2nd time around, what I'm doing this time

I've already posted this in these forums, but my story is that I lost weight with Atkins 7 years ago. But when my new skinny self found true love, I went back to my old bad eating habits and put it all back on plus a bunch.

What's really just bizarre is that when I started dating this person, I didn't want to say anything about my Atkins eating or anything. I wanted to just seem "normal" -- ha, normal, what a worthless word.

On August 9, 2008, I restarted Atkins and have committed myself to stick with it for life.

This time I'm doing a few things differently. For one, I'm keeping my mouth shut about it to a whole lot of the people around me. I mean, last time, people would ask me how I was losing the weight and I'd immediatatly start rattling off about Atkins, eating proteins and fat while keeping my carbs low and slow to keep from having "Mr. Insulin" turn what I was eating into fat and instead burn my own body's fat for fuel, etc, etc.

There's a worried expression that the uninformed give that is instantly identifiable. It's the look that shows they think I've run off to join a fad diet cult and they need to save me. They frown, they tell me about the dangers of high fat, red meat, and how I should be eating low-fat and mostly veggies. Oh Lordy.

This time, I'm going to simply say something like that I'm exercising more and watching what I eat. Both are true and the rest is going to remain unsaid.

Oh, guess I'll write here what I'm doing this time that's the same as last time. I'm eating what I should and not what I'm not supposed to (by the book!), keeping my carbs under 20 per day, drinking at least 64oz of water a day, and walking a mile a day. I do other activities too, like swimming and playing with my old xbox Dance-Dance-Revolution, or doing one of my old Richard Simmons tapes, or just whatever strikes my fancy, but the mile a day walking is a must-do minimum for me. As I get more weight off, I'll increase the exercise, but since I'm really out of shape and have so much to lose, I don't want to wreck my knees, feet, or any other body parts that might sabotage my continued success.

Thought for the day: Everyday we wake up and define ourselves, and whatever that is sets up both our limitations and our possibilities.

Today I am a winner!!!