10 months ago I would give you all sorts of reasons why I am fat but the truth is I forgot how to eat. For some people there may be an emotional component to it, and for some people there may be a physical component to it, but I think for most people, they indulge and forget how to eat. One bite taste goods 10 tastes better.
It isn't a matter of will power, or a lack of desire or discipline, if that is all it was I don't think you would have as many heavy people as there are. It is really not understanding that you are eating 500 calories when you have a small bag of popcorn with no butter. You can eat that bag of popcorn but what are you willing to give up for it? It is not understanding that I over indulged yesterday, so compensate today. It is not understanding if you diet you "can't ever eat anything good" but that you can have anything you want for a price.
At group we were talking with the facilitator and asked how someone could lose all their weight and gain it back in under a year. She said that they were going through some emotional issues - she easily bought into their excuses, and I wondered how helpful that was. Don't we all have emotional issues - big and small that we deal with? It is a conscious choice to me now. I can continue to watch what I eat and lose weight or I can give up. Somedays I do want a bowl of ice cream. But I want this weight gone more now.
It isn't a matter of will power, or a lack of desire or discipline, if that is all it was I don't think you would have as many heavy people as there are. It is really not understanding that you are eating 500 calories when you have a small bag of popcorn with no butter. You can eat that bag of popcorn but what are you willing to give up for it? It is not understanding that I over indulged yesterday, so compensate today. It is not understanding if you diet you "can't ever eat anything good" but that you can have anything you want for a price.
At group we were talking with the facilitator and asked how someone could lose all their weight and gain it back in under a year. She said that they were going through some emotional issues - she easily bought into their excuses, and I wondered how helpful that was. Don't we all have emotional issues - big and small that we deal with? It is a conscious choice to me now. I can continue to watch what I eat and lose weight or I can give up. Somedays I do want a bowl of ice cream. But I want this weight gone more now.
Amen.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that ice cream isn't one of my many weaknesses - now BARBEQUE CHIPS, that's a challenge!
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