It's been one week

It's been a week since I've been here but not much has changed. I've added fish into my diet. That's what got put in the blank spots from my last diet plan. I've been sticking to it for the most part. So far, I'm averaging about a 2 pound a week weight loss. My heart wishes it was more but my head knows that it is just right.

I have decided against Gastric Bypass for now. Out of all the people I talked to, it only seems to have worked in people that had other medical problems. The people that I know that did it to lose weight only have gained it all back and then some. I'm not taking it off the table completely in case something happens and I need to get it to help with another medical issue. I am going to try my hardest to loose the weight on my own.

Since I quit smoking, I have this new found confidence in myself and I think I can do it this time. I've already stuck to this diet more than any other diet I have ever tried. The nice thing about this one is that it really isn't a diet. It's a way of life. For example, I have been craving chocolate cake for three days. I went to the store yesterday hell-bent on getting cake mix, frosting, AND chocolate chips and making myself a cake. I got to the store, picked up the cake mix and looked at the back of the box. I can't remember what the calorie count was but I do remember that the box made 12 servings. I decided right then and there that I was NOT going to put 12X the calorie count into my body. IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN! I put the box back and got the more sensible pudding snacks at 120 calories each. The old me would have even looked at the back of the box much less decided not to eat the whole cake. That was a very good part of my day yesterday!

After the run in with the cake, I bought a quality Pedometer with a 10,000 step function. I'm wearing it right now. I found out that it's almost 1,000 steps from my house to work! All I have to do is make that round trip 4 more times today and I'm done with my steps. Wish me luck!