How Do You Eat An Elephant ?

Here I am at week two of my journey.  I am at the place in my “Step by step” plan where I am holding myself accountable for breakfast, midmorning snack, and lunch.  I am consistently making low-fat, low-sugar choices and running around 800 cals or so for all the morning eats.

That said, I know the tough work is ahead of me.  I am a morning person.  I find it much easier to accomplish things in the morning and have the fortitude to make good choices.  My energy wanes in the afternoon, as does my willpower.  As I progress through the rest of the day in modifying my eating plan, I know it will get more challenging as I hold myself accountable for those meals as well. 

However, I feel what I have accomplished in modifying my morning eating is already having an impact on what I eat the second part of the day.  Through these last two weeks, I feel my appetite has begun to shrink as has my craving for sugar.  When I do have something sweet in the afternoon, I don’t find it as appealing as I did before I started my plan.  The same for fatty foods.

I am thinking that I will stay where I am with my steps for another few days.  I want to try to incorporate a few more choices into my lunch routine before I move on.  And THEN I will tackle midafternoon snack, or as I call it “How to keep Diana out of the chocolate…”

So how are you doing in your eating?  Have you made some steps towards eating more healthy choices for your morning eating?  I bet you have.  Think about what little victories you have achieved, the progress you have made, and celebrate!   Cheer yourself on!  Pat yourself on the back.  And then press forward to take another tiny step.

I encourage you to think step by step.  Meal by meal.  Choice by choice.

How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time.