Out of Town

Well, I was out of town yesterday... thus... no post. Sorry about that.

That does bring to mind a great subject though.

How do you eat when you go out of town? Does the old 'diet' go with you, or does IT go 'on vacation'?

It's very tempting to say:

• I'll just start up again when I get back home.
• I can't find the right foods on the menu.
• Every one's having dessert... just this one time.

and my favorite... because I've been there:

• Someone else is paying for the meal. I can have anything I want. (now no one will want to take me to dinner)

Here's the deal. When will we quit thinking of this as a 'diet', and start thinking of it as 'a way of life'? If it's a way of life, none of the above excuses apply. I went out of town with one of my 'Skinny' friends. We were talking and she said if she tells herself that she can't have something... she wants it! If she says she can have it... she doesn't care about it. I thought about that, because I'm just the opposite. If I have it around the house, or I say I can have as much of something as I want... I eat it! I need regiment. Kind of a fear of LACK. Let me explain, I don't know if it comes from growing up with a family of nine or what. The fear comes in when I begin to think... if I don't eat it now... I may not get it later. That could happen in a large family. Side note: My mom hid a cake one time so we wouldn't eat it... eww, that sounds so bad... the funny thing is SHE forgot where she hid it! We found it months later in the living room closet... ya we didn't use the living room closet much. Kind of funny. I don't know if that's the reason I am the way I am, but I need to get over the fear of LACK and begin to feel the comfort of PLENTY. I need to realize that my body can only take so much of the 'wrong' eating before it looks and feels sick. I need to begin to make eating right 'a conscience effort', then it will, hopefully, become a way of life.

I found this funny verse:

Dieter's Psalm


Strict is my diet.

I must not want.

It maketh me to lie down at night hungry.

It leadeth me past the confectioners.

It trieth my willpower.

It leadeth me in the paths of alteration

for my figure's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the aisles

of the pastry department, I will

buy no sweetrolls, for they are

fattening.

The cakes and the pies, they tempt me.

Before me is a table set with green beans

and lettuce.

I filleth my stomach with liquids,

My day's quota runneth over.

Surely calorie and weight charts will

follow me all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the fear of scales forever.


Today's challenge:
Don't count calories, or weigh food (however, be conscience of the amount you put on your plate- see last post) but be more aware of what kind of food you are eating. Is it going to build (not as in 'getting bigger'... but better) or destroy. Get into the mode of I have plenty, so I don't need to overeat. And... take a walk today. Outside.

Share with us on this topic. Are you like me... or my friend? What works for you? I'm hoping that one day at a time will help us to eventually overcome all of our bad habits (that obviously have not worked in the past). Remember the definition of Insanity (last post again)! Stay sane today. See you tomorrow.