Who here has ever eaten when hungry, eaten whatever one is hungry for, stopped eaten when no longer hungray, not limited any kinds of food, did not look at food with a label of good vs. bad, healthy vs. unhealthy and lost weight doing so?
I have. 16 years ago. I followed this mindset, and walked 2 times a week. That was all my plan contained. Well, I did pray and seek guidance on knowing my body and it's need. On seeing my body as a gift and one that deserved to be at a healthy weight. I lost 25 lbs and did not regain it until I got pregnant, and then pregnant again 16 months later. Now, 14 years later I am facing the fact that I have not lost weight again by any means I have attempted. So, I think I need to go back to what worked. I know there are foods that are better than others, and some things called food that are really just processed junk.
When I don't worry about any of that, but instead listen to what my body is telling me, I tend to fuel it up with just enough, at just the right time, and don't over fill and waste the fuel. Think of a cars gas tank. It only holds so much, and any more spills out on the ground. If you go too long without refueling it runs out of gas and it stops. Pretty simple. I don't get stressed over "blowing it" with the wrong foods, because once I stopped worrying about what I can't ever have again, or must wait until the weekend to eat, or ___________, I eat a bite or two, a chip or three, wait until I'm truly hungry, stop when I'm not then I did not gorge until I was full or overly crave anything because it was all available to choose from.
Anyway, this just got me to thinking about it all and I think it is time to shift my thinking back to that and add the walking time into a day or two to get this body moving and stretching. I will feel better if these kinks were worked out and I don't want to overdo and quit, so on I go to what did work and hopefully will again.
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