Day 7 Prepare Your Environment

Today we must prepare our environment for dieting. Get rid of junk food at home and work. Develop an attitude of entittlement. You must decide for your family to help by getting rid of or putting tempting items out of sight. What are you going to do today to prepare your environment?

Since I've long ago de-tempted my environment will simply continue to be mindful when I shop for food and respect myself and my needs.   How can we possibly expect ofhers to respect us if we do not respect ourselves?

Right on!

Right now I don't have any junk in my house like  candy, cookies, cake or chips. Although I am addicted to junk so when I am desperately craving I will eat anything.

Last week I wanted something... the only thing I could find was a bag of marshmallows that I had bought for some Christmas baking. I don't really enjoy these things unless they are roast over a fire but I did find myself opening the bag and within 2 days they were gone. An Open Bag, is an Empty Bag.  I want to say here that it was a small bag...does that really matter NO what matters is I ate them all! It was at night and I was  alone...

Man I HATE that I use the work *desperate*  to describe the fact that I wanted something sweet.

A few months back I found that when I was packing cookies in my DH lunch, I would eat 2-3, I told him if he needed or wanted cookies for his lunch he could buy them himself and keep them in his truck, or anywhere that is out of my grasp.....he has done so.

The way I plan on preparing  and maintaining my environment, is to shop for more bulk items... that way I can purchase 1/4 cup of something and not have the an open bag of anything hanging around to be tempted by.

Beverley - I find I need to purchase items in individual servings (I've found a lot of the things that aren't available in individual serving packages in local stores can be purchased on line with several servings to a box) as I don't do well with big bags that I have to divided into individual servings myself.  I'm too likely to snarf down three or four servings - or the whole bag.  It does cost a little more - but not nearly as important as staying on track. 

We all get desperate - just have to remember Craving DOES NOT = having to eat.  Never known anyone to drop over dead because they did not give in to a craving, but people who do give in can drop over dead from morbid obesity.  We just have to "desperate proof" our homes, offices, and cars.

YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!   YES YOU CAN!!!!!   Believe in yourself.

I will continue to desperate proff my home and look out for sneaky traps. Last week I bought 100 cal cookies for my son's lunch...never again (guess who ate most of the packs) Now if I was honest with myself, I would have said "what is the diff between buying the 100 cal pak v/s the real thing? For me ..not a bit of difference *I* bought them under the guise of portion control ( and remember they werent even for me)..and then ate off my plan that entire week because of those cookies!

Thanks for sharing. I have experienced that as well. Last month it was granola bars...any other time granola would not have been on my mind, but I was tearing through them like they were chocolate (and looking at the calories they may as well be)

Desperate...Ive felt that. Thanks for being brave enough to say it.  Great idea about keeping cookies in the truck..I really have NO excuse for my environment because I am no longer married and my son is only 8, so all the responsibility falls on me. I will continue to be mindful.

Free Spirit, Those 100 cal items are designed for and by people that do not or never had a weight problem. Just think 3 of those little bags = the cal of a full meal. YUP and open bag/box is an empty one.

 

Happy, Craving DOES NOT = having to eat. I think I will claim this one as my own

 

I really believe this plan is going to be a life saver for me.

I went to Chapters today, and found the book for……$6.99 was I surprised!!!! I also picked up the Work Book, it was $18.95. I’m so excited to have my own copies YAHOOOO

100 cal my tooshie!!          


 Love your energy! Lets DO this!