When I started this blog, I had no real weight loss goals; I still don't. The idea was to eat mindfully, and just be aware of what was actually being consumed.
Through the progression of my blog, I've calmed down on taking pictures, and documenting everything. I've started and stopped counting calories numerous times. I've stopped really mindfully eating.
What I mean is, when I first started, I would sit around, wait until I got hungry, and then eat. I would make sure the screen was off, the picture was taken, and I checked in to see just how hungry I was. Half way through my meal I checked in again.
I don't really do that anymore.
It was effective: I slowed my roll on binging almost immediately. Sometimes it was really difficult to figure out why I was trying to find something to eat when I could clearly tell I wasn't hungry. But the biggest thing that happened was, I would allow myself to become so hungry I thought I would pass out before I was able to remedy it.
Then slowly the screens stayed on while I was eating. The checking in didn't happen because my general eating habit stayed "relatively the same", it was routine to eat the same 4 items every day. It became mindless again.
So, where am I at now?
Eating Mindfully helped get me back on track, and in touch with myself. Its been a great tool to help put me back on even footing when it comes to eating. However, if I were being honest with myself and my blog, I have a number in the back of my head that I want to get to, and maybe one or two lower than that. If I were being honest, I don't believe eating mindfully is going to get me there; at least not on its own.
If I don't want to count points or calories or making silly rules about when and where I can eat certain food groups (because, lets be honest: I tried that too and have failed miserably at it) then what am I left with? How do I get to where I want to go?
To be honest, I don't really want to change. Or I do, but not from what I've said I'm going to do, but actually be consistent in doing what I've said I'm going to do. I need constant urging "this is why you do what you do".twit
The punishment for reverting to old ways is staying fat and getting fatter. Plain and simple.
I want to move forward and try something new. Some new, and short term, just to prove I can. (can you see where I'm going with this?) Based on the way I feel physically when I don't drink milk, or consume dairy products, I've decided starting on July 5th, to eat the vegan way for at least one month.
Yesterday, (the 5th) I had watermelon and black bean tacos with avocado salsa, and then a bowl of special k red berries and chocolate soy milk. For this month, I'm going to try to get back into photographing food, and blogging it.
Today I've had a left over taco and kale chips. It'll be interesting to see how my body adjusts. Wish me luck!
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Through the progression of my blog, I've calmed down on taking pictures, and documenting everything. I've started and stopped counting calories numerous times. I've stopped really mindfully eating.
What I mean is, when I first started, I would sit around, wait until I got hungry, and then eat. I would make sure the screen was off, the picture was taken, and I checked in to see just how hungry I was. Half way through my meal I checked in again.
I don't really do that anymore.
It was effective: I slowed my roll on binging almost immediately. Sometimes it was really difficult to figure out why I was trying to find something to eat when I could clearly tell I wasn't hungry. But the biggest thing that happened was, I would allow myself to become so hungry I thought I would pass out before I was able to remedy it.
Then slowly the screens stayed on while I was eating. The checking in didn't happen because my general eating habit stayed "relatively the same", it was routine to eat the same 4 items every day. It became mindless again.
So, where am I at now?
Eating Mindfully helped get me back on track, and in touch with myself. Its been a great tool to help put me back on even footing when it comes to eating. However, if I were being honest with myself and my blog, I have a number in the back of my head that I want to get to, and maybe one or two lower than that. If I were being honest, I don't believe eating mindfully is going to get me there; at least not on its own.
If I don't want to count points or calories or making silly rules about when and where I can eat certain food groups (because, lets be honest: I tried that too and have failed miserably at it) then what am I left with? How do I get to where I want to go?
To be honest, I don't really want to change. Or I do, but not from what I've said I'm going to do, but actually be consistent in doing what I've said I'm going to do. I need constant urging "this is why you do what you do".twit
The punishment for reverting to old ways is staying fat and getting fatter. Plain and simple.
I want to move forward and try something new. Some new, and short term, just to prove I can. (can you see where I'm going with this?) Based on the way I feel physically when I don't drink milk, or consume dairy products, I've decided starting on July 5th, to eat the vegan way for at least one month.
Yesterday, (the 5th) I had watermelon and black bean tacos with avocado salsa, and then a bowl of special k red berries and chocolate soy milk. For this month, I'm going to try to get back into photographing food, and blogging it.
Today I've had a left over taco and kale chips. It'll be interesting to see how my body adjusts. Wish me luck!
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2 comments:
Good luck! It's important to find out what works for you. It's a never ending journey for me :)
@safire Thanks! Its been quite the journey for me too!
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