Day 349: 269 lbs

I was very busy yesterday, so I didn't have time to post a blog entry. So here I am today.

I've lost three pounds since Sunday morning, and I was good on my diet yesterday. I even finished the day with about 80 calories left over! Sunday I was off my diet again, and that was frustrating.

I also discovered (amusingly) that the "I have power over food" mantra I posted on Sunday is almost the exact opposite of one of the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous, which asks people to admit they have no power over alcohol and accept that power from God.

I don't know if that would work for me, since I'm not terribly religious.

But I think that, with enough hard work and discipline, I can have power over food. I may not have any control over my hormones or primal instincts, but as a rational being with a prefrontal lobe, I have the ability to decide which of my primal instincts to follow and which to ignore.

I'm merely out of practice in ignoring the instinct which says "Eat everything in sight because there could be a famine tomorrow."

I got some practice yesterday. We took the family out for ice cream, and I said No. In fact, I watched my kids eat a whole bowl of ice cream each, and didn't take a single bite for myself.

I was proud of myself.