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hushIf you have been reading this blog for a while – or just know me – you know that I start things on Mondays. Call it my little obsession, but I have always felt this need to start things on Mondays.

Now I break the habit.

I know I’ve talked up new diet plans before, but I feel like I could really have a winner this time. Between meal replacement and exercise taking care of the physical and a technique called EFT taking care of the emotional, I feel like this well-rounded approach could very well see me to my goal weight by this time next year. (At this point, I’m shooting for 170 pounds, which is 94 pounds down from my highest weight.)

Before starting a new diet or plan, I usually give myself a few days to take in (aka eat) whatever I might miss while on the plan. But, if you think about it, that is really the start of the plan. If you start a plan with letting yourself have whatever you want, then are you really going to last?

Anyway, day one did consist of doing meal replacement during the day and having a normal meal for dinner, but that’s it. Full on to the plan now.

The thing about this time is that I battled my initial emotions (including an obsessive battle with a “need” for cookies) with the EFT program. That made me feel all the more comfortable about getting started straightaway.

Plus, as Mr. JM said, “You always started on Mondays in the past, but you haven’t stuck to doing them either.”

He wasn’t being critical. He was just pointing out that sometimes you have to ditch ALL the old habits to get the results you want.

Let’s hope, hm?


2 Responses to “Starting on Friday”

  1. Hanlie Says:

    Good luck!

  2. JM Says:

    Thanks!

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