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Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down the Old Diet Trail
Diet Decisions - Making Diet Choices That Positively Impact Your Weight Loss Program
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Diet. It's the scariest four-letter word that I know. That's the problem with 'Diets'. They are all so scary - no fun, no fun at all. And that's one reason they so often fail. If you're serious about losing weight, then you must make it fun! And hoppy!
To get a grip on your 'hoppy' mood, Easter presents an opportune time for reflection. On that note, let's look into the daily occurrences of two individuals in this series which we will call, "The Diet Days of Our Lives".
Meet Unhappy Jack
Jack is on The Old Diet Trail. She has several things that have contributed to her dismal mood, one being that her parents wanted a son and got a daughter, instead. Therefore, the name Jack.
But today, Jack's mood is not due to her obtuse dislike for her name, rather for being stuck in the mud on The Old Diet Trail. Her journey from hell began three short weeks ago when she had been unable to snap the button on her low riders, boot-cut jeans. It was tragic. Jack decided that she wasn't going to wait a moment longer to hop onto The Old Diet Trail.
The first week was less fun than a giraffe visiting a low-ceiling cave. The second week, Jack was certain that she was going nuts because she kept imagining that she was seeing chocolate colored sprinkles in her yard when in actuality she was seeing ant mounds. Lucky for her, she didn't take a taste.
Week three was worse than a bout of constipation with no prunes in sight. On Thursday, Jack surrendered to one of the Weight Loss Demons that she encountered on The Old Weight Loss Trail, a stale crème centered object surrounded with golden sponge cake. She was immediately catapulted back into the Land of Milk & Honey Buns.
Why did Jack's diet fail? Because there was no hoppy in her diet.
Meet Thrilled Jill
Three months ago, Jill visited a local Theme Park and took a ride on The Fast Six Inch Worm.
Lucky Jill got to ride in the front seat. However, when the Worm sailed off the last high steel hill, the young man working the rides was almost unable to manually stop the ride.
If not for the parachute fastened onto the back of the Worm, we might be writing a eulogy rather than this masterpiece of a story.
Nonetheless, the traumatic and dramatic experience flooded Jill's head with wondrous diet imaginings and she decided to hit The Old Diet Trail.
She associated her desire to ditch the unwanted 30+ pounds with the out-of-control experience she'd faced with the Fast Worm. She decided that she wanted to regain control of her life, control of what she put into her mouth from that moment forward.
She went to the dollar store and marched right past the bottles of miracle weight loss drugs, going straight for the section containing cheap but snazzy looking journals. When she got home she labeled her new journal, "Jill's Diet Journal", a very unique and original title for a diet journal.
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The first section, Jill used to outline her overall goals such as final weight loss goal.
The second section she would use to track and monitor her weight loss success.
In the third section of her journal, she wrote out all of the foods that she loved to enjoy. Slowly, she penciled in recipes that incorporated healthier ingredients to make the foods that she enjoyed.
Jill decided to focus on a good fast 1-mile walk every day, which she planned to enjoy in a nearby park. On those bad-weather days, she planned to walk at the local mall.
In addition, Jill decided that she needed a hobby to take her mind off of thinking continually about her diet. She loved drawing, so she returned to the dollar store and picked up a drawing pad and pencils.
The guy that checked her out made a comment that Jill looked a bit thinner than when he'd checked her out a couple of weeks ago. Jill smiled and tipped him a penny, then headed for home.
For the next 2 and 1/2 months, Jill focused intently on her diet and her outlets. She faced many Weight Loss Demons as she meandered along on The Old Diet Trail. One looked like a frightening Orville Redenbacker but turned out to be a harmless Orville Smart Pop. My, how Jill loved Orville! And how Orville loved Jill's thighs and hips! He was so kind to her, melting them slowly away....
Jill was so hoppy! She was enjoying her daily jaunts, enjoying her healthier recipes, enjoying feeling lighter and looking leaner. Jill was truly hoppy hopping down The Old Diet Trail and hoppily met all of her weight loss goals!
In Summary - When one is dieting, they need all the ammo they can get to fight off those lurking Weight Loss Demons hiding on The Old Diet Trail. Therefore, several key words pop to mind such as:
- Plan
- Fun activities
- Busy mind
- Healthy recipes
- Smart choices, Smart Pop
- HOPPY!
The hoppier you are while hopping down The Old Diet Trail, the more apt you'll be to succeed! Happy Hopping!
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