Man on a Diet: Vincent Tells All - Part 2
Due to popular demand here's another installment from Vincent - our 'man on a diet'. He's now lost 51 pounds since July 2000!
Thoughts about Losing Weight - The Saga Continues!!
Another two pounds gone [down 51 lbs] and only another nine to go to reach Major Target Number 2...... I tend to be Target Orientated about most things..
When I've done A,B & C [which may be any list] I promise myself a "TREAT".. Gosh.. the word sounds full of calories doesn't it :) "TREATS" implies that the goodies will be food.. This is what I've always done over the years [My Ex Wife got me on this idea as the only way she could ever get me to do anything - but more of this later]
So it was time for a radical rethink of what a TREAT was to be in future. It's not difficult... just set your Targets for more physical things and possessions.... So you have "MAJOR" and "MINOR" targets set at different achievement levels.
MAKE A LIST AND STICK TO IT !!
Define every Target and what your TREAT will be. Make the "MAJOR" Targets something that you would not normally buy for yourself...... Involve the Family if you can [Financially preferably!!] My own personal second "MAJOR" Target is 60Lbs Weight Loss with the TREAT being a 28" Nicam Colour T.V.
I've spent ages walking around the Electrical Dealers in the High Street [Good exercise] choosing the Make and Model I want. Hopefully, it will be in my Hovel before Christmas.........
You've guessed it! I have Square Eyes! This brings me to another bugbear of mine... 99% of TV Adverts seem to be about FOOD. I look away - or fast wind through if it's on Tape... WHY are other people telling me that I'm HUNGRY.. I don't NEED telling!! I go to the Garage for Fuel - the payment area is surrounded by row after row of sweets and chocolates... I go to the Post Office for Stamps..... MORE sweets....
When I'm out I always take MY FOOD ALLOWANCE for the day *with me*... this way I keep control of what I eat and manage to resist Fast Food and Snacks. Well done to LowFatVeggie for pointing out that sometimes we're just thirsty - not hungry! I found this to be very true.. [and the extra walking trying to find a Public Convenience that isn't boarded up is good for me]
Living alone has the advantage that I'm not pressurized into cooking highly fattening food for anyone else... but the other side of the coin is that no-one is checking up on what I *do* eat.... So if I eat myself silly, the only person I'm kidding is me....
THINK THIN - Inside every fat person there's a thin person trying to get out [2 thin people in my case!]
SELF CONFIDENCE NOT SELF CONSCIOUSNESS!! The first comes... the second goes. You'll be more SELF CONFIDENT knowing that you look good and feel good. Weight Loss has certainly made me enjoy life more! It really is worth the effort... HONESTLY!!
Don't tell anyone - but here's a sneak preview of my Epitaph.... that I'm trying to get away from!!!
HERE LIES THE BONES
OF VINCENT WHITE
WHO ATE WHILE HE WAS ABLE
BUT ONCE O'ERFED
HE DROPPED DOWN DEAD
AND FELL BENEATH THE TABLE.
WHEN FROM HIS TOMB
TO MEET HIS DOOM
HE RISES AMIDST THE SINNERS
SINCE HE MUST DWELL
IN HEAVEN OR HELL
TAKE HIM - WHICH GIVES BEST DINNERS!!
You are not alone!
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