Paradigm Shift

Ah, yes. Now I get it. It's a lesson I keep learning and every day I get another chance to get it right. Also, another chance to screw it up, but I'm not focusing on that! It's a lesson about food. And there's SO MUCH information about what to eat, when to eat, and how to eat it that is overwhelming and often conflicting. But when you boil it down, it gets very simple. Burn more calories than you consume. Eat what your body needs. Let me repeat that.

Eat for fuel. Simple. Don't eat when you feel like it, don't eat when you're hungry, don't eat because others are, don't eat because you happen to be in the kitchen!

See? Simple. I did not say easy!! But as soon as I got back in weight loss mode where I was paying attention to what I eat I recognized the different mindset toward food. I started posing different questions that were very telling. Instead of walking into the kitchen and wondering 'What is there to eat?'. I would go in the kitchen only when it had been 2 1/2 or 3 hours since I'd last eaten. I would wonder 'What does my body need now?' If I just exercised the answer was water and protein. Pretty much any other time I made sure to ask 'Have I had my 5 servings of fruit and veggies yet?' If the answer was no then that's what I would head for first.

It's a consciousness that was missing for the last two or three weeks. I don't intend to let it get too far away from me again. I can't let eating be recreational or social or unconscious again. EVER. Therein lies the path to a giant ass, my friend. Yes, it's true, you'll get your boobs back too but I'd rather buy a padded bra!