People make promises to themselves every day.
"Today, I will go to the gym."
"I will not eat fast food."
"I will not eat an entire pint of Ben 'n Jerry's in one sitting."
The list goes on. The problem is that we so often break our promises. I wrote "Do NOT eat fast food" on a sticky note and posted it in my car. As I sat and ate my Double Quarter Pounder, I would look at the note and tell myself, "next time". At any given time in the last 6 months, you could have found 2-3 empty fast food bags from 3 different places. I am sick of breaking promises! I finally had everything align, my desire for change, my willingness to commit and the internal drive to achieve success.
Today marks two weeks since I last ate fast food. Some days it was a challenge because (1) I am on the road a lot and fast food is convenient and (2) I really love french fries. As a child, I wanted french fries for breakfast (as an adult I totally did that on weekends). The problem is that french fries and the burger that most often accompanies it really like me too. They succeeded in adding nearly 15 lbs to my frame in four months. French fries are not worth that, so they had to go.
Ten months ago, I stopped drinking soda and even though I still occasionally dream about having one, my life is better off without it. I am down to 1/2 to 1 cup of black coffee and up to 60-80 ounces of water a day. I had no idea water could make you feel so good! I thought reducing my caffeine intake would be brutal (10 months ago with soda, it was), but dropping from 5-6 cups of coffee with creamer has been a breeze.
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