My First Offense

My plea: I confess to the crime of nutritional infidelity in the second degree. Though it was not premeditated, my mid-morning snack of Christmas stocking candy (an entire chocolate bar, containing 300 calories and 17 grams of fat) was a crime of passion. I was completely in my right mind, stopping to look at the nutritional information after eating only two of the six segments of the bar, yet I continued to eat until I finished the entire bar.

I have taken far too much time off from my diet. I wrote a blog for several months, posting almost daily, with diet tips and my weight loss progress. After a while, I realized that I am in no position to give advice on how to lose weight, because I never follow through with my weight goals.

I stopped dieting for a few months, eating what I wanted and over-indulging. I started dieting when I was in 4th grade. At that age, my parents controlled what I ate, so I was successful. I think that all of that control helped me at the time, but it never taught me to make my own choices. I lost weight without having to try, because my meals were planned for me and made for me. As I became more independent, I started wondering why my diets weren't as successful. Perhaps because I had taken the wheel without going to driver's ed. I need to learn how to eat healthy and exercise and hold myself accountable for the choices that I make.

Now, there are going to be consequences for every offense against my body. I will offer myself two options for each crime I commit, a sentence or a plea bargain. If I choose to accept my sentence, I will have to cut extra calories later in the day to equal the calories I used up. If I take a plea bargain, I will make up for my food offense through a combination of additional exercise and cutting calories.

Today, I am taking the plea bargain.

Plea bargain: I will cut 200 calories from my lunch/dinner, and add an exercise that will burn 100 calories, on top of my planned workout.