Monthly Archives: February 2006

Eat 4 Today – The Commitment. Tomorrow is Today in Australia


Posted by katiebird

I’m not going to take seconds and I’m not going to eat between meals. Just Today. And I’m going to try it for a year to see what happens.

I’m a little more than halfway through this experiment of mine. And the one day at a time thing is working so well — it’s way more effective than I ever dreamed.

Diets in the past took all my concentration and thought. Every second felt like a punishment. And the only thing that gave me pleasure were the dreams of how much weight I was losing. So during those ‘plateau’ times, I was totally miserable. I was suffering (it seemed) for no reason; the diet felt useless.

When not dreaming of weightloss, I’d be dreaming of what I was going to eat that night. Counting calories and trying to figure out if I could ‘afford’ to eat a candy bar or snack.

The Eat 4 Today commitment is totally different.

I am not punishing myself. I eat what I want at meals (yes, I do measure my servings). I eat dessert now and then.

And as a result, my mind is free to think about other projects. A DIET is not my life. And I am not afraid of burning out — this really is something I could do forever.

Except that I’m doing it Just Today.


Are you ready to write a story? And other topics for an Open Thread


Posted by katiebird

Did you know that all registered users can write articles here at Eat4Today? It isn’t hard:

Just click on the Site Admin link and select the Write option in your Dashboard. A window will open with space for a title and your article. Let your mouse drift over the tool bar and you’ll see a message explaining the purpose of each icon.

We try to keep the front page display to no more than 20 lines. So if your story is very much more than that, please insert the MORE tag – –
Finally, we’re trying to use categories to make retrieving articles easier. The cateories are on the sidebar to the left of the edit window. Just put a check in the box next to any appropriate categories (use as many categories as make sense — it’ll help people find your article later)

That’s really all there is to it!

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On a totally different topic, today a woman I work with told me that she was going to start watching what she eats — tomorrow. What do you think I told her?


Just 4 Today: February 24, 2006


Posted by katiebird

Just 4 Today, I will drink my 2 liters of water — In fact I’m tempted to bring a 3rd liter because I’ve been finishing my 2nd bottle at about 2:30pm (hmmm). For those of you interested, I’m starting to think that the combination of my Commitment (see the article below this) and the 2 liters of water is a very powerful weightloss engine.: My weight has been dropping almost fast enough to see in the two weeks that I’ve been relentlessly consistent.
I’m hoping to be able to do some distance walking next week — and Wow, it should really fall off then!

Please take a look at the Commitment article (below) and then tell us: What are you going to do Just Today?


Eat 4 Today – The Commitment. Just Today


Posted by katiebird

I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. Just Today and I’m going to try this for a year to see what happens.

If you’ve been wavering about how this commitment thing works, today would be a great day to try it. All you have to do is eat your regular meals. And that’s all.

In between meals, as you reach for that salty snack or sweet treat, take a second to ask yourself, “Is this a meal?” or “Have I eaten already?” And if you don’t get the right answers then – Just Today – don’t eat that snack.

It’s easier than you think, because every 5 hours or so it’ll be time for a meal — and you can eat whatever you want! Really for a plan, it’s the best. But, you’ll never know for yourself if you don’t try it.

Just Today.


Just 4 Today: February 23, 2006


Posted by katiebird

Just 4 Today I’m going to drink my 2 liters of water and test my blood sugar with great regularity (just now, 1/2 hour after breakfast – 7am, it’s 150). I wish I could promise vist the Migun massage beds, but they’re just too far off the highway and I know I won’t do it.

But for those of you close to one of their storefronts — it’s well worth a visit (FREE!)