Thankfulness is often a matter of perspective.

Here it is, the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
It feels to me like the Holiday season has begun.

When I woke up this morning, I didn't want to step on the scale.
I didn't feel like dieting. 
I felt like "taking a break". 
I felt like giving myself permission to eat whatever I want,
whenever I want, in whatever amounts that I want.

That's what I FELT like doing...
but that's not the behavior choice I'm making.

My behavior choice is to step on the scale, see what it says
and write down the number to be added to the graph I keep of my daily weights.
To log all of the food I eat into my computer software journal,
and to work towards eating limited amounts of reasonable foods
in a manner that will keep my daily calorie totals
close to or below the total amount of energy that my body burns.

In other words, I'm going to work to continue my dieting lifestyle
through the Holidays...even though I do not feel like it. 
Because....
that is what it takes
to be successful at weight-loss and weight maintenance

For those of you who are following my “Ask Grandma” video series
Click : “Justin Bieber & Michael Jackson" to see my latest video,
which is located in DietHobby under RESOURCES, Videos, Ask Grandma. 

This month I've been suffering from overload.

Not overloaded with too much food, because I've been working hard to avoid that, but rather emotionally overloaded.

Partly this is due to the disruption of my normal routine by my household plumbing emergency and repairs, but a great deal of it is the busy schedule I've been keeping making videos, and answering viewers questions on YouTube.

This YouTube Grandma thing is taking a giant chunk of my time... like almost ALL of it.

The companion DietHobby channel on YouTube now has more than 2000 subscribers. So, I think and write more than ever before, but for right now, most of it is happening on my DietHobby YouTube channel where I'm answering my YouTube Grandbaby's questions about Life-in-general rather than writing about dieting issues here on my website. 

My husband is a Vietnam veteran, and one of the things about that culture that impressed him, was the saying and the attitude..."Buddha Take"... House gone, family gone,... Vietnamese people would just shake their heads open their hands and say "Buddha Take".

That has become a saying in our household when something changes or disappears. "Buddha Take."

I'm striving to achieve a balance, and I believe this will happen,
but it may take awhile.
So, if you come here and wonder what is happening,
where are all the insightful articles about dieting issues, ......... 
"Buddha Take"

Today, I uploaded a video about Selfishness.
I find the saying interesting and thought provoking.

Is it true for all?  I don't know,
Perhaps it is something that is true only some of the time?
Depending on how that truth is applied?  

   Dreams and dedication IS a powerful combination.
Successful weight-loss and maintenance of that weight-loss
takes both of these elements.

If one didn't have the dream,
there would be no incentive or motivation to make it happen.
If one doesn't have the dedication,
one won't follow through with the effort that it takes to make it happen.

  And, make no mistake, a Great Deal of Effort is needed. 
Marketing interests that tell you different are lying to you. 
Yes, they are allowed to do that. 

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