Friday, July 15, 2011

Breaking Habits

Today I drove up to spend a few days with my parents and Sweet Pea.  This is normally the prime time for me to have fast food.  Whether I am hungry or not.  It was just what I did.  I have not eaten much fast food lately which surely has been a big part of my recent weight loss.  Trips like this were the exception.  Their are four or five places on my normal route and I would drive through one of them.  I would plan it in my head and it would be my little treat.  I woke up today with the same plan.

I was driving down the highway and came up to HWY Q and right as I was getting ready to signal to get off I just said out loud Nope.  Guess what?  I did not miss it at all.  Come to think of it a lot of what I do in terms of eating is purely out of habit.

I am slowly starting to break some of my 25 year habits.  For the first time ever I have actually started to cook just a little bit.  I can already make a mean bowl of pasta.  With a little tip from my little brother who is a cooking genius I made the best thing I have ever been a part of last week.  It was baked skinless chicken breast with asparagus jammed through the middle.  For the first time since Jenny Craig I really feel like I am locked into getting this done this time.  Last time after just a few weeks I was maniacal about it.  Well I know it will not be as "easy" this time.  It will happen.

I went 15 months the last time without any contact at all with fast food.  Let this streak officially begin.

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