How does it make you feel?

Ever gotten a brain freeze from eating something cold too fast?  (I have)  Ever eaten so many M&M's that you feel sick because you had too much sugar in too short of a time? (Yup)  Ever craved a salad? Or meatloaf or pasta or asparagus?

Have you ever taken time to ask yourself how the food you have just eaten makes you feel?

Have you ever left a table feeling sick, sluggish, weighted down and slow?  You body isn't designed to feel that way.  That is not how you live optimally.

I had a woman tell me she and her kids had been celebrating a life event and eating fun food for awhile when her kids asked her to cook pot roast with potatoes.  Why?  Because if we pay attention, even the most hard-core sugar lovers or fun food lovers will start to crave nutritious foods.

The caveat??? 

You have to be willing to listen to your body -- not just run on autopilot.  That's why most kids (if we parents haven't wrecked their eating behaviors yet) might eat fun stuff for a while but will eventually ask for fruit or veggies or meat -- something with more vitamins and minerals that the average hot dog.  -- they are more in tune with what their body is telling them -- AND they are willing to act on it.

Yours will let you know what it needs by how you feel after you've eaten it ..... but only if you take the time to listen.