Change One

I'm trying to think of SOMETHING... anything... that I can do right now to get me headed in the right direction for weight loss.

--even with my all mixed up, filled up schedule.
--even though nothing I think of appeals to my sense of taste.
--even though I have no idea what I would like to do.

Reader's Digest came up with a "change one" idea. The thought behind it was develop one new habit a week that changes the way you are presently doing things. Maybe they still promote that. I'm not sure.

I do know I'm not willing to pay RD to tell me what to change every week. Surely if I'm willing to change, I can figure that out myself. I thought of some good places to start:

1. Walk 15 minutes a day.... for a starter.
2. Drink 8 80z glasses of water a day.
3. Eat 2-3 servings of fruit a day.
4. Eat a specified number of vegetables per day.
5. (The idea being EAT these FIRST... then wait awhile to see if you still want anything else.)
6. Create a chart that gives caloric values to foods I eat regularly so I'd have something to pick from to easily keep within a range I want.
7. Limit the number of carbs I eat in a day (Make a dessert count as a double carb).

That's seven changes I could make and I thought of those without hestitation.


Sister Kelly has decided to count points. That sounds good if I had a easy way to determine the points. (Come to think of it, I do. It's here somewhere.... Some day I might run across it.)

For Christmas, my brother gave me a gift certificate to Walmart which I intended to use to go out and buy low calorie dinners with and start a diet that way, but my gift card disappeared. So, I will have to be committed to doing it with my own money. Since Christmas I have not even had time or energy to go to Walmart and look at what they have to offer in premade dinners.

But I need to START.