How are you moving into the New Year? Are you full of regrets of your holiday eating? Judgment about your weight?
LET IT GO!!!!!
The mindful approach to weight loss is all about letting go of judgment, both for the kinds of food you eat and for yourself. Guilt, shame and anger don't work as a long term weight loss strategy.
Have you seen the commercials for the Taco Bell Drive Thru Diet? That woman did not lose her weight because she was eating high quality food -- she was losing weight because she was eating fewer calories that she had been in the past. You could create a Twinkie Diet if you wanted to -- you would just need to eat fewer Twinkie calories than the total number of calories you have been eating. (I am not endorsing Twinkies -- don't get the wrong impression -- anything with that long of a shelf life probably isn't a food you want as a staple)
Who would have thought a person could lose weight eating at drive thru's?? Even if you haven't actually watched Super Size Me, we all understand the idea that fast food makes us fat. BUT, it doesn't. LOTS of fast food makes us fat. And most restaurant food (fast or not) is designed to give us a feeling of monetary value (huge portions to justify the larger price tag). But if you ate the portion size your body needed at that time (based on hunger and fullness cues not portion size cues) you would lose weight.
So, it is the first of the year! Get creative with your weight loss solutions. Make small changes and do more of what's working well already.
I've been reading your blogs for quite a while now. In fact, I start each workday with your blog. Mindful eating makes a lot of sense. Who would have thought it would be as easy as that. I'm going to start this new year on the right foot and forget about the number of pounds and just try to be mindful about my eating and maybe a little nicer to myself in the process. Thanks for the great blogs and keep them coming!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are going to be nicer to yourself!!! We all need a little more nice in our lives :) Thanks for letting me know you are enjoying the posts -- your comment made me smile.
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