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 Today I had an epiphany of sorts, I was listening to podcast about diet tips for weight loss and I realized that you can't do everything all at once.  If you do you feel restricted and deprived which causes me to be depraved.  But baby steps are not my style.  I want to lose a hundred pounds and I want to do it yesterday, so every time I start I go a little gung ho.  Be it Keto or Weight Watchers it was jump in and do, and while both worked I couldn't sustain the victory.  None became a new habit or a new way for me to continue.  But I realized this morning that when I do a big job, whether at home, like cleaning or at work, working on files, I breakdown the tasks. (Dan, there is that stinking word, tasks)   But I wasn't doing that for my self-care.  Instead I was trying, even though I didn't think so, to do too much at once. So, where do I start?  There are lot of steps in self care. Maybe I should start by making a list, I like l...

Okay - brush my self off and start over for the billionth time. But what is the alternative?  Right - DO IT until I GET IT RIGHT! First two things I am doing - Journaling and drinking my water. This morning I got up with swollen fingers, an indication of too many pretzels with salt yesterday. Last night I listened to the cookies that called my name. Dammit.  Today a little better.  No candy, no pretzels - no snacks.  Woo hoo I had a sandwich at lunch and an orange - a fiber one bar for breakfast - not the healthiest but I am doing my shopping list now and have much healthier alternatives on my list. Tonight I will get my usual Turkey Hoagie at WAWA which I know the calorie count by heart.  Skip the chips - which I love and the candy bar.  (DANG) All I know is the weight is coming on ridiculously fast - faster than I have ever seen.  My weight is going up up up.  STOP the madness - let me off this stupid merry go round. I still ne...

<a href="https://www.tomoson.com?code=TOP1d1dc0bc9d84df2e255558b8cecf1471" rel="nofollow" style="display: none;"></a> One thing I have learned in all the years of dieting is that you need to write it down.  If you don't you go way over calorie wise.  I learned this at Weight Watchers, but I don't want to go back but I need to loose over 100 pounds.  So I decided to start writing it down and guess what - I have lost 6 pounds so far. Yup! 6 pounds.  Of course it hasn't come easy - did you know that my favorite corned beef hash is 400 calories. First - I recommend finding out how many calories you need to loose weight - a great online calculator is  http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html  Next - write it down - I recommend committing to 12 weeks with the handy Food & Fitness tracker - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939754917 Now that I think I got it right - watch out for some of my healthy recipes! Once you kno...