My Mini-Epiphany

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  • Iron_Maiden
    Iron_Maiden Posts: 326 Member
    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
    joy5877 Posts: 168 Member
    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
    JoeSzup Posts: 51 Member
    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
    historygirldd Posts: 209 Member
    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
    Ticktockman Posts: 21
    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
    byebyeluvhandles Posts: 149 Member
    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
    FunandFitMom Posts: 146 Member
    Love this!
  • Iron_Maiden
    Iron_Maiden Posts: 326 Member
    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
    moonpieto Posts: 76 Member
    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
    myohana4 Posts: 205 Member
    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
    mwhiteside3 Posts: 3
    Reward yourself with your next smaller size jeans!!
  • theycallmebubba
    theycallmebubba Posts: 15
    nice quote. I'll use that one!
  • theycallmebubba
    theycallmebubba Posts: 15
    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
    Iron_Maiden Posts: 326 Member
    Reward yourself with your next smaller size jeans!!

    oooohhh. Good one!!! :happy:
  • chikkenlikken
    chikkenlikken Posts: 24 Member
    "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
    Meadows18 Posts: 206 Member
    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
    Iron_Maiden Posts: 326 Member
    "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)
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