Contemplation

The past couple of days I have been thinking about a statement that I have heard many people say. I have heard medical professionals say it and friends and family as well.

"This is not a diet, this is a lifestyle change."   

Now don't get me wrong, I am not here to disagree or disprove this statement. But, it has gotten me thinking a lot over the past several days.  First I had to figure out how I define DIET.  My definition is regularly consuming....  With this what you consume can vary. You can consume food, music, written word.  You can as well be consumed by attitude, feelings, thoughts and habits. (This is not an exclusive list...there are many more things that can be added) You can consume beauty, good, non-beauty, evil, love and hate.  All this is to say that you can consume what is good and nutritious as well as what is bad and destructive.  

So, back to the statement.  "This is not a diet, this is a lifestyle change."  To me this is definitely a lifestyle change, however diet is a part of lifestyle change.  The title of this blog is LOSING MYSELF. I want that title to reflect two things.  I want it to reflect my desire to lose my unhealthy self and become a healthy person.  I also want it to reflect my desire to lose my selfish, sinful soul.  I wish to lose myself in Christ.  I believe this second part is necessary to the success of the first part. These changes also need to be permanent changes. I cannot go back to former habits. So my new statement is

"This is a lifestyle and diet change."

I apologize for not being very eloquent of speech. 

Now to update you on the past couple days.  I have been doing well with sticking to the liquid diet, however, I do tire of it. I will be glad when I can change to pureed/mushy food. I have noticed a change in my taste for sugary things.  I really don't enjoy very sweet tasting things right now.  I think that's why I am having trouble with the liquid diet. The flavors I have are chocolate, vanilla and cafe latte. I have been drinking decafinated tea with very little sweetener. This would have been unheard of just a few weeks ago.

I have past the 25 pound weight loss mark.  I think as of today the loss in 27 pounds.  I am very attached to the scale. I do not rely on those numbers for anything except record keeping. I can judge how I feel, I can judge how my clothes fit. And I am happy with what is happening to my body.  The scale is simply a tool I can use to tell others my progress. And it makes it easier to post on the blog.

I have had two people donate clothes to me to have as I lose weight.  Today I was able to fit into a pair of jean capri pants that are one size smaller than my previous size.  This made me very happy.

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