One week down 51 to go

Well I've made it seven days. No real obvious effects as of yet, other than being pleased with myself for sticking with it. I've tried to think of some ground rules. Basically, I won't eat anywhere with a drive through. I will eat at restaurants on occasion. Also, I'm not sure about donuts. My kids and I like to splurge on a donut now and then at Shipley's Donut, which technically does have a drive through. Hmmm...I'll have to think about that one. Well, that's it for now. I'm sure I'll come up with some more rules or compromises along the way....but I'll hopefully more rules and less compromises.

The Goal - Day One

The evening was enjoyable; a night of games, laughing, and ringing in the new year. I was just settling into bed a little after 1 am and as I begin to fall asleep I start to have horrible stomach cramps. "What's wrong with me?", I thought. I had felt fine all night. As the cramps continued I start cataloging my day's food intake. First I start with my last meal of the day...okay I did have a fair amount of candy during my evening of fun...but I never get pains like this from candy. Then I think back to dinner...no...not dinner. I made my favorite meal of Bistro Select Sausage, potatoes and apples. I know, it sounds awful...but it is truly delightful...my husband's discovery. No, definitely not dinner. Lunch...???? Ah ha...McDonald's. As I recall my meal from lunch I remember watching the cooks in the back handling my food, glove free...which I hate...who knows where their hands have been or if they even wash them. Beside the fact the I didn't agree with how it was prepared...it isn't the best choice for a balanced meal. "Oh why do I do this to myself?", I thought. This certainly wasn't the first time I had the beginnings of food poisoning. As I started feeling worse and worse, my body started remembering my most recent bout with food that didn't agree with me. Then my nerves set in and I start shaking and my jaw chatters. I'm sure I will be spending most of the night either on or over the throne. Then I ask myself again, "Why do I do this to myself?" I give in to my laziness and poor planning and allow not only myself but my family to consume the pathetic excuse for food...fast food. But no more, I'm done...well at least for a year. As I layed in bed reflecting on my poor choices in food, I decide to commit myself to a year of no fast food. Once the decision was made my body relaxed and I slowly drifted to sleep. I woke up this morning completely surprised that I made it through the night without making a run to the bathroom and determined to stick with the decision I had made the night before. So I know this isn't the first time I've decided to give up fast food, heaven knows I tell myself that every time I spend the night sleeping by the toilet, but this is the first time I am making a plan to help me stick with it. What better time to start than the beginning of the year? Although knowing my track record with resolutions I don't think I've actually completed any. At any rate, I will make a plan and pray I can stick with it.

Step one, make myself accountable....hence the blog. I am going to journal my progress on the blog and also make sure that I have something in writing that I have to live up to. Step two be prepared. I need a plan for the plan on that one. I will make a menu and a better schedule for my outings. If I'm going to run errands I will think ahead of time if my errand will run into a meal time and figure out first how and what I will eat, rather than in between errands stop at a drive through. That is what scares me most...I'm not only going to have to change my eating habits, but my whole mind set...can I really do this?????? I must...I will!!!! Step three, I don't know yet. I'm sure there is more to this than I realize at this point, and I think a lot of it I will have to figure out along the way. All I know is that I'm a person who eats fast food at least three to five times a week and that is going to stop. I'm still fuzzy on the details of how this will effect my family and how much of this I will make my family endure, specifically my husband. He eats out for lunch and usually breakfast everyday. If I really wanted to commit to changing the habits of my family it will require me to make his breakfast and lunch everyday, because he certainly won't have the commitment I have and do it himself, it's just not important to him. Well, like I said still fuzzy on the details. Wish me luck...I need it!