My Relationship wtih Food

Hey guys,

Today was a great day for me… overall. Once again, I did not get up at the first ring of my alarm (I wonder if I will ever get back into the early morning mode) and there were no leftovers to pack for lunch. My meals, therefore, consisted of canned pilchards and canned peas. Now, I know that if you are even halfway paying attention to my dabbles, you wouldn’t be able to move past the grossness of this. But hear me out.

Since I started this plan (almost) two weeks ago, I had to drastically change my eating habits. I am a person who consumes vast quantities of food and honestly, most of my day was centered around “what am I going to shove up my mouth next”. Clearly, this wasn’t going to work on the plan as I had to:
a) eat at very regular intervals
b) eat very specific (less than exciting) foods
I had to come up with a strategy to deal with this and my solution was to focus on other stuff. Basically, keep myself busy, so I don’t have time to think about food. (Well, I still HAVE TO think about food cause if I don’t plan in advance I am in trouble, but you get my point!)

Food has now become just a “chore” of sort for me. I no longer eat for the taste or to get full or anything. I know it’s time for me to eat (I have an alarm), I eat my meal and then I keep going. No emotion whatsoever. It takes a bit of time to get here, but guys, when you get to this point – it is so much easier!

Here is a list of my meals and exercise for those of you that follow the plan:
Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 1 egg (scrambled) and a slice of toast
Mid-morning: ½ can pilchards with ½ can peas
Lunch: exactly the same plus an apple
Mid-afternoon: 1 small protein bar
Dinner: 2 skinless pieces chicken, salad and 1 peach for dessert

Legs workout routine:
Squats – 5 sets of 12 followed by a set of leg extensions
Deadlifts – same sequence, followed by lying leg curls
Standing calf raises – 3 sets followed by 2 sets of seated calf raises. All 12.
Stomach crunches – I had 10 minutes to do as many repetitions and variations of crunches as I could!

Till tomorrow!
Melissa

Jeni:
A person’s relationship with food is the single most critical factor that will make or break your weight loss plan. And it is ALWAYS a complicated one!
We eat to sustain ourselves but there is so much more to it. We eat when we are happy. We eat when we are sad. We eat when we are lonely. We eat to celebrate. There is virtually no human emotion that can not be associated with a meal occasion. We have birthday dinners, graduation meals, wedding receptions… even wakes… where others eat once we die!
Not that there is anything wrong with eating to commemorate certain occasions, but the problem is that food has been pretty much removed from its basic primary function – to sustain our bodies. And just like Melissa discovered – once you get to the point where you eat out of necessity, your weight problem will be solved. (Even if you just eat carbs!) Do you need some guidance how to get there? Write to us!

Ciao!
Jeni