list of my favorites

Ok my friends, I have decided to take Jill and Jen's advice and re-read Intuitive eating and apply it to my life.  I have read the first few chapters and realize that this book is just for me.  It has encouraged me to look and my life and see how I am in the dieting trap, meaning I am always thinking that I should go on a new diet, and what types of food I need to eat or want to stay away from.  But the minute I start this, I begin to sabatoge myself and my weight loss efforts.  The book explains that if I am in this mindset, I need to forget about nutrition and get a better grasp and relationship with food.  It has been a love affair, it needs to be just an acquantiance.

I made a list of some of the foods that I think are "forbidden" on most diets that I feel deprived of when I am in that mindset.  Let me list a few of the food at appeal to me:

• French fries
• dough-nuts
• pizza
• fresh homemade bread with butter
• potatoes
• cadburry mini eggs
• soda
• burgers

These are some of my favorite foods.  About 3 days ago, I got to the chapter on  making Peace with Food.  It lists 5 steps to making peace with food.  It says to make a list and then put a check by the foods you actually eat and circle the ones you have been forbidden to eat.  Chose one of the forbidden foods and allow yourself to eat it.

I have chosen french fries because as I do some introspection, this is probably the mother ship.  My home base.  What I crave the most.  She then says to see if you really like the food.  If so, give yourself permission to eat or order this food.  I have eaten french fries for the past 3 days and realize that some places have great fried and some not so good.  I envision liking french fries at certain places and not others.  I hope to order a sandwich sin fries if I really don't like them.  Because as of right now, I could just go to most places and order french fries because that is what I have felt "deprived from" for so many years.  Even thought I have eaten them, I am not at peace with this food.  I will trust the process and see where it takes me.

It is a matter of chance and choice.  I am an eater of habit and find that I do like some "healthy foods" but when the choice comes to me, I opt for the less healthy food most times.  I envision this changing in the near future.  But for now, I continue to enjoy this process of making peace so I can end this love affair once and for all.

Love to you all
Tracy

PS, on a side note, at the weigh in today, I lost 2.6 lbs and did not diet at all, minus thursday of last week.  went on 2 20 min walks.