Re: small but significant victory this morning

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Re: small but significant victory this morningDate: Mon, Nov 21, 2011 1:23 pm

It's good to hear you did the right thing, !I don't drink much alcohol anymore. Not that I ever was a big drinker, but I keep very little in the house and except for a special event like my birthday, I don't go out to bars. I don't know what to say about cutting out alcohol other than to give you the example of my martial arts instructor. He says he has never had an alcoholic beverage in his life. (I believe him.) It's just a matter of seeing that nothing bad comes from NOT drinking, and drinking arguably doesn't really bring any good to someone's life. Not that I'm against it, but it just doesn't have to be a big part of life like our culture makes it out to be.By the way, it was my martial arts instructor who also inspired me to quit drinking soda pop. I haven't missed it.By the way, , what's the book I saw you mention here recently about food and healthy eating? Wasn't it something about having a healthy relationship with food?>> Small victory: during my commute to work this morning I was sooooooooooooo> tempted to go to Subway and get the $5 footlong (chicken marinara) which if> you get it without cheese it's not bad but still, it's a lot of food and a> lot of carbsl. I had this huge long internal dialogue about it but in the> end did the right thing and had my home made crock pot chicken soup with> 1/2 cup rice for breakfast.> > I've eaten like crap the past few weeks and it MUST stop!!! I have lots of> tasty healthy food here at work that I lugged in so there is no excuse!> People tease me about my 1 gallon water jug on my desk but it's so> important to stay hydrated.> > I am re-motivated to get RIPPED. The ONLY thing that is keeping me from> getting to my goal is DIET. I will still eat yummy things like at> Thanksgiving and such but just be more WISE about it and most of all I just> really need to not drink alcohol. When I didn't drink for a year I lost 40> lbs and that is exactly what I would like to lose so this is a no brainer.> > Part of the solution too is learning more healthy recipes so that my> palette will never be bored. Cooking with more spices and such. I have> some awesome vegan cookbooks that do just that and I can always substitute> chicken if I want to but what's great about being vegan is that it does> force you to be more creative, at least that's what I found when I was a> vegan. I have regular cookbooks too that I can make healthier options.> > I'm SICK of training like a bodybuilder and not looking like one!!!!!!!> > Okay, thanks for listening!> > Over and out,> > > > >>

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What you say about your mom and wanting to be healthier makes perfect sense to me. I had similarly destructive things regarding food going on growing up with my mom and even though my job is all about helping people lose weight, I emphasize I help them get (and stay) healthy and try to send that message to my kids.

Re: small but significant victory this morningDate: Mon, Nov 21, 2011 1:23 pm

It's good to hear you did the right thing, !I don't drink much alcohol anymore. Not that I ever was a big drinker, but I keep very little in the house and except for a special event like my birthday, I don't go out to bars. I don't know what to say about cutting out alcohol other than to give you the example of my martial arts instructor. He says he has never had an alcoholic beverage in his life. (I believe him.) It's just a matter of seeing that nothing bad comes from NOT drinking, and drinking arguably doesn't really bring any good to someone's life. Not that I'm against it, but it just doesn't have to be a big part of life like our culture makes it out to be.By the way, it was my martial arts instructor who also inspired me to quit drinking soda pop. I haven't missed it.By the way, , what's the book I saw you mention here recently about food and healthy eating? Wasn't it something about having a healthy relationship with food?>> Small victory: during my commute to work this morning I was sooooooooooooo> tempted to go to Subway and get the $5 footlong (chicken marinara) which if> you get it without cheese it's not bad but still, it's a lot of food and a> lot of carbsl. I had this huge long internal dialogue about it but in the> end did the right thing and had my home made crock pot chicken soup with> 1/2 cup rice for breakfast.> > I've eaten like crap the past few weeks and it MUST stop!!! I have lots of> tasty healthy food here at work that I lugged in so there is no excuse!> People tease me about my 1 gallon water jug on my desk but it's so> important to stay hydrated.> > I am re-motivated to get RIPPED. The ONLY thing that is keeping me from> getting to my goal is DIET. I will still eat yummy things like at> Thanksgiving and such but just be more WISE about it and most of all I just> really need to not drink alcohol. When I didn't drink for a year I lost 40> lbs and that is exactly what I would like to lose so this is a no brainer.> > Part of the solution too is learning more healthy recipes so that my> palette will never be bored. Cooking with more spices and such. I have> some awesome vegan cookbooks that do just that and I can always substitute> chicken if I want to but what's great about being vegan is that it does> force you to be more creative, at least that's what I found when I was a> vegan. I have regular cookbooks too that I can make healthier options.> > I'm SICK of training like a bodybuilder and not looking like one!!!!!!!> > Okay, thanks for listening!> > Over and out,> > > > >>