Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Long Haul

Last night was another session with Jayne and my trainer Cary. There was another woman that was part of the session (we're doing team training so it's us and at least one other person every week). We were talking about food as a group and Cary mentioned that we need to start eating to live not living to eat. The other woman piped up that she's totally doing that because she doesn't like anything she's eating.

That got me thinking. I can do that for a while, but I can't sustain that mentality. I totally get eating to live, that's fine. But how can you possibly be happy long term if you don't enjoy at least some of what you eat? Isn't that what's failed us in the past, not making long term lifestyle changes? I feel like if you limit your intake to things you don't like, you're more likely to cheat and feel bad about it. At least I know I am! I would rather take the advice and make it fit what I want to eat.

Life is too short to go through it never enjoying what you eat. Maybe it is part of my problem and the fact I'm an emotional eater, but I refuse to go there. I'll find my happy medium. I have to so that I can be both healthy AND happy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Exactly!! I can no longer "diet". That's how I got this way, constant dieting and falling off the wagon. Life's too short, and we have to know how to eat like a real person at the end. You've always been great at finding a way to make it work, and I know you will this time too.

Btw- there was no one else at the session last night. Being the only object of Cary's attention is scary!! But I definitely did all the exercises correctly - she watched me like a hawk :)