Habit Change

I came across a fantastic article yesterday about habit change. Basically it explained why some goals are very, very difficult to realize, but then went through ways assure obtaining them.

Bottom Line: "Increase positive feedback and/or decrease negative feedback until the ratio favors the habit change."

Quickie

Don't have a lot of time to write, but I wanted to say that things are going much better the last couple of days. I've even taken it upon myself to buy lots of healthy veggies to snack upon and cooked a couple of fast healthy meals. Will update more over the weekend.

You mean I'm not infallible?

Wow, it's been 3 weeks since I've last posted. And here's what I've figured out since then: I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HELP!

The last few weeks have been discouraging, to put it lightly. I've gained weight (I'm a bit scared to actually find out how much) and lost the control over my eating habits that I had gained. I guess you could say I fell off the wagon. Completely off.

I've never been one to seek extra help. In my mind it's akin to admitting weakness and showing others that I'm not infallible. Which I would very much like to be and would liked others to think I am. In school I never asked for help and at work I'm more likely to try my best to figure things out before running to someone else. Sometimes my independence is a great quality to have, but it just hasn't been working with my weight loss goals. I need serious help. And I've decided to join Weight Watchers to get the help I need. It'll give me a good support group and people to teach me what I need to do to be successful. Tomorrow's going to be my first day, wish me luck!

Anyway, I've also decided to make myself blog at least every other day. That way I can't ever go to long without out accepting responsibility for my actions.