decisions decisions

So, in an effort to give one big push in the weight-loss area before the wedding, I decided I'd FINALLY start to curb my diet a little bit. I'm sure I've told most people how i feel about diets, but briefly: I think they dieting is pointless because it is a quick fix, but once you go back to normal eating habits (and face it, you will) you'll gain it all back. So my goal was to do this weight-loss thing while monitoring portion sizes and thinking more sensibly about what I eat, but not "dieting" and not cutting things out of my every day eating habits.

Anyhow, I was reading "Shape" magazine and it had an article "how to lose those 10 last pounds" and it has a chart of ways to boost your exercise or boost your diet. Here are the highlights of the diet changes:
1 tablespoon of peanut butter on your toast, not 2
switch the margarita for a wine spritzer
Pass on that roll at dinner
Try your sandwich without cheese
Opt for vinaigrette instead of ranch on the salad

1 out of 5 - is that bad? I have few food-passions...I'm not one of those people who just LOVES to eat, or LOVES much of any kind of food. But the few things that I just LOVE...that I could eat any meal of the day are...bread, ranch dressing, and peanut butter. So, they are asking me to can my only 3 true loves in the food world? To top it off - my favorite alcoholic beverage (of which I enjoy very few these days) is a margarita...you want to take that too? I say I can handle taking off the cheese in my sandwich, because I don't think it makes a huge difference, but my guess would be that also implies no more queso, mac-n-cheese (which i'm enjoying right now for lunch) and all other things cheesy.

So I have a choice. Move to a life of not enjoying food at all for 2 months, or go with my original plan of not altering my eating.

And I think we all know which choice I'll make. now, if you'll excuse me, i have some lunch to eat.