaining back the pounds in a way that cannot be healthy at all. I don't just need a diet, I need to change my lifestyle. That's why this is a Project, and not just a diet. This one is going to stick.
So, of course, any starting stage of a Project Thin has to be a diet. I can start with the diet, and work out the rest of the details as I go on. I think the most important thing was just to start it, and I feel much better now that I have. The most important thing I have done for now is to make two rules, which are stuck to my fridge now in big letters. I think you will find them eminently simple, and devastatingly effective.
Rule one: NO BEER
Rule two: EAT SALAD
You can't get much better than that, eh? These two rules will serve me very well, I can tell it already. I have, in fact, followed rule one for the first time in about a week, which is a small victory for me. Rule two is not just about eating a little bit of salad, some of the time. It is about what to think when asking the question "What should I have for my next meal?" You see the sheer volume of salad in that second way of thinking? That's gonna help. There is also a third, unwritten rule, which may trump the other two. That's the rule of common sense, which will dictate my other eating habits. I'll explain more about that in a later post. For now I'll think of entertaining ways of fulfilling rule number two for tomorrow.
Over and out.
PT
Ok, so metaphors were never my strong point. But I think I am definitely on to something here. Taking action like this has given me a kind of energy that I'd forgotten.
So, yes, as I have written before, I'm somewhat of a chronic dieter. I have a count of three separate diets in the last five years, and I have been shedding and gaining back the pounds in a way that cannot be healthy at all. I don't just need a diet, I need to change my lifestyle. That's why this is a Project, and not just a diet. This one is going to stick.
So, of course, any starting stage of a Project Thin has to be a diet. I can start with the diet, and work out the rest of the details as I go on. I think the most important thing was just to start it, and I feel much better now that I have. The most important thing I have done for now is to make two rules, which are stuck to my fridge now in big letters. I think you will find them eminently simple, and devastatingly effective.
Rule one: NO BEER
Rule two: EAT SALAD
You can't get much better than that, eh? These two rules will serve me very well, I can tell it already. I have, in fact, followed rule one for the first time in about a week, which is a small victory for me. Rule two is not just about eating a little bit of salad, some of the time. It is about what to think when asking the question "What should I have for my next meal?" You see the sheer volume of salad in that second way of thinking? That's gonna help. There is also a third, unwritten rule, which may trump the other two. That's the rule of common sense, which will dictate my other eating habits. I'll explain more about that in a later post. For now I'll think of entertaining ways of fulfilling rule number two for tomorrow.
Over and out.
PT
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