PWLP: Week One - Lesson Three

Getting a Grip on New Attitudes

Taking the time to journal meals before eating - if you wait until afterwards, you may have weakened your motivation, awareness and attitude...

One of the major changes for you may be the elimination of certain food products.

I CHOOSE TODAY TO GET A GRIP ON A RIGHT ATTITUDE ABOUT EH POSITIVE CHANGES I AM MAKING IN MY LIFE.

Personal Evaluation
1. What attitudes about your eating behaviors have surfaced that you know will have to change?   That I largely eat for 'entertainment' and satisfaction. I'll eat a whole pizza just because I like the taste of pizza, not because I'm hungry or want pizza. I don't really think when I eat, and I know that needs to change. Some foods are triggers for me, like pizza, brownies, chocolate, and chips. I must cut these foods out of my diet entirely so I can learn to live a life free from the chains they ensnare me in. I have no self-control around food, and I most definitely live to eat instead of eating to live. I've realized that I'm easily pressured by others as well to have certain foods or beverages, which is wrong.

2. How do you feel about these changes you will have to make?   They will be difficult. I am not looking forward to saying "goodbye" to my favorite foods for the time being, but in my heart and mind I know it's for the best. I can only make leaps and bounds by denying myself those things that bring me pleasure, but also cause me to fall into sin. I'm excited to escape the bonds I've been entangled in by my eating habits and my food choices. I'm looking forward to a life free from food, and towards a healthier ending to my life story. I know in the end it will be worth it, and while the beginning has been fairly easy, I know that there are some hard days ahead. However, by sticking to it, I know the rewards will be great and the life change dramatic. I'm super excited for the future and what it holds for me.

3. As you make new food choices and journal them, do you find yourself amazed and surprised or resistant and angry? Why?    Mostly amazed and surprised. I never realized that I could like vegetables and fruits as much as I do right now. I didn't realize that I could eat onions in any capacity, haha. I didn't realize that I could eat one plate at mealtime and be full for several hours afterwards. I wasn't aware that I could eat around 1200 calories a day and still be completely satisfied and content. I don't really miss the foods I used to eat. I miss the thought of them, but I don't hunger for them like I did before starting the PWLP. I feel like this person that I am now, was hiding underneath all the fat and bad habits. I feel like this program is allowing the 'real me' to resurface full force. I've never felt so passionate or strongly about my life as I do right now.