After I read the book, “Mindless Eating,” I made a chart of three things that I was going to work on that month. I ended up changing one of them halfway through, because there wasn’t any opportunity to do the other. Anyway, this is my report. After the month, I have the not weighing every day down just fine. I weigh once a week and am okay, sort of, with that. So far, no big surprises.  The other one that was fairly easy was not taking my CLA with an exercise bar, but rather just in capsules. I did have two boxes of bars left, though, so I do allow myself the CLA bar on Saturday morning before my longest workout, seeing as it is my only long before-breakfast workout. So those two are off the list.

I have also gotten pretty much in the habit of not putting food on the table, but rather filling my plate at the counter, then not going back for seconds, unless the seconds were planned. Like last night, only half the rice was warmed up, so I had half my left over Chinese on that, then went back for the rest when the second bowl of rice was warm. I don’t do that one 100%, though, so I’m leaving it on the list for this month.

One thing that I added for the coming month is not eating while I’m reading or watching t.v. in the living room. I’m still allowing myself to read when I’m eating in the kitchen or dining room during meals I eat by myself. But no mindless eating of snack foods while I’m preoccupied with entertainment.

And the other thing is to pray about all things. This includes my eating for the day. I’ve gotten away from daily prayer (other than spur of the moment prayer for someone who comes to mind.) But there are a lot of things in my life that I need to be praying about and asking God’s help and guidance. Hopefully after a month it will be a habit again.

These are three things I know I can do and when they become habits I will be closer to having my weight under my control without feeling deprived or frustrated.