Eat 4 Today - The Commitment:
I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds.
This is a club house for everyone struggling with this promise. And please, read this from DuctapeFatwa: Customizing the Commitment, on how to take control of your life and make the commitment your own (even if you do take seconds and occasionally eat between meals).
October 21, 2006: Day 277: Obesity and children (sharing my commitment)October 20, 2006: Day 276: Weight Watchers and The 3 phases of weight control
October 19, 2006: Day 275, Eat out and gain weight
October 18, 2006: Day 274, I need you to . . .
October 17, 2006: Day 273, Keeping that weight off: being in the 50% group
October 16, 2006: Day 272, Keep Control of your weight. Weigh In everyday and do something about it.
October 11, 2006: Day 267, Time flies and weight can too
October 10, 2006: Day 266, How to wreck your life with a taste for Cheese on Toast
September 19, 2006: Day 246, The Amazing Race to New Year’s Eve — A goal, a resolution and a commitment
September 14, 2006: Day 241, The Countdown to New Year’s Eve
September 10, 2006: Day 237, Keeping a food diary
September 9, 2006: Day 235, The first step to a commitment is a dream
September 8, 2006: Day 234, Autumn’s around the corner and the future is looking good!
September 7, 2006: Day 233, Weight Control, Simple Key/Complex Implementation
September 6, 2006: Day 232, Building self esteem with a life coach.
September 5, 2006: Day 231, Dietary Guidelines for a Healthier You, discussing nutrition documents
September 4, 2006: Day 230, This year I need a belt to wear last year’s Skinny Jeans
September 3, 2006: Day 229, My New Years Resolution, Yes in September
September 2, 2006; Day 228, A community of Links
September 1, 2006: Day 227 A Cinderella Pact
August 31, 2006: Day 226, Dreaming my life away
August 30, 2006: Day 225, Keeping just enough focus to keep control
August 29, 2006: Day 224, A New Year, A New You: Starting our New Year’s Resolutions Now
August 28, 2006: Day 223, Realization + Choice = Control
August 27, 2006: Day 222, After the Storm — Getting the right slope on the trendline
August 26, 2006: Day 221, I’m telling myself that it’s not a failure if I learn a lesson
August 25, 2006: Day 220, Unexpected day without posting.
August 24, 2006: Day 219, A community of Dieting Bloggers
August 23, 2006: Day 218, Tools for fighting obesity
August 22, 2006: Day 217, Where I prove (again) that my eat watch is busted
August 21, 2006: Day 216, How I stayed focused without my support group
August 15 - 20 Eat4Today switched hosts and was out of service
August 14, 2006: Day 209, Watching the trendline fall
August 11, 2006: Day 207, Learning to stop procrastinating
August 10, 2006: Day 206, Just this morning I’m going to visualize what I’m going to do today
August 9, 2006: Day 205, Plodding through Summer
August 8, 2006: Day 204, Keeping to The Commitment, Just 4 Today
August 7, 2006: Day 203, We’re having a heat wave, but I’m still walking
August 6, 2006: Day 202, Just 4 Today
August 5, 2006: Day 201, Finding strength in the written word
August 4, 2006: Day 200, Daydreaming Diets
August 3, 2006: Day 199, Deficit Eating, planning for calorie shortfalls
August 2, 2006: Day 198, Is Sonic’s Large Strawberry Shake really worth 860 calories to you?
August 1, 2006: Day 197, Avoiding the destructive path toward weight gain
July 31, 2006: Day 196, Weight Control: A Fierce Struggle
July 30, 2006: Day 195, A chore that can’t be put off
July 29, 2006: Day 194, Portion Distortion and Eating on the right side of the chart
July 28, 2006: Day 193, Killing me softly with saltines
July 27, 2006: Day 192, My sinkers are pulling me down (and that’s a GOOD thing)
July 26, 2006: Day 191, Embracing hunger
July 25, 2006: Day 190, Distracting Trends (One year of The Commitment!)
