Day 159: Failure, or Course Correction?

So, on Sunday I gave up the diet.  That is right, the Cut Diet is a thing of the past for me.  I realized, as I sat down to a beautiful steak and was repulsed by it, that it was time to change my ways.  The thing is, I needed something to give me a boost, and the Cut Diet did that.  The problem is that I just could not eat meat and green beans any more. 

I am sure there are plenty of people that have been able to eat on this diet and do really well.  But I guess I should have not tried to fix something that didn't need fixing.  The fact is, for the last several months, I have just been putting around without being very serious.  This last two weeks has helped me realize just how good I have it with the lifestyle.  I can eat well, enjoy what I eat, and still lose weight.  I just have to be careful.

So, did I fail?  I suppose at a certain level I did.  But, at the same time, I decided long ago that I was not a necessarily a quitter when I stopped doing something that simply did not make me happy.  That does not mean that you quit or don't do something just because it is hard.  On the contrary, hard things, once accomplished, can make us the most happy.  In this case, the Cut Diet drained me of all my energy, made me short and ornery with my family, and did not make me feel as good as I did on Live the Life.  In the end, I just decided that losing the weight was not worth being unhappy.  I think my family may agree with me!