Food is not your friend
As anyone who cares about me knows, my husband and I have begun to steer ourselves into a healthier direction. We have been "gym people" for a couple of months now, and in the last couple of weeks I have really been trying to focus on changing my eating habits as well.
I LOVE food! And because of this love for food, I HATE diets. So I have really been searching for the happy medium in all of this, and I hope that I have found it. I have been paying very close attention to what I eat, when and why. I have learned a lot about myself this way. I seem to just eat what sounds good at the time, be it healthy or not. I have never been much of a breakfast eater, some days going until noon before my first meal, and then eating clear up until bedtime. I have also discovered that sadly the reason that I eat isn't usually for the sustainability reason that food exists in the first place. I eat because the clock says it's time to eat, I eat because I'm happy, I eat because I'm sad, I eat because I'm lonely; really only once a day I will eat because I am truly hungry. I have not been using food for its intended purpose...until recently.
Now when I am hungry, I try to drink a glass of water first and then wait a few minutes. Then if I am still hungry, I go and eat something...whatever sounds good. I eat it slowly and really just try to enjoy the food and listen to my stomach and I have found that most of the time I am getting full a lot faster than I used to. This has been especially great at restaurants because Steve and I are sharing plates and we are still really full. We went to IHOP on Saturday and split the usual omelet and I only finished half of my half; and I didn't even touch the pancakes! It was crazy because I was starving when we got there and I could wait to eat, and yet I could only finish a portion of my normal meal. I have seen all the news segments and read all the articles saying that portion sizes are out of control and what not, but I never believed it before this experiment. So far so good. The true test will be on the scale, I guess.
I LOVE food! And because of this love for food, I HATE diets. So I have really been searching for the happy medium in all of this, and I hope that I have found it. I have been paying very close attention to what I eat, when and why. I have learned a lot about myself this way. I seem to just eat what sounds good at the time, be it healthy or not. I have never been much of a breakfast eater, some days going until noon before my first meal, and then eating clear up until bedtime. I have also discovered that sadly the reason that I eat isn't usually for the sustainability reason that food exists in the first place. I eat because the clock says it's time to eat, I eat because I'm happy, I eat because I'm sad, I eat because I'm lonely; really only once a day I will eat because I am truly hungry. I have not been using food for its intended purpose...until recently.
Now when I am hungry, I try to drink a glass of water first and then wait a few minutes. Then if I am still hungry, I go and eat something...whatever sounds good. I eat it slowly and really just try to enjoy the food and listen to my stomach and I have found that most of the time I am getting full a lot faster than I used to. This has been especially great at restaurants because Steve and I are sharing plates and we are still really full. We went to IHOP on Saturday and split the usual omelet and I only finished half of my half; and I didn't even touch the pancakes! It was crazy because I was starving when we got there and I could wait to eat, and yet I could only finish a portion of my normal meal. I have seen all the news segments and read all the articles saying that portion sizes are out of control and what not, but I never believed it before this experiment. So far so good. The true test will be on the scale, I guess.
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