A Heated Debate With My Brain - Sandwich Diet Day One...

So today I have started out on my new 'improved' weight loss journey of discovery. Discovering my slim, healthy, fit self. The key to successul dieting is keeping yourself motivated. I believe in the power of our own mind. I believe that our brain is listening. I believe that our subconscious mind has all the long forgotten memories & experiences, so each time we think of something, experience something, our subconscious mind brings those thoughts & feelings back to relive...

If I constantly think of dieting as 'Doomed to fail' All diets have failed. I am hungry. I feel restricted. This food is forbidden...Blah-Blah-BLAH!...'I HATE THIS!!!'...Well I am setting myself up 'To fail!'

Brain. I don't feel that way. How do I feel? Motivated. Energised. Enthusiastic as I set out on my last diet of my fat life 'ever'...

I can feel the niggling doubt already. I can imagine my subconscious mind, going through its vast filing system. Diets. You failed at slimming world X amount of times. Weight watchers X amount of times. Don't get me started on slimfast, calorie counting, atkins...Blah! Blah! Blah! So you think this will be somehow different to all those other times...

No! Sorry, brain. It is time to except the inevitable. I love eating sandwiches. I get imense pleasure from being able to just make a sandwich. Using healthy foods, because healthy sandwiches are so easy. Avocado, salad, tomatoes...Turkey, chicken, prawns in cocktail sauce. Okay! Brain. Stop nagging. I know. High calories. High fat. Probably has that drug, sugar in it, but...Portion control!

I am restricted to 4 sandwiches & what I can fit in a sandwich, but I feel full, satisfied. There is no forbidden foods 'Literally' Yeah! Okay! Brain. Sweet & sour chicken balls, with special friend rice in a sandwich...Why not? How about 2 chicken balls cut up, a dash of sweet & sour, in my sandwich. Yum! 

I want chips? A chip butty. I love chip butties with salad cream. As long as I stay with in my 8 slices of bread allowance. No. That is 8 small loaf slices. Not big thick slices {Rolls my eyes} All I am saying; Brain. Is...I am eating healthy, tasty, filling, satisfying food. Portion controlled. My sandwiches are around 300-400 calories each. I am eating lower calorie, lower carbs, lower fat, less sugar. Less processed foods...

I say less, because obviously most breads have preservatives, sugar, salt...but...I am reducing, minimising, eating in moderation. Not going cold vegan & massively changing my lifestyle, from loving food, enjoying food, to...Veggie, fruit 'OVERLOAD!!!' Obssessed with food! Ugh!

I don't mean to be argumentative & condesending, Brain...but...Very big BUTT!...I know what I am doing is the right way to go. I don't need you to go through years of dieting, food mishaps to remind me of the errors of my fat ways. Been there, done that, wearing a bigger size t-shirt...

My sweet tooth? What of it? I am choosing to start out on a fresh new journey. All the old baggage. You keep it hidden. I don't need to feel like a failure before I start. Or 'Oh great! Deprivation!' There is no deprivation. No foods are forbidden. I have enough food to get all the nutrition to heal my body...

So are you going to slam me with a out of my control 'SUGAR CRAVING!!!'...Hmmmm? Because basically. That is you, Body. Being a selfish jerk....YOU MUST EAT SUGAR & NOT STOP BECAUSE YOU DARED TO THINK YOU COULD DIET!!! UGH!!! 

NO! Time out brain. Take my subconscious mind & chillax. So I'm dieting. I do need to lose all my excess fat & drop all my excess inches. Not just for vanity reasons. No. For my health. For the quality of my life. I intend to see all my grandchildren grow up, to have children of their own. I intend to live to be 100+ years young...

Years wasted? Is that what you want me to think? Why bother? Really? Get the fook over self, Brain. Oh! So now you are going to argue back & send in a loud growl...Oh! Wow! & a pain in my stomach...Hmmmm? Fair enough! I'll have coffee. Black 'zero' calories, fat, carbs, points, syns 'WHATEVER!' I know. I am probably just thirsty. I'll have some water too...

See. Brain. I am listening. I am learning. I appreciate you. I am grateful for the ability to be able to diet anyway I want...

Was that a agreeable growl? Okay! Coffee time...