5th February 2014
In Italy, they add work and life on to food and
wine. Robin Leach
Well I’ve lost my appetite and totally found someone else’s
this week and that someone else likes to eat more than they need, they also
seem to have a sweet tooth! I don’t know
what’s going on but I’m going with the flow, I know it’ll balance out again it
always does, I don’t really do ‘sweet’ food on a regular basis but yesterday I
had a piece of Weight Watcher fudge, it is good and luckily at 2pp doesn’t
break the bank, the day before I had 4 pieces of dark chocolate leftover from
my baking session, again not excessively high in ProPoints. I’m indulging the cravings because I know if
I don’t it’ll end in a big sweet feast of chocolate and cakes and I’ll end up
feeling a bit sick, this way I get the sweet fix I’m craving and don’t blow the
healthy eating attitude, everything in moderation is okay. As I said to a member last night when she
told me she ‘cheated’ because she’d had a Crunchie bar, that’s not cheating
that’s eating and it’s okay, it’s all food, and it shouldn’t be classed as good
or bad, it doesn’t have a personality, I was reading a book at the weekend and
in it she opted to classify food as ‘real food and pleasure food’ mmm, again
that implies to me that ‘real’ food isn’t pleasurable and I’d have to beg to
differ massively there, nothing is more delicious and pleasurable than a plate
of eggs for breakfast and they’re I’m guessing on her ‘real food’ list, to me
all the food I eat is pleasurable otherwise I wouldn’t eat it. I refuse to eat something just because it’ll
help me lose weight, if it doesn’t taste great – forget it!
In the same book she did talk about ‘want and need’ now
if we could get that sussed we’d all be slim wouldn’t we! However she does make a good point, when you
are hungry, think about both, and consider first what you want to eat, what are
you hungry for, then stop and before you eat it think about your body and what
it needs. Will what you’ve chosen be fuel
for your body as well as enjoyable to eat?
Is there a way of tweaking what you’ve chosen to fulfil both needs. For example my piece of fudge was accompanied
by wholewheat spaghetti Carbonara from the F&H cookbook, not at the same
time of course, the fudge came afterwards.
I’m hungry this week for food, I don’t know if that’s the
time of year, the weather, the fact I can’t shake this lurking head cold,
hormones – who knows, to be honest who cares, I’m hungry for whatever reason and
I can try and ignore it or feed it, but as I said yesterday don’t ignore
hunger, it’s the one fight you’ll never win, hunger will always get you to eat
in the end!
I’m not saying don’t question the hunger, is it real hunger
or is there something else, something other than food that you’re after – maybe
you’re tired or thirsty. I know if the
answer is you’re tired and it’s the middle of the day and you’re sat at your
desk at work, you can’t really go take a lie down, but at the same time eating
a doughnut won’t wake you up either, so acknowledge what’s going on rather than
just ignoring it or even worse deciding you’re just rubbish at dieting!
Every year I struggle with my weight at this time of
year, I definitely have a cycle, one that is continual and because I’ve
acknowledged it, I’m in control of it. I
know there are times when I’ll lose weight, times when I’ll gain and times when
I’ll weigh the same and that’s just fine.
I’ve just looked back over my weight chart and at the beginning of
February since 2010 I have been this exact weight! I then tend to lose half stone through the
year and regain around Christmas, I think this is what I call my happy weight, I
may not be a size ten but I smile a hell of a lot more now than I did then!
I weighed two of my regular members yesterday, one lost
1lb to get to her total of 125lb, an awesome amount you’ll agree, but why it’s
particularly fabulous is because she’s changed her frame of mind, she’s learnt
that food is not the enemy and it’s ok to love herself just as she is, not use
food as a form of punishment by overeating or denying it, this is what’s made
the difference learning to BeYOUtiful and EatGorgeous and enjoy the journey –
no rush! The other lady has lost 41lb
and is now 9lb from her goal, proudly she tells me its taken 15 months but she’s
in it for the long haul, no quick fixes, no giving up, just realism and
enjoyment. I remember asking her last
summer what she’d like to achieve over the kids 6 weeks holidays and her reply
was, “just to still be in the meeting by the end of it”, and she was, she
maintained her weight over the summer and unlike previous years she’d continued
to attend meetings rather than giving up.
Both ladies have “GOT IT”, they’ve made changes that they can keep in
place for the rest of their lives, some weeks good, some bad but overall the
scales are going down, I’m so proud of them, I’m proud of anyone who learns to
love the skin they’re in and doesn’t judge themselves are their body.
Right it’s still dark outside but it’s 6am and I have
work to get ready for and paperwork to do, it’s a busy old life being a leader
and I loves it.
Have a wonderful day, listen to your body but also your
mind and BeYOUtiful. xx
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