No matter how sleek the marketing, I have, possibly unfounded, a distrust of for-profit diet plans. However, the DVD that accompanied IP did provide support for recovering from my most recent disaster. I had only protein all day, with the exception of a salad and broccoli for dinner. Another noteworthy dictum it offers, differs from most of what is said in dieting but seems to make good sense for me. A diet is a diet; it is not forever. It is stage one in a two stage process, the second being stabilization. Stage one is radical and unbalanced to cut the time needed to achieve a goal. I am proud that since Thanksgiving I have lost eight or nine indisputable pounds. I have changed my eating habits and made eating a conscious activity, for the most part less "uncontrolled". However, as my immediate goal is to fit into that wedding dress, I am open to taking more active measures. I think I needed to hear and it was comforting to hear that I need to "diet for a fixed time" and then apply my eating sensibly plan.
So, did "Controlled Recovery" work, or would the results been the same if I had simply eaten normally today? Who's to say, but... and it's a big but, instead of hammering myself with guilt and possibly succumbing to even greater diaster, I had a strong conviction to follow which took quite little self-control. Specifically, for one day of super control, I was rewarded with a step back into the reasonable realm. Not bad.
In my Year of Eating Wisely, this is a new key to success.
Day 46
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