July 24, 2006: Day 189, My secret expectations
July 23, 2006: Day 188, A new day, a new year
July 22, 2006: Day 187, In the palm of my hand
July 21, 2006: Day 186, The first 72 hours are the worst
July 20, 2006: Day 185, 7 months of support and encouragement
July 19, 2006: Day 184, It’s spread like butter, evenly all over my body
July 18, 2006: Day 183, I start doing The Hacker’s Diet
July 17, 2006: Day 182, And they say you can’t do anything about the weather!
July 16, 2006: Day 181, At least I’ve got mine — health care for some
July 15, 2006: Day 180, Good news, bad news and the real meaning of mini-meals.
July 14, 2006: Day 179, As Strong as I need to be
July 13, 2006: Day 178, I am a rock
July 12, 2006: Day 177, I discover a trick for meeting every goal
July 11, 2006: Day 176, Are Oyster Crackers the new M&Ms?
July 10, 2006: Day 175, Eat4Today, everyday
July 9, 2006: Day 174, We’ve weighted long enough
July 8, 2006: Day 173, Unscheduled day off
July 7, 2006: Day 172, Out of my rut and rolling again
July 6, 2006: Day 171, I’m NOT going to eat between meals.
July 5, 2006: Day 170, Getting back in the groove
July 4, 2006: Day 169, Stumbling through vacation
July 3, 2006: Day 168, Why this summer is better than last summer.
July 2, 2006: Day 167, Successfully surviving a sibling visit
July 1, 2006: Day 166, vacation day
June 30, 2006: Day 165, I can eat anything
June 29, 2006: Day 164, Shaping up
June 28, 2006: Day 163, The unexpected thing that happened yesterday
June 27, 2006: Day 162, Controlling weight during family visits
June 26, 2006: Day 161, I’ll try it just today
June 25, 2006: Day 160, Sunday afternoon at the park
June 24, 2006: Day 159, Controlling my destiny
June 23, 2006: Day 158, Committing in Slow Motion
June 22, 2006: Day 157, Upheaval and Commitment: Building new routines after great change
June 21, 2006: Day 155, The best thing that’s happened to me this year
June 20, 2006: Day 154, Weighty Issues
June 19, 2006: Day 153, The DietMinder, my food journal
June 18, 2006: Day 152, The promise of a new week.
June 17, 2006: Day 151, A system for weight management
June 16, 2006: Day 150, Dying for Health Insurance
June 15, 2006: Day 149, We’re on a journey together
June 14, 2006: Day 148, Weigh-in and Walk 3 miles or Face the Consequences.
June 13, 2006: Day 147, 11 months and 60 pounds, so far the experiment’s a success
June 12, 2006: Day 146, That gigantic woman inside me
June 11, 2006: Day 145, The lure of the buffet meal
June 10, 2006: Day 144, Eating Just 4 a Special Day
June 9, 2006: Day 143, Cruising the Diet Blogs
June 8, 2006: Day 142, Working with a 300 pound gorilla
June 7, 2006: Day 141, And if the answer’s no, I’m not going to eat.
June 6, 2006: Day 140, The song of the coffee shop
June 5, 2006: Day 139, Perfect Weight Forever, The Commitment explained by a stranger
June 4, 2006: Day 138, The Prairie Giant, The Tommy Douglas Story (a review)
June 3, 2006: Day 137, I’d walk a mile for a Shasta
June 2, 2006: Day 136, Seriously — I’m glad it’s Friday.
June 1, 2006: Day 135, Is flat-out terror an effective weight-control tool? Eat4Today Goes Live!
May 31, 2006: Day 134, ITAM? HIAE? Two simple questions will change your life.
May 30, 2006: Day 133, Thinking my way to an exercise program?
May 29, 2006: Day 132, 6 simple things you can do to keep weight off forever.
May 28, 2006: Day 131, I wanted a snack and then I read the label, or keeping things balanced with The Commitment.
