Changed forever?

I had dinner with my girlfriends on Thursday night. These girls also started working with a personal trainer around the same time that I started working with Amanda, so we've had a good time talking about our different experiences. At one point during the evening, I told Melissa that "it will be so nice to eat normally again," and I expected her to say "I know what you mean," but her response was interesting. She asked "Do you think you'll ever be able to go back to eating the way you used to?" And the honest answer is, probably not.

I've put a lot of effort into changing my diet over the last month so far, and I'm definitely seeing results, so it would be a shame to just go right back to my old habits and have all this hard work go to waste. The work-outs with Amanda are certainly making a difference too, but even she told me that keeping up with the diet will be the most important thing for me to do to maintain my figure once I move to Cincinnati.

I think the main difference once I'm done working with Amanda is that I will allow myself to cheat a bit more often. If I'm out to dinner with girlfriends, I will most likely still eat a healthy, protein-filled dinner. But I may allow myself to splurge on a yummy dessert once in a while. Right now, I have not been cheating at all unless Amanda actually tells me to (apparently, I need to cheat once in a while to get my metabolism to kick into high gear). I also know that I will have a lot of food catered in once I start working at dunnhumby, and I just have to be smart about which sandwich options I eat. I think the key is just going to be enjoy the foods that I really enjoy, but in moderation. That's the key to healthy eating in general, but since I started working with Amanda, there's been no "moderation" in things like desserts... there's just been none of it.

5 more weeks til Put-In-Bay!