Hope,

I am really sorry that I haven't gotten back to you before now. I don't check this site every day, and my email didn't post the reply to the thread.
So, I haven't really "started" my diet yet. As you said, the mental preparedness is the key to any new regimen. So I don't want to set myself up for failure by jumping in before my big grocery trip...I need results and wont have them until I get the good foods in my home.
We've been working every spare minute on our garden, which has been a trial because of my back injury. But it will be so worth it in a couple of months when I have more veggies than I could eat straight from my organic little plot of land. (I just love summertime!)
But it has been a lot of work and when I get my housework done, kids to bed, and kitchen cleaned...I just fall over from exhaustion.
In a couple of days, the worst gardening will be over. Just a bit of weeding and picking the veggies when they come in.
So, I haven't forgotten about you...
The smoking thing is getting easier too, I was noticing how wonderful it has been these last two weeks, being out in the fresh air, and being able to smell the springtime...with no acrid smoke to taint the air, and ruin my sense of smell. And it's been over 2 months now since I quit, so it's getting easier to not replace the behavior. (yesterday, we were leaving Wal-Mart, and I always wanted a smoke after that place...but someone was smoking somewhere and I smelled it...my first reaction was to wrinkle my nose! So progress!!)
Oh, and the one thing I have already started on is water. I hate water, but when I'm outside very much, that's what I want. SO I'll already be good for that when I really start next week. Yay!!

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~holly