Following my food plan was fairly easy for the last 5 weeks or so since I started.  Good planning helps my willingness to adhere to the plan.  I go shopping twice a week and stick to a planned list.  I take at least one day a week to cook several days worth of food, and I store it in the refrigerator or freezer.  This is especially helpful during the work week when I have less time to devote to preparing and cooking.

I am losing weight.  I do not know how much since I do not have a scale, and furthermore I do not want  to know.  I can just feel it.  It is hard not to focus on the weight loss.  I need to remember that the weight loss is just a side effect, and not the overall goal.  Following this food plan is about so much more than just weight loss.  It is about sanity.  It is about health.  It is about shaking the selfishness and secrecy that surrounds my life when I am obsessing about food.

I have so much weight to lose.  My guess is that it is close to 200 lbs.  That is a daunting amount, and that is another reason not to focus on it.  I do not want to overwhelm myself with thinking about how far I have to go.  The last time I was on this plan I lost around 100 lbs and it took over a year.  Losing the excess weight is not the end goal for the food plan.  This is a lifetime commitment to sanity with food, and it does not stop when I reach a goal weight.  My plan will likely be adjusted by my nutritionist at that point to be a maintenance plan instead of a weight loss plan.  That is a long way down the road, though.