My Mini-Epiphany

Iron_Maiden

I actually came to an epiphany the other night making another post and it is this: food is fuel

If our lives are like an awesome trip o the Grand Canyon, would we spend that entire trip agonizing over the gas in the car and would the main part of that trip be spent at the gas stations? No. We would simply recognize the importance of using good fuel, recognize we will need to periodically stop at decent places to get said fuel and that would be as much time as we gave it in our trip.

I look at food now the same way - in this trip of life we need fuel, I recognize I need that good fuel (good healthy food), I buy and use the right fuel (and enjoy it ) and that is as much time as I am willing to give it anymore.

I like this analogy! This is a good way of looking at things. Thanks!

joy5877

Deserve, good and bad are all words I'm attempting to disassociate with what I eat.
Food is just what we eat, words like that give it power and take it away from us.

JoeSzup

Not really an epiphany but... I still surprise myself when I'm able to pop into the Rite Aid to get a Diet Pepsi, walk into the candy aisle, eyeball my favorite candies, then have the will power to walk away from the candy without buying any.

If I get really tempted, I sometime pick up something sweet, look at the calories and think... "Wow, 360 calories. That's 30 minutes on the elliptical. ...OR I can go eat 8 ounces of chicken breast or turkey.". It's usually enough of a reminder that I have to "pay it forward".

historygirldd

my epiphany: when I am angry, upset or stressed about something, exercise gives me a much better feeling than a cookie or piece of cake ever could.

Ticktockman

My epiphany was that the root of my problems is poor impulse control. I can talk myself into eating (or doing) just about anything in half a second. To combat this I'm using a bunch of coping mechanisms. For example, I'm forcing myself to log everything before I eat it. Seeing "bag of Doritos" on my computer screen usually takes me out of the impulsive mode I'm in. Also, I'm just not keeping bad foods around the house. I figure I'll snap out of it during my frantic drive to the store for cookies.

For a mantra I've been thinking "A year from now you will wish you'd started today", which I saw first on someone's avatar here.

byebyeluvhandles

I read this once........Don't reward yourself with food, you're not a dog!

That made sense to me as I don't like to think of eating as a "reward".

FunandFitMom

Love this!

Iron_Maiden

My epiphany was that the root of my problems is poor impulse control. I can talk myself into eating (or doing) just about anything in half a second. To combat this I'm using a bunch of coping mechanisms. For example, I'm forcing myself to log everything before I eat it. Seeing "bag of Doritos" on my computer screen usually takes me out of the impulsive mode I'm in. Also, I'm just not keeping bad foods around the house. I figure I'll snap out of it during my frantic drive to the store for cookies.

For a mantra I've been thinking "A year from now you will wish you'd started today", which I saw first on someone's avatar here.

I hear ya!! Logging before I eat has made a real difference for me too! I'm just starting out but when I put those Lil' Demons (w'oops Debbies) on the journal - it's amazing how that alone makes me feel before I've even eaten it and then I put it down!

moonpieto

Yesterday I bought that Mrs Smith's pumpkin pie for $1.49. Now I guess I'll have to stock up on Vitamin A. A carefully chosen error.

myohana4

The quote that broke me of this habit was "Stop rewarding yourself with food, you aren't a dog."

It was such a common sense statement but it really broke me of that habit. Although I will still eat a Dove Dark Chocolate square to relax after a long day.

LOVE THIS!!

mwhiteside3

Reward yourself with your next smaller size jeans!!

theycallmebubba

nice quote. I'll use that one!

theycallmebubba

The quote that broke me of this habit was "Stop rewarding yourself with food, you aren't a dog."

It was such a common sense statement but it really broke me of that habit. Although I will still eat a Dove Dark Chocolate square to relax after a long day.

Nice quiote, I'll use that one!

Iron_Maiden

Reward yourself with your next smaller size jeans!!

oooohhh. Good one!!! :happy:

chikkenlikken

"Discipline is remembering what you want." --David Campbell

Just thought I would send you an inspirational quote that helps me when I'm feeling like giving in! I'm right there with ya!

Meadows18

I have a sweet tooth from hell and often convince myself that I deserve this cake/cookie/entire box of Little Debbies :-( because I've "earned" it. The list of justifications are convincing & lengthy: I had a bad day. I had a good day. I got a promotion. It's Friday! It's Tuesday. I'm stressed. I'm happy. I'm hungry. I'm PMSing. I'm done PMSing. Anyway, you get the idea. SO - I've decided that this will no longer work for me! If I choose to eat a sweet every once in a while - that's my business but i will not justify it to myself as something I've earned.

I will limit these sweets and tell myself that I DESERVE to limit them because what I truly DESERVE is to be a hottie mamma who rocks her skinny jeans and turns heads wherever she goes! So TAKE THAT Little Debbies!

Love your attitude, feel free to add me as a friend, if you'd like.

Iron_Maiden

"Discipline is remembering what you want." --David Campbell

Just thought I would send you an inspirational quote that helps me when I'm feeling like giving in! I'm right there with ya!

Thanks! I love this! (and needed it)