Day by day is how you live the weight control lifestyle.  One good day after another turns into a good week.  Three or four good weeks in a row and a month has been completely and fully lived.  Paying attention to what you are eating and making that an important part of your life can be very rewarding and worthwhile.  Paying attention to the constructive things you are doing every day in service of your goals and values…..wonderful.  It doesn’t make it any less difficult.  Controlling your body’s weight takes discipline, but very little willpower.  

By discipline I mean work.  The work of controlling your body is difficult but fulfilling and achievable.  Discipline also means you are doing a little every day.  Willpower is different.  Willpower in its negative sense means you are forcing yourself to do something.  It won’t last because you can’t force yourself forever. When controlling your weight, you don’t want to be using a lot of willpower.  You want your system to be self reinforcing and attractive.  Part of that is in the mind.  You create a new image of yourself who is in control, and live as is you are that person.  Your body then slowly catches up to the person you are now.

I am a person who cooks and eats delicious foods….just not too much of them.  I relish the fulfillment that comes with getting hungry and then satisfying that hunger with a controlled amount.