Eat This... Not That...

Ok, so you remember when I posted about not wanting to resist those delicious Girl Scout Cookies? (Click HERE to refresh your memory.) 

Yes, yes, I know... it comes down to will power. Why is it when I can be SO stubborn about other things, I can't resist FOOD! It's ridiculous how quickly my resolve melts away when I see, or smell, or even THINK about something scrumptious! Downright shameful even...

So I'm launching on a new adventure... well ok, not entirely NEW. Maybe rediscovered? Well, maybe not even that because I'm pretty sure this is on my list of 2012 New Years Resolutions.

Whatever you want to call it... I'm changing something, and that something is... FOOD. Not changing food itself, just what I eat. Maybe not even WHAT I eat... but how MUCH I eat. 

I want to train my eyes, and my nose, and my everything else... to have a smaller appetite, if that's possible. You know this food-addiction is ingrained in my DNA so this is going to be hard, but I have you to cheer me on, right? And if all else fails I'll go get hypnotherapy or something...

Anyway, if I see this... 

I'll eat this instead...

Yes, that picture up there is HOMEMADE lasagna and the one below that is avocado & tomato salad... and YES, that day I ate very large servings of BOTH! 

Case in point... why I want to try this new eating-slash-portion-control-slash-experiment.

Drumroll please... 

"Rules" of new experiment:

1. Choose the healthier option, if available.
2. Eat half of what my eyes and brain are telling me to eat.
3. Drink more water and less everything else: cokes, tea, juice, etc. This is a big one because I hate plain water, YUCK-O.
4. Last but not least: No eating in front of the TV so I can keep track of how much consumption is going on...

"Exceptions" to rules of new experiment:

1. I will eat what hubby makes for dinner... no matter what it is. This is where portion control comes in.
2. I will not totally cut out guilty indulgences... because if I do, I'll wind up obsessing about them all day, and all night, and all week, and all month... and... you get the point.

And if this works for a week or two, I'll think about adding more "rules". 

Come on guys... Let's do this...