Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Purging of the Pantry (day 3)

Okay so yesterday after I got home from work I started to tackle this most crucial of tasks.  In order for me to lose some weight, I not only have to get moving(which is still a work in progress) but I also have to stop eating crap. That's right, I said it. I've been eating CRAP!  It's just so easy I tell myself.  Why should I pay $5.00 for the fruits and veggies when I can get FIVE bags of Chips or 25 cookies for that price.  Making my money go farther.  When the truth is, if I had picked up the 3lb bag of apples or oranges I wouldn't be writing this blog telling the world my weight!  I digress. So I cleaned out the pantry.  This is what I found:



I filled two bags and gave that food to my family down the road (Thanks Maesha for taking all that crap to your house! )  I'm sure the kids had a field day.
So some things did go back into the pantry.  My OCD totally came out in the placing of the items back in.  Take a look:
You can't really tell from here but all of the tuna cans are the exact same way and the jars are all facing the same way.  I can tell someone has been in the pantry since yesterday because the peter pan on the third shelf is out of place.
So how does this help me with my weight loss you ask?  Well I'm not like most people.  I know that if it's easy to get I'm going to just get it.  So by removing it out of the house I am making it harder for me to just go in the pantry and get that bag of  yummy chips. I have made my list of foods to bring into the house and I will be getting them this week.  This I am discovering is a process and I have to do things one step at a time.  In the past I've just jumped right in and it hasn't stuck with me.  So this time I'm changing it up a little.  If I can add or subtract a few things at a time instead of all at once I believe that I can make this life change.
But through this purging (if you will) I think I may have stumbled on the type of change I can most easily make.  I'm going to try clean eating.  I've been reading everything I can to help me along my way and I've seen this several times.  If it goes bad it's good for you, If it doesn't it's not.
So for my jump off point (like this blog isn't the biggest jump off point in the world), I am going to try and only eat things that fit that saying.
Stay tuned....
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4 comments:

  1. Monica GehllarJanuary 25, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    I know you and I talked about the comfort thing with having stuff in the cupboard, girly. You are doing the right step. It's the first thing that LL cool J does in his work out book LOL. Fill it up with the good stuff ;) xoxo

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  2. UnknownJanuary 26, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    WOW!!! That was a lot of nothing. If you hungry there was nothing in there you could really eat. I'm happy you are taking these steps to better yourself. We just want you to live a better life.

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  3. RHODIEJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    @Monica,
    It was hard to get rid of the comfort foods. Just having a bare pantry is a little unnerving. But I've filled the kitchen with apples, bananas, cherries, grapes. So as long as I keep those foods around I shouldn't miss my chips so much. LOL. I also got some carrots and celery and little individual servings of hummus. GO ME!

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  4. Tiff For TatJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    I bet this felt like a nice cleanse! What a great first step!!!

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