Cold Turkey

Losing weight has been a struggle for me.  One of the reasons is I am an all or nothing type of strawberry.  I have a lot of my father in me.  His favorite saying was "if one's good; two's better!"  I miss you, Dad.  In my overachieving way (yes, I can overachieve if I want to), I can apply this principle to just about anything, and I have.  Shoes-- how many times have I heard if you find a pair of shoes you like, get two?  I've perfected this manifesto to include clothing/ deodorant/ make-up/ office supplies/ coffee mugs/ you name it!  

"If one's good, two's better" taken to the extreme!

Why am I showing you this, dear reader?  To prove that one (oh alright, ME) can take a simple sweet saying and turn it into an out-of-control obsession.  

It's not pretty-- I know!

 My eating habits have gotten out of control.  Yet I know I can overcome obstacles.  Twenty-seven years ago I defeated my nicotine habit-- cold turkey.  The problem with kicking the eating habit cold turkey is you die.  The body need sustenance and I'm all for sustaining myself.  And that's my problem.  For me, it means cutting out certain foods that I have no control over.  I have to look at those foods like I looked at cigarettes many years ago.  Smoking was not good for my health and neither is indulging on the foods I can't portion control.  Today, I cannot stand the smell of cigarette smoke.  I will get away from it as fast as I can.  I know my pretty pink lungs are not benefiting from hanging around it and I worked too hard to quit.

If I apply this same principle to certain foods, I think I have a winning manifesto.  I am working hard to lose weight; why would I want to sabotage it?  The correct answer is "I don't."

As a parting picture...here is my cold turkey!

My turkey playing in the snow.  He loves it!