I was doing the reading on the home page (the one that moves you from bronze to silver to gold and beyond) and came across the "what style of eater are you"....It got me thinking about what it was like growing up in my house.

My mom was very much the "stay at the table until all the food was gone" type of mom. What I didn't finish at the table was put in the fridge and then presented to me at the next meal. I'm not sure about the rest of you but when you have meatloaf and potatoes for dinner the last thing you want to do is eat that for breakfast the next morning. I became a star member in the "clean plate club"...this remains true to this day.

I'm also a "bigger is better" type of eater. The bigger slice of pizza, the bigger piece of cake...if it comes in a bigger size I want it. Combine the two : Clean plate club and BiB and you've got yourself the makins for a big old mess.

While I still struggle with these issues (last night I ate more bread than I should have and I ate out of the food bowl even though I had food on my plate), I'm still making small changes that have had a big impact. My intake of diet coke went from 3 - 4 cans a day to almost nothing (I did have a diet coke at costco this past Sunday) over the past month. My snacking on cookies, candy, chocolate and any other "not so good for you" kind of stuff at work is down to absolutely nothing. Its replaced by apples, pretzels, fruit cups and granola bars. Ordering out for dinner (pizza and chinese food) is replaced by Papa Murphy deLite pizzas and subway (minus the cheese and mayo!!) and is happening less frequently. My taking the stairs and avoiding elevators has turned into treadmill time which turned into starting a c25k program this week.

I'm physically feeling better. Motivated to get out into the world. Motivated to move. Motivated to end my membership to the clean plate club and end my BiB way of thinking. 10 lbs down and not stopping anytime soon!