May 27, 2006: Day 130, With a little help from my friends
May 26, 2006: Day 129, How to lose 10 or more extra pounds this year. Making a commitment works like magic.
May 25, 2006: Day 128, Waiting to jump, the terror and thrill of making Eat4Today live
May 24, 2006: Day 127, How many pounds will you gain while you wait for inspiration? And how much is too much?
May 23, 2006: Day 126, Momentum’s been fired. Making The Commitment makes YOU the boss.
May 22, 2006: Day 125, 8 things I do everyday, With The Commitment good behavior becomes routine
May 21, 2006: Day 124, Finding happiness with The Commitment
May 20, 2006: Day 123, Maybe thinking is the important part? The Committment and staying in control.
May 19, 2006: Day 122, A year ago it was all about me. But now it’s more important than that. Eating 4 Today and The Commitment
May 18, 2006: Day 121, Is it chaos or normal? Does it matter? Can making The Commitment help you?
May 17, 2006: Day 120, What would you like to be? The Commitment can make it happen
May 16, 2006: Day 119, The Commitment - Don’t let weight fluctuations push you around.
May 15, 2006: Day 118, Sometimes a it takes a shock at the scale to snap yourself back, The Commitment when it gets hard
May 14, 2006: Day 117, Finding and sharing Internet sources that support The Commitment
May 13, 2006: Day 116, Routines, you gotta love ‘em — The Commitment supporting you when things get weird
May 12, 2006: Day 115, Everyone I know has a story, what’s yours? The Commitment and You.
May 11, 2006: Day 114, Listen to the little voice, it’s there to help you
May 10, 2006: Day 113, Spring Cleaning — Are you ready to reevaluate your goals and The Commitment?
May 9, 2006: Day 112, Knowledge is Power and making The Commitment helps.
May 8, 2006: Day 111, Change isn’t as scary if your ‘diet’ has structure
May 7, 2006: Day 110, Marshmallows and successful weight control
May 6, 2006: Day 109, Afternoon snacks and The Commitment
May 5, 2006: Day 108, Maybe you think one day wouldn’t make any difference. Maybe that’s wrong.
May 4, 2006: Day 107, Which path to follow? Who decides?
May 3, 2006: Day 106, Taking advantage of bad service. Or which platitude is right?
May 2, 2006: Day 105, Stop Creeping Scale Syndrome
May 1, 2006: Day 104, Guest Author, Puget4 - My committment
May 1, 2006: Day 104, Guest Author, monalisa - What the Commitment means to me.
April 30, 2006: Day 103, Starting the week with energy for change.
April 29, 2006: Day 102, Weighing myself everyday
April 28, 2006: Day 101, Everyday is a new challenge and I’m always (a little) scared that I’ll fail
April 27, 2006: Day 100, 100 days, a hundred ways to manage change.
April 26, 2006: Day 99, Even here, the devil is in the details
April 25, 2006: Day 98, What are you going to learn about yourself today?
April 24, 2006: Day 97, Examining the details
April 23, 2006: Day 96.
April 22, 2006: Day 95, Just this evening — You can do it!
April 22, 2006: Day 95, If a day’s too long, try it Just This Afternoon. (Part 2)
April 22, 2006: Day 95, Is a day too long? Try it just this morning.
April 21, 2006: Day 94, Have you ever wished you could give up food they way you can cigarettes?
April 20, 2006: Day 93, A doctor’s view
April 19, 2006: Day 92, Praise is nice, but is it really helpful? Learning to react well to praise.
April 18, 2006: Day 91, Keep your eye on your weight to keep your weight in place.
April 17, 2006: Day 90, Giving and getting support, it pays off either way
April 16, 2006: Day 89, Monitor your behaviour and adjust your rules as you go along.
April 15, 2006: Day 88, Shaping your future with dreams not fear
April 14, 2006: Day 87, Do clothes make the woman or man?
April 13, 2006: Day 86, Just a little more couldn’t hurt, could it?
