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.

I’ve struggled with my weight since just before my 13th birthday when I gained 5 pounds that I never lost (I talked about that in the Skinny Jeans story). I’ve struggled to put myself in a dieting mood, to get or keep focused and to keep my momentum. I think I believed that the only time I had control over my destiny was that moment when I made a successful decision and started a diet.o From then on I seemed to be in the hands of fate which would then determine how succussful I would be at losing weight and how long I would keep it off.

That focus bit was very important, I can’t tell you how many times I’d hang onto it through most of a celebration period and then shut it off ‘just for now’ only to lose it forever. And once lost helplessly watch as my weight crept steadily higher.

So these past months while I’ve conducted this year-long experiment have been very enlightening for me. Continue reading →