I Sound Like a Broken Record

Yes, here I am again, harping about needing to get back in focus, get back to my plan, being stricter with my eating.

I know I'm getting too many carbs each day, having too many things I probably shouldn't. I'm not gaining, but I'm sure not losing, either.

So, how do we fix this problem? By beating myself up over it? All that will do is bruise my tender ego. By sitting down and evaluating my eating? Perhaps.

Some of the things I know I need to do:

1. Read over my plan, again, and make a menu. I am going to go back to the original Atkins plan. It's what worked for me in the past, it's simpler to follow, and I felt better when I did that plan.

2. Get back on my St. John's Wort. I know I suffer from mild depression, and this takes care of it. How do I know I suffer from mild depression? Because when I'm not taking SJW, I have feelings of self-doubt, I look to my faults instead of my strengths, I start to not care anymore. I find excuses for eating stuff that perhaps I shouldn't eat. No, I don't go all out and eat cookies and cake and such, but I do over-indulge in some legal foods, so that the carbs really do add up in a hurry.

3. Try to not have too much of the foods on hand that I might over-indulge on. Kind of hard to do when DH wants to have some of those things around. But, getting back on the SJW will help to resist such things.

4. Remember to put together my supplements, have them ready to take each day. And then REMEMBER to take them!

5. Take time each day to look at my good points. My weight is not a good or bad point, it's just a number on the scales. It's not the sum of who I am, it's just what I weigh.

6. To not judge myself harshly - to be honest with myself, but not to pass judgment, not to consider myself good or bad because of what I eat - or don't eat.

I might be rambling a bit here. After all, it's Monday morning, I could use another couple hours sleep, and it's been a long time since I've blogged.