Wednesday, June 10, 2009
How important is food to you?
Where is food on your priority list? If it's at the top you may be a food junkie! I've learned not to center everything around food. Graduations=food, Anniversaries=food, Birthdays= food, Good news=food, Bad news =food...well guess you get the message. We are social creatures and food is enjoyable and that's why it seeps into every part of our lives. Even when you die there's a REPAST, but that's one meal you won't have. Okay enough of my attempt at humor. All I am saying here is when you are struggling to lose weight and wonder why the pounds aren't falling off think about your social life. How many slices of birthday cake have you had this week, how many office meetings have you been to where you didn't pass on the donuts, or gone to the movies and dove in the the heart attack in a bucket they call popcorn? You must consider every morsel you put in your mouth. If you are like me and always had to dig into the kids Happy Meal fries or finish off the few bites they left behind but think you are on track you are fooling yourself. The best thing to do when you don't realize what you are eating during the course of a day is to start a food journal. Carry a small spiral notebook in your purse, back pocket, car, desk drawer. Basically have it everywhere you go and write down every meal and snack. This will help you see the time of day you may tend to pig out or if you are skipping meals which of course will just make you over eat when you do get a chance to eat. Try it for a couple of days and then evaluate what you have written & make the necessary changes in your diet.
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