A look at how I used to eat then compared to now:

Yesterday my daughter had a friend over and we got a pizza for them to have for dinner. I had a skinless chicken breast chopped up and mixed in a small package of frozen broccoli that had some cheese sauce – 150 calories for the package — it was very tasty). This was the first whole pizza we have had in the house in a year. After I started my diet I would only get a slice or two for daughter now and then when she wanted it – but never brought a whole pizza home.

It got me thinking about just how far I had come regarding the food choices I make now compared to before May 1, 2006 (the start of my current healthy eating plan). Before I would eat 4 slices of a pizza and still be looking for dessert, and to top all that off my daughter doesn’t eat the cheese on her pizza so I would add her cheese from her one or two slices to my slices.

Sure the pizza last night was tempting, but as I scraped off the cheese from my daughter’s slice and left it in the pizza box I thought long and hard about whether or not I wanted to have any. My mouth and taste buds sure did, and there was some internal struggle still going on – but I was able to walk away.

One of the changes after a year of practice, now I can put my long term goals (to get healthy) ahead of my need for instant taste gratification. This battle was won. I know there will be others that I’ll face. I will win some, and probably lose a few. I have learned to treat the way I used to eat as an addiction, because there are foods that did hold a “power” over me that I would just eat and continue eating way beyond a single portion. I have issues with authority figures sometimes – so I use that rebelliousness to help me fight the battle of “addiction” because I really resent anything having “control” or “power” over me. Of course for coffee I make an exception – I need one cup a day or else!

Fatblogging update:
Saturday: coffee, brussel sprouts, 4 slices of diet bread (45 calories each) with 4 slices turkey (30 calories each), skinless chicken breast, plain air popped popcorn (exercise – 50 reps core flex for abs, 35 minute walk)
Sunday: Extend Bar, 2 slices diet bread, 2 97% fat free hot dogs (50 calories each), broccoli, skinless chicken breast; plain air popped popcorn (no official exercise – worked around the house)
Today: 2 Extend Bars, 2 apples, 1 orange, 3 97% fat free hot dogs (50 cal), 3 slices diet bread (50 cal.), air popped popcorn (exercise – walk 40 mins , and 50 reps on core flex)

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