My last couple of weeks of changing my thinking is paying off big-time! Or I should rather say SMALL-time! because I’m eating less and waiting longer before I eat. This has resulted in less food going into my mouth and more time spent doing other things I want to do.
What I’m doing:
- Really concentrating on the food, at least the first few bites of any meal. Taste, smell, looks - I’m making sure my brain as well as my body understands that I am eating
- Applying new labels to myself and seeing how they fit. This morning I ate a muffin for breakfast. As I started to eat, I said to myself, “I don’t think I’m really interested in eating the whole thing. Today I think I’m just a muffin top eater.” And it worked.
- Waiting until hunger is stronger before eating. DH and I normally eat by the clock, but last night I chose to wait until I could really notice hunger. Hubby had fallen asleep, and was just going to eat a sandwich anyway, so I didn’t need to account for him. Result is I ate later and did not need to have seconds or a dessert.
- Separated TV from food. I waited to start eating until a program finished, and chose to not eat while another one was running.
- Telling myself repeatedly that I don’t have to eat it just because it’s there or because I’m in-between activities. Saying this with a loving attitude keeps it from being I shouldn’t eat it
What I’m NOT doing:
- Restricting what I eat or when I eat. When DH came home from the store, he had a new brand of cottage cheese. Since I hadn’t stuffed myself at lunch, I felt free and ready to give it a try.
- Eating something because it’s there. We opened a box of cookies yesterday, but DH bought the cheap ones, and I told him the quality wouldn’t be good. I was right. And I stopped eating them.
- Using the word should very often
- Giving into negative self-talk, like you’re too fat to walk far, or what’s the use of trying Clearly I’m proving that there is a use in trying, because these baby steps are bringing results.
