Bye Bye Bacon

Today marks day one of my bacon-free challenge.

It's no secret that I need to drop a few pounds. In the last 2-3 years, my weight has fluctuated between terrible and not completely unreasonable quite a few times. I'll do well for a while, then I hit a target weight and let certain things creep back into my diet. Soon enough, I am back where I started. I know I have the discipline to do it, I just need to stick with it a lot longer than I usually do. Instead of a few weeks or a couple months, I need to look to do this for a few months or a couple years.

Cutting bacon out of my diet seems pretty extreme to anyone that knows me well. I don't eat it very often really....but I do love it. To me it seemed like a good start. I know there aren't any health benefits associated with eating bacon, so it isn't hard to convince myself not to eat it. The next time I will allow myself to have bacon will be New Year's Day, if I stick to all my diet restrictions between now and then.

There will be more steps to come in the near future. I have decided to start by greatly reducing the amount of pork products I eat, and eliminating some (like bacon) altogether. Reducing simple carbs, red meat, and dairy are all on the horizon. These foods aren't doing anything but keeping me in the terrible shape that I am currently in, and I have only myself to blame for eating them.

Now I will have a burger or something here and there....I am not going to stop craving these foods right away, if ever. and I know this. I am going to eat heathier, just not completely healthy I am sure.