Now some people like to really jump on the bandwagon, go whole-hog, go for the whole shootin’ match and whatever other cliche works here, when they decide to ‘get healthy’. But the problem with the bandwagon is that when you fall off the wagon it’s a long way down. And that’s a huge downer that makes you feel like a loser and usually kills your resolve right there. As I’ve said before sometimes major change just freaks you out.

I think a better strategy is to sneak up on things, make mini-goals and keep it simple. It’s like balancing doing and non-doing in a yoga pose, you need to find a way to ease your way into the change. You need to find methods that will allow you to be a bit of a slacker too. Now that may not be the case for seriously motivated Type A folks but they’re reading something else, right? The key is to assert just a little control over your life so you don’t get lost and freaked out.

I tripped over this website and just love the simplicity of the No S Diet. Now I think diets are evil, because only we can know what kind of food our body is happiest with - but check out the rules:

No Sweets
No Snacks
No Seconds

On any day that doesn’t start with an S. And holidays are included in days that start with S.

I love that - it’s real and management and might actually be something I could adhere to.