Me, too! When I was researching and writing it, I was doubly interested because everything the research found was what I have experienced in my own life.
I am starting with two things:
1. Trying to be conscious about all my eating. Instead of just eating because I'm bored, or need something to do, or am happy, or sad, or angry, etc, I am going to try to be conscious of when and why I'm in the kitchen looking for food. And if I'm not actually hungry, I'm going to try to find another substitute.
2. I'm trying to make better choices. I'm now seeing that the food industry would really LIKE me to just eat as much fat and sugar as they can ram down my throat. They WANT me to super-size. They WANT me to buy the same products over and over again. They WANT the ingredients in their products to increase my need to consume them. Well, I don't want that. So whenever I can, I'm now going to try to make a better decision. I'll try to steer away from the sweet and fat foods, and go for something more natural -- fruit, vegetables, cheese, lean protein. It's not nearly as much fun as chips or candy. But right now I'm pretty mad at the chips and the candy, so I'm hoping to learn from this and change my habits for good.
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RacerWife7,
Me, too! When I was researching and writing it, I was doubly interested because everything the research found was what I have experienced in my own life.
I am starting with two things:
1. Trying to be conscious about all my eating. Instead of just eating because I'm bored, or need something to do, or am happy, or sad, or angry, etc, I am going to try to be conscious of when and why I'm in the kitchen looking for food. And if I'm not actually hungry, I'm going to try to find another substitute.
2. I'm trying to make better choices. I'm now seeing that the food industry would really LIKE me to just eat as much fat and sugar as they can ram down my throat. They WANT me to super-size. They WANT me to buy the same products over and over again. They WANT the ingredients in their products to increase my need to consume them. Well, I don't want that. So whenever I can, I'm now going to try to make a better decision. I'll try to steer away from the sweet and fat foods, and go for something more natural -- fruit, vegetables, cheese, lean protein. It's not nearly as much fun as chips or candy. But right now I'm pretty mad at the chips and the candy, so I'm hoping to learn from this and change my habits for good.
How about you, RacerWife?
March 31, 2010 - 10:35amThis Comment
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