Good vs. Evil...

The battle that dates back to Adam and Eve with the apple...

With Good and Evil comes negotiation.  Sometimes the negotiation is with yourself... 

When I made the decision to eat healthier last year, I had to pronounce my freedom from "dieting"...I joke referncing a book I read that called this being a "diet survivor".  I can honestly say I AM A DIET SURVIVOR!!  Why????  What makes you a survivor?  I've finally stopped looking at food as good vs. evil.  There are healthy choices but food isn't good or bad to me anymore.  It is amazing how freeing this is...  To enjoy a dounut with no guilt.  To eat a few french fries and focus just on how good they taste, not on them being BAD!  To have a bagle b/c that is just what I wanted to eat.  The BEST part???  I don't need to cheat!!!  There is no cheating when you are free from that mentality.  You just eat what you want and make healthier choices not b/c you HAVE to but because you WANT to!!!  Try it, you'll like it :)

The Negotiation comes when you enjoy everyhting in moderation and eat mostly whole, non processed, healthy foods.  If I know I'm going to enjoy something I wouldn't normally eat, like homemade pasta or a yummy dessert, I eat super healthy the rest of the day but I certainly enjoy that treat when I want to...

I LOVE being a Diet Survivor

I loved my whole wheat bagle this morning too...with a little light cream cheese, tomato and salt/pepper.

 I forgot to take a picture of my salad until it was almost gone :)  My mid morning apple was camera shy too.

 after a walk outside (it was 65 degrees today) I enjoyed a veggie burger with pickels :)

  dinner was tacos, I had black beans instead of meat

Then I did 2+ miles with Lynn.  It got really chilly tonight, brrr and we did run last night in the rain (thunder and lightening)  EEEK!!  It felt great :)

Time for me to go to bed Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

TTFN