Diet Time

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, I am on a diet. Now, if you think about it, technically everybody is on a diet. If all you eat is greasy take-out, then you're on a diet of greasy food. Your diet is whatever your eating habits are. And I am simply attempting to change my diet.

Let me be very clear: I am NOT trying to lose weight, as is usually the goal of a diet. I simply want develop better eating habits. It's not really a drastic food change. I have decided to cut out all unnecessary sugars (meaning sweets and desserts) and I would also like to cut WAY back on unhealthy food (read: take-out/chips and snacks like that).

Not that I live a life of fast food and desserts, but even what I have been consuming of those foods has been too much for my body. It's telling me in no uncertain terms that I need to develop better eating habits. So I'm going to try.

Today is Day 2 and so far I'm doing fine, but man, is it ever tempting to convince yourself, "just one bite of something sweet, just one tiny treat." And of course, once you tell yourself that you can't have a certain type of food, suddenly you want it like you've never wanted anything before.

I'm also trying to get it into my head that this isn't a temporary thing. Diets shouldn't be for a short period of time, because once you are off the diet, you go back to the way you were eating and you completely reverse whatever good your diet did. No, if you're going to go on a diet, it should be for life. I really want to eat better. I need to eat better.

Of course, the other problem with trying to stay away from unhealthy, unnatural sugars is that I'm trying to distract myself by filling up on other things. Like salty foods. There's a reason why they call it junk food, but it's so hard to give it up! Now I truly understand what it means to take it one day at a time.

But hey, I'm not in this alone. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil. 4:13