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My diabolical plan is working!  muahahahahah!!! 

I went to Dairy Queen for lunch and picked up a salad.

My co-worker’s lunch was an hour after mine and she came back with a… 

Salad from Dairy Queen

 She said that mine looked so good she just had to try one.

I love it when a plan comes together.

The first thing I decided when I started my weight loss program was to avoid the word diet.   That word has so many negative connotations.  I’m calling it a lifestyle change.

This isn’t  temporary fix.  It’s a complete overhaul of my thought processes towards food, movement,  exercising,  emotions, stress, and even resting.    I have to change everything for this to be a success.   It took a certain lifestyle that got me into this mess and it’s going to take a new lifestyle to get me out.

Food: I’m changing my outlook from living to eat into eating to live.  It is fuel for my body not my best friend.  (this is the hard one)

Movement:  I’ve noticed that I always take the shortcut.  No matter what I’m doing I choose the path of least exertion.   I have been watching a lot of skinny people lately and how they move.   I conserve a lot of energy.  But not in a good way.   How have I been combatting this?  I park farther away from buildings now.  I get up and walk around at every break instead of vegging in one spot for 15 minutes.  I get up and walk around during my lunch as well.  Everything I do now I make sure I do it without economizing motion or exertion.   I’m  a moving machine now. 

 Exercising:  I’m actually doing some. 

 Emotions:  I’m expressing myself more instead of bottling it up and using food to put out the fire.   I no longer see food as a sedative or a way of self-medicating.  Alcohol works so much better for that! (totally kidding) :P  

Stress:  Same thing as emotions.  I no longer use food to ease stress.  Exercise, I’m finding, is a great way to relieve stress.  I could be a jangle of stressed out nerves when I start exercising but by the time I get into a routine the stress has dissipated.

Resting:  I do waaaay too much of that.  Well, I have to with my legs.  I have to keep them elevated for several hours after I get home.   I have to lie prone with my legs propped up higher than my head.  This is to prevent a flare-up of my illness and cellulitis.   I don’t have a choice.  I have to do this every day.  So.. hand weights.  I use hand weights while I’m lying down to keep my metabolism elevated and to increase muscle mass which in turn burns more calories. 

As you can tell, I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit.   I’m going to make this work.  I will be a success.  I will have my own subway commercial if it kills me!!