I admire you all you’ve told us. I think my problem is that I love food so well, maybe I just don’t have the willpower to give up all these delicious foods. I love milk even though I do drink 1% and I don’t drink a whole lot of it. I love grilled cheese sandwiches...there’s the cheese and butter. I am warming up leftover Spaghetti for my supper....and I’m sure there’s a million things wrong with that. If I were a young 48, maybe I could start over but I wonder if I could do it now.
What I will give myself credit for is that I’m honest....LOLOL! (and hungry).
I used to eat cheese everyday.
Milk, eggs.
If I was out of them, I’d have to get some.
Funny how after I stopped eating the few things I shouldn’t, I felt so good, I don’t ever want those things again. Ever. Well, OK, maybe I’ll miss the butter! LOL!
I cut butter out of my diet immediatally, and switched to olive oil.
I cut out fried foods and red meat - except for occasionally.
In one month, my cholesterol count dropped 60 points. The doc said he would not 'push' the RX and told me to continue what I was doing, and recommended the South Beach Diet.
I must say - I LOVE South'n cookin'. I grew up on it. I try to eat more healthy now, but every once in awhile, I *cheat* (like P F Chang's Calamari) or tempura at the Japanese Restaurant.
In the past year - I have not even used a pound of butter. (I have always avoided margarine - because flys will not TOUCH it - but they will eat poop!)
I figured if a FLY prefers POOP to marjorine, it couldn't be good for me! But, I now use marjorine (in small amounts) and feel fine.
(I avoid the poop, too!)
My dear jaycee...it's not willpower we lack...it's WON'T power! ;)