Time to hold myself accountable for my actions

Joy is coming to town this week for the health fair that I and my wonderful friends are hosting. I have been talking to her since I left the Today Show and have been using her new book, LIFE Diet which has made it’s way quickly on the New York Times best seller list.

I am afraid I haven’t reached my goal yet, I am still shy of losing 200 pounds total by a few pounds. I am sure when I pick her up at airport that she won’t notice but I will know and that is a dissappointment to myself. I wanted to reach my goal by now but I let my problem with stress eating got in the way. You know that habit of using food to comfort yourself for what is really eating at you.

Work is work these days and I don’t like that feeling. Yesterday, the nation maked the beginning of a new era and it is time for me to do the same. No more stress eating for me. I told my friend Barb, the woman with the office candy dish, to slap my hand if she saw me reaching for it. I know that she is up for the task.

Like the assignments that I am giving to my friend Debbie, I am giving myself work to do as well. I just watched Oprah Best Life series and was so impressed with her honesty about falling off the wagon.

I am so happy that she is bringing attention to her struggle and letting the world know that it is one thing to lose weight but the real battle begins when you try to maintain your weight. 95% of people that go on diets fail and often weigh more in the end. No news there to me.

My assignment for this week is to stay clear of sweets, all of them. If I find myself reaching for one I am going to stop cold in my tracks and ask myself why I am doing it and then take a minute to think about how that one piece of chocolate is going to hinder my goal. Nothing tastes as good as being thin and I have to remember that and then take positive actions to make it a reality.

Wish me luck.