more to think about

I was reading an article the other day about Monica Seles, the tennis star. I hadn't heard her name in several years but I came across an article about her battle with weight. Who knew? Certainly not me. You think tennis star, okay she is fit for life. Not so with Monica. After the infamous stabbing she was out of the spotlight for a while and her Father was dying from Cancer. Her weight gain was only about 20 pounds but to an athlete it was extra hard for her. She practiced and worked out 8 hours a day. Can you imagine how much she had to eat to actually put on that weight after all that exercise. She said that she gorged on pizza, pasta, chip & specialties of whatever foreign city she was in! She said she got it together because she was fed up and ashamed of her image. The one thing that really stuck out to me was that she had a "20 second rule", she said when she grabbed a bag of chips she had to wait 20 seconds before she opened them, That allowed her to ask herself if she was really hungry or what she was actually hungry for. She has since shed her weight and back in top form. It was really exciting because anything that helps the mental aspect of weight loss I am always looking for. Try it, I know I will!