So far SO good

On February 1st I started taking the samples I went through so much for. It's still early days but things are going well. I'm taking 1 acai berry pill and 1 cleanse aware pill daily and I can say it's working. I have more energy in a good way, nothing like it was when I took Metabolite. Ugh, I was shaky and twitchy and easily started the whole time I took it and I never lost weight.
Of course, I'm not just taking the acai and counting on weight loss, I've also made some changes to my diet... well I made them before I started the acai.
~less fat and sugar
~more vegetables and fruit
~big breakfast, med lunch, small dinner with snacks between
~more water, less soda, coffee, and sweet tea
I've reduced fat by choosing better options instead, like mustard instead of mayo, chicken instead of beef, baked instead of fried. Sugar, well, that one was harder. I love my sugar. I know that sometimes the signal for dehydration and sugar cravings get mixed up so I have a big glass of water and a fruit or handful of crackers. If I still want something sweet later, I have ONE of something. Just about anything I want actually but as long as I make sure it's a single serving it's all ok.
More vegetables and fruit isn't a problem either, I just make a vegetable instead of rice or mashed potatoes or noodles. Or keep the carb and add the veggie to it. And water, pshaw. I drink a 24 ounce glass first thing in the morning with my pills and then another with each meal. It's not hard to cut back on sweet tea when I ahve so much water and I let myself have the soda or coffee once a week as long as the soda is diet. Coffee, Whooee, I have whatever I like!!

All of this talk of "no problem, it's easy" makes you a little suspicious doesn't it? yeah, there has to be SOME issue, something has to be less than easy. Two somethings. #1 - I hate exercising. Yeah, I can do it if I have to, but I will find all sorts of ways to avoid it. I get around it most times by getting my workout through normal daily activities. If I go shopping I'll walk around the store a couple of times or break up the shopping list so that I have to go across the store several times. Shoveling snow, playing with the kids, giving the house a more vigorous cleaning. Still, not getting as much activity as I should.
Bigger problem #2 - I can't eat a big breakfast. I'm trying to eat a big healthy breakfast every day and having such a hard time! I never thought that would be a problem (while I'm not pregnant anyway) but it turns out I hate oatmeal or farina without butter or sugar. I can handle one or the other but not missing both. Not even with cinnamon and apples and currants. It gets a little easier if I just add other foods to it like a breakfast of oatmeal, an orange, and yogurt, but sometimes I want a single meal. Either the meal is too small or not healthy or I just plain don't like it. I'm sure I'll find a small number of breakfasts I like and just keep them in rotation.
In the meantime I'm taking the acai and cleanse aware and they're working. I'm down from 284 to 281. Here's hoping it will keep going this direction!