April 12, 2006: Day 85, Not eating between meals? How will that help?
April 11, 2006: Day 84, The promise of spring, the power of The Commitment
April 10, 2006: Day 83, Getting comfort and strength from a routine
April 9, 2006: Day 82, Getting started can be the hardest part, so just give it a try.
April 8, 2006: Day 81, Bubble, bubble, bubble.
April 7, 2006: Day 80, Self-Talk and Self-Monitor, we just have to do it ourselves.
April 6, 2006: Day 79, Measuring to control the upward drift
April 5, 2006: Day 78, Eating what I want at meals makes them a treat and something to look forward to.
April 4, 2006: Day 77, Controlling your destiny by letting go of fear.
April 3, 2006: Day 76, Protected by your commitment, you can focus on the details
April 2, 2006: Day 75, Living up to yesterday’s success
April 1, 2006: Day 74, Like a force-field between you and dangerous territory
March 31, 2006: Day 73, The Commitment is not one size fits all.
March 30, 2006: Day 72, Finding strength just today and a supplement: Customizing the Commitment, by DuctapeFatwa
March 29, 2006: Day 71, Give yourself a good memory and try it just today.
March 28, 2006: Day 70, Just today, be the boss
March 27, 2006: Day 69, Beating the monster, it can be done.
March 26, 2006: Day 68, Everything’s easier when you do it with a friend
March 25, 2006: Day 67: Rocket Fuel for the Commercial Weight Loss Plans
March 24, 2006: Day 66, What is Victory or What do I get if I win?
March 23, 2006: Day 65, You can make today a real victory
March 22, 2006: Day 64, Measurements give you power and control
March 21, 2006: Day 63, Waiting until the time is right? Try it Today.
March 20, 2006: Day 62, They may not want you to succeed. Just do it today anyway.
March 19, 2006: Day 61, Laughing our weigh to health.
March 18, 2006: Day 60, The Commitment. We can’t do it alone, and we don’t have to.
March 17, 2006: Day 59, The Commitment. Celebrating National Drunk Day, what works for you?
March 16, 2006: Day 58, Eating Lunch, a lesson
March 15, 2006: Day 57, Dream powered health
March 14, 2006: Day 56, The little voice came back last week
March 13, 2006: Day 55, Make a change with baby steps
March 12, 2006: Day 54, Don’t let yesterday poison today
March 11, 2006: Day 53, I don’t want drama in my life
March 10, 2006: Day 52, Plan your meal, eat it and forget about it.
March 9, 2006: Day 51, Why can’t I wait until tomorrow to worry about this?
March 8, 2006: Day 50, Not Eating Between Meals, a hidden problem.
March 7, 2006: Day 49, Chaos makes change seem impossible.
March 6, 2006: Day 48, My arms and face look smaller to me, but not in a weird way.
March 5, 2006: Day 47, The Commitment. Is it really that bad if I eat an apple for a snack?
March 4, 2006: Day 46, Possibilities instead of failure.
March 3, 2006: Day 45, Jump start your self-esteem.
March 2, 2006: Day 44, Know your Utensils
March 1, 2006: Day 43, Don’t spoil your dinner.
February 28, 2006: Day 42, Putting the breaks on weight gain.
February 27, 2006; Day 41, Just Today means don’t worry about yesterday
February 26, 2006: Day 40, How committed is committed?
February 25, 2006: Day 39, Tomorrow is Today in Australia
February 24, 2006: Day 38, Just Today
February 23, 2006: Day 37, Not taking seconds.
February 22, 2006: Day 36, Drifting relentlessly towards health
February 21, 2006: Day 35, When Tuesday is Monday
February 20, 2006: Day 34, Do we have to tell people about all the changes we’re making?
February 19, 2006: Day 33, Is it selfish to think about myself this much?
February 18, 2006: Day 32, The Day After a Failure
February 17, 2006: Day 31, Getting help from an online support group.
