GOSH I love food!

treekins

Hi everyone!

Well I've been here around a month and a half, and I'm very happy with my results so far! I work out every day, I eat well, and sleep well, and I've lost the extra 10 lbs I had hanging on!

And what I'm really finding is that, while I always loved food, now I just savour every morsel! Eating is like a sacred ritual for me now haha! ...I don't eat on the run, every meal is thought out, and every snack, too...so somehow they all feel special. I look forward to eating and when I do, I enjoy every bite. I have to close my eyes sometimes, it's just so overwhelming! And jeez I'm mostly eating awesome, good-for-me stuff! If someone told me 3 months ago that eating a salad with walnuts, apples, goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette would be something close to a religious experience, I would have laughed at them!
What's even cooler is that I don't have my familiar urges to overeat...if I'm hungry, I eat...and somehow it's very easy to get my water in, when just a few months ago, drinking two glasses of water a day was a challenge!

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Thanks all, and happy MFP'ing!

Tree

Suzy12

I hear ya!! It started happening for me last summer when we bought into our first CSA and the veggies came fresh each and every week and I scoured recipe books for new and exciting ways to prepare veggies. The food was fresh and the taste, like you said, nearly a religious experience! LOL!!!

I can't even think of a fast food burger anymore. YUKKY!!!!

ErrataCorrige

I totally agree. I used to inhale food, and never enjoyed it. Even whenIi thought it was something I was really craving. Now that I appreciate food so much more I eat slowly and enjoy every bite. And now I realize just how gross tasting that crap I was eating really tasted. No wonder I ate so fast!

treekins

YEAH!
It's like the better foods are...fixing something that was broken by all the crap I was eating!

For me, it's probably the best reward of this whole experience...learning what food is supposed to do for me.

Haha thanks for letting me know I'm not alone!

PeachyKeene

Well lucky for you, you only had 10 lbs. to lose. I have a lot more to lose.

Here recently I started this cleansing diet. It is wear you eliminate a lot of food such as beef, pork, caffeine, sweeteners (artificial, sugar, honey, etc...), certain fruits and nuts, no flour and so on. Anyway for the past 11 days now I have been drinking nothing but water, which was very hard for me to do because I hate water. I loved diet coke and coffee, but now that I have been doing this for 11 days, I don't crave foods and I am up to the recommended amount (8 glasses) a day. Yay!
I will never drink another diet coke again because it is just like an alcoholic all it takes is one and I am back drinking them constantly.

treekins

Hm interesting...so time seems to be a really important thing. And like you, I eliminated a bunch of stuff too...not so much for weight loss, but for overall health. I no longer crave sweets, which is amazing for me...cake, pie or cookies was a part of every single day for me.
Keep it up, Lorri! I know what you mean about hating water, but like you am doing well there. It just becomes habit, I think.
Out of curiosity, are you feeling different? Better?

PeachyKeene

Hm interesting...so time seems to be a really important thing. And like you, I eliminated a bunch of stuff too...not so much for weight loss, but for overall health. I no longer crave sweets, which is amazing for me...cake, pie or cookies was a part of every single day for me.
Keep it up, Lorri! I know what you mean about hating water, but like you am doing well there. It just becomes habit, I think.
Out of curiosity, are you feeling different? Better?

Thank you for the words of encouragement!! And yes I feel so much better. I am not sluggish feeling anymore. I think over time we get the nasty containments out of our bodies. I am trying to go all natural and fresh foods; without preservatives, hormones, antibiotics, etc… I want to lose weight, be healthy and feel great.