Sunday, January 1st 2006


Spend a year there (James 4:13)
posted @ 8:16 am in [ Overeaters ]
Eight hours into the New Year and I forgot to put my greeting to our readers. When, China, South Africa, and United States wished me well, the light came on that I didn’t post a New Year greeting!
I am having buffalo wings and gnocchi today, my last big fling before our official challenge (New Year-New Me) starts tomorrow at http://invisionfree.com/forums/Grace_Today/
What are you eating today? Have you set a weight loss goal for the New Year?


Sunday, January 1st 2006


If it be your mind (Gen 23:8)
posted @ 3:17 am in [ Overeaters ]
Lesson 6: Staying Motivated
• Thinking positive.
• Healthy habits for life.
• There’s no such thing as cheating.
Assignments
1. Reading: Think Positively.
Banish “negative self-talk” and pump up your power of positive thinking, with the help of ThirdAge personal trainer Chad Tackett. editor’s note~~I am a positive thinker, but brutal only on myself. It is a goal to start being kinder to me. Are you a positive thinker?
2. Reading: Develop Healthy Habits for Life.
Try to view the YES™ Plan not as a diet, but as an approach to caring for yourself–one that might add years of enjoyment to your life. And remember: Diets alone don’t work. editor’s note~~I was on a diet for a year and loss my weight. It was a diet. This time it will become a lifestyle change. What will you do differently this go round? 

3. Reading: There’s No Such Thing as Cheating.
Think of foods as tools and resources for making you look and feel your best–not enemies that need to be held at bay. When you do, you’ll find there’s no such thing as cheating. editor’s note~~I did this wrong last time. There was no cheat days, no treats, and obsessive exercise. I was avoiding any guilt. Now I swim in it. Will try to find the balance. How do you feel about cheat days?4. Keep following the YES™ Plan.
Use the University of Illinois nutritional analysis tool to help pick sensible substitutes that add variety to your meals. editor’s note~~the tool again. Are you using any part of it?