February 16, 2006: Day 30, I’ve got a commitment, but I’m still struggling against my own mental games.
February 15, 2006: Day 29, The Commitment. It’s Wednesday and we didn’t have to do a thing to get here.
February 14, 2006: Day 28, The Commitment. Putting it in writing.
February 13, 2006: Day 27, It’s Monday — maybe having a commitment to something is enough.
February 12, 2006: Day 26, Commitment? I’m SICK! — Managing illness & injury.
February 7, 2006: Day 21, To eat only at meals there has to be a meal.
February 6, 2006: Day 21, The power of not taking seconds.
February 5, 2006: Day 20, This would be a Super Day to commit.
February 4, 2006: Day 19, Two good things in one day
February 3, 2006: Day 18, A day is a nice bit of time.
February 2, 2006: Day 17, conveying the power of passing time.
February 1, 2006: Day 16, accomodate the destroyers.
January 31, 2006: Day 15, Get a grip on yourself.
January 30, 2006: Day 14, Just as an experiment — what would happen if you tried it for a day?
January 27, 2006: Day 12, Let us rejoice in how far we’ve come
January 26, 2006: Day 11, Do you wish they had filibustered Thomas?
January 25, 2006: Day 10, I’m just checking, what about you?
January 24, 2006: Day 9, Committed in spite of myself.
January 23, 2006: Day 8, Guided Imagery - a powerful tool that can work for you.
January 22, 2006: Day 7, Try this experiment, just 4 today.
January 21, 2006: Day 6, Are you eating 5 servings of vegetables a day?
January 20, 2006: Day 5, Can you handle “the moment”?
January 19, 2006: Day 4, Avoid the post-prandial discomfort of the glutton.
January 18, 2006: Day 3, Talking about the time between meals.
January 17, 2006: Day 2
January 16, 2006: Day 1
January 15, 2006: The Announcement
Just for today I’m not going to eat between meals. 3 meals.
This has been a big day at E4T, but I haven’t eaten, except for breakfast & lunch.
Tomorrow, I’m going to talk about the importance of those two meals. And how to plan for them.
[...] Finally I discovered The Commitment, and it has changed things. I’ve got a way to control my destiny by myself (and about 50-100 friends who visit with me everyday for conversations about food and eating and other health issues.) And once again I’m approaching a reasonable weight. [...]
[...] Last night I confirmed my belief that it’s a good idea to weigh myself everyday. It’s an idea I’ve mentioned several times in The Commitment articles but I know Weight Watchers discourages daily weigh-ins on the theory that people lose faith in their system if they don’t see weight loss every time they step on the scale. But, I’m not really looking for weight loss (although I’m happy to see it show up.) I’m just checking up on myself — I’m not going to be taken by surprise by another 25 lb (or more) weight gain. [...]
[...] Because (if you are doing it right) you really are doing The Commitment just today. And if your getting enough sleep, that’s really just 16 hours or so.1 Even less if you count times like getting dressed or driving when you probably wouldn’t have been eating or even snacking anyway. So figure about 14 hours if you make The Commitment today. [...]
[...] This is the last month of my year-long experiment. And while I consider it a success (how could I not?) I know that my daily affirmation will change next year. I’m pretty sure the daily weigh-in and walking will figure into it. And I’m hoping that The Hacker’s Diet will provide more insight as well. [...]
[...] Up at the top of my left sidebar I ask, “Isn’t it time you made a commitment?“, but couldn’t it just as well be, “Isn’t it time you found your dream?” [...]
[...] Not exactly. If weight-management was that easy to do, we wouldn’t all have our own libraries of diet books on that bottom shelf over there. Successful techniques for managing weight don’t just differ from person to person, they differ for each of us from day-to-day! That’s one of the most frustrating things about The Commitment and why it took a blog for me to start to get a grip on it. [...]
[...] been looking through some of my past posts (The Commitment series) and it’s been enlightening to read about my goals and plans from last summer. What I [...]