January 1 New Year Diet........ Not !!!

I was at the grocery store today and "I saw me"....... an obese guy buying 50 Lean Cuisines getting ready for a New Year diet.(I assume)

This is my 4th New Year at goal and I am reminded that every other prior year since the teenage years I'm not starting a "January 1 diet".

Throughout the year my weight does fluctuate reminding me that I can't do this on autopilot and must keep my head in the game.

Being able to look at things moving forward vs. the task of "dieting" which seems like starting the year in reverse is very refreshing.

Happy New Year and keep it together !!!!!

frisco

Isn't it great to be ahead of the 'game'? I am 20 pounds from goal and don't have to feel all the guilt of past years on this day because I am doing what I'm supposed to be doing for my health. It truly is a wonderful feeling!! Happy New Year!!

Happy and Healthy New Year to All!!!!

Lori

You never know maybe he was starting the weight loss diet before having WLS?

It does make you think were we where before WLS. I would do weekly things like this.I would say on Monday I will start all over. I would go to WW and eat like a pig after I got weighed then I would bust my arse the next week or make an excuse why not to go.

I totally understand about the New Year resolution I have done it for years not just about weight loss but about how I treat people and myself.

Happy New Year everyone!  This is my second New Year at goal weight and I think today I have kind of wrapped my head around it. I have been so concerned with gaining that I have not beeng taking the enjoyment of maintaining. Hmmm!  What an self revelation! The things I learn as I go along are wonderful. Like you said Frisco I need to remember to keep my head in the game. It is not that I don't flucutate 2 or 3 lbs from time to time it is that I get right on that before it becomes 4 lbs. I have learnt to keep active and I enjoy going to the gym and even have gym friends. Whoot Whoot!  what a great life!

I am glad he was buying those 50 cuisines. I never want to forget where I came from. I am the type of person who would have given him an encouraging "Happy New Year" and not stare in his cart and judge. I am so glad you have had such wonderful success. Others are not always that fortunate, but it's encouraging to see them try. 

I used to spend the time between Christmas and New Year's reading the 'latest' weight loss book.  Of course, I'd eat the entire time I was reading it, then declare January 2nd as the start date.  I usually started as planned I rarely stayed on task more than a week.  It was such a sad and frightening start to each year.  

Life is so much better now.  Today, I weigh exactly what I weighed last New Year's Day.  Like Lorna said, I experience small fluctuations but I address them right away, which changes EVERYTHING.  Instead of avoiding the scale for 6 months while I'm eating, I'm dealing with things immediately.  

I'm incredibly grateful to not be faced with 50 Lean Cuisines today.  Well, actually it would historically be tomorrow because I couldn't miss all the good eating today, could I? 

Who are you to judge Frisco?  You don't know that man's story.  For all you know that man was 300 lbs heavier before and he's still losing.  

I sincerely hope that when I reach goal that I never judge someone else by the standards that made my obesity so much harder. 

The sardonic part of the story is that the obese man can't win. If his cart was filled with normal food, he'd be judged for his bad choices that got him there. A bunch of Lean Cuisines -- a pathetic resolution dieter. What would be acceptable to have in his cart?  Maybe he should eat his meals off the floor. 

I hope my journey is never fueled by feeling superior to someone else's journey.  After all, theirs might be far more important than just weight loss. 

Every once in a while I hear someone make fun of an obese person for ordering a diet soda. It makes me want to punch them right in the throat.