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I obligated myself to the measure challenge but didn't, and won't, follow through. I don't want to measure. I don't want to weigh. I just want to live my day as though it is "normal" - not fixated on weighing, measuring, etc. I have noticed my size 20 jeans are very very loose - I can take them off without unbuttoning or unzipping. So I am sure I am an 18, again. But I don't want to measure to be sure, the looseness tells me all. I don't need to measure to see if it is working - because mentally it is working. I feel so much better eating this way. I never feel bloated or miserable like I do eating carbs and refined sugars. I want to be active, I want to sweat. To me, this is more important.
I have found myself waking up each morning and having my breakfast, having my water, having my snack, having my lunch, having my dinner, exercising, living my life, and going to bed. I am not concentrating on anything about a diet or losing weight. I have been doing Atkins long enough now that I know what I can eat, what the carbs are, calories are, fat, protein, etc. I barely bother to track it. I don't say I am exercising because "I have to". I do it as part of my life because I feel better.
This is the opposite of what I did when I lost the 93 pounds initially. I obsessed over everything and it controlled me. I just don't want that anymore. I just want to be me - and being me is having Atkins as my WOE naturally. I don't say "I can't have that" I say, "I don't eat that; I will pass and find something different" I always said "I can't". Not anymore.
I am so less stressed about my weight now that I am not obsessing over dieting. I can't change how I look now, or how I looked in the past. I can only change how I will look and feel as each day goes on that I live my life by Atkins. That's just it for me - along with water as my only beverage of choice!
I have found myself waking up each morning and having my breakfast, having my water, having my snack, having my lunch, having my dinner, exercising, living my life, and going to bed. I am not concentrating on anything about a diet or losing weight. I have been doing Atkins long enough now that I know what I can eat, what the carbs are, calories are, fat, protein, etc. I barely bother to track it. I don't say I am exercising because "I have to". I do it as part of my life because I feel better.
This is the opposite of what I did when I lost the 93 pounds initially. I obsessed over everything and it controlled me. I just don't want that anymore. I just want to be me - and being me is having Atkins as my WOE naturally. I don't say "I can't have that" I say, "I don't eat that; I will pass and find something different" I always said "I can't". Not anymore.
I am so less stressed about my weight now that I am not obsessing over dieting. I can't change how I look now, or how I looked in the past. I can only change how I will look and feel as each day goes on that I live my life by Atkins. That's just it for me - along with water as my only beverage of choice!
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