Yesterday, while food shopping, I was putting a lot of protein-rich foods and fruits in to my cart. My body was telling me that is what it craved, so I followed those cues. I have been eating a lot of crappy carb food lately and it honestly makes me feel like shit.
But, even though I truly felt like I was following my body’s cues, the whole thing felt a bit “diety” to me. Wanting to pretty much only eat whole foods is the Diet Me. The Regular Me wants to eat crap like pizza, cookies, sourdough bread, etc… Right?
I told myself I was not buying this food because of some prescribed diet but because I wanted it. It has been sitting in my house for more than 24 hours and I have yet to touch it. I am still eating yucky carb foods that make me feel weak and fat. Why is that? I’d understand if I was purposefully buying that food to lose weight or follow some sort of plan. I wasn’t. So why the backlash?
ooo, you sound just like me. I plan on having oatmeal and a boiled egg for breakfast, but what I really want is Cheetos and a Coke! I think it’s because those foods are a habit and also comfort food for me (not the only comfort foods, because there are oh so many). I’m so used to eating crap all the time that when my body says it wants something uncrappy, my brain says, “but wait, that’s not what WE do !!!” I”m trying really hard to legalize diet foods and I really do like eating better, but my first reaction is to want the crap - because it’s fast and easy and cheap (not unlike myself in college -teehee!)and doesn’t require any thought or preparation. Telling myself I deserve the time and effort to eat better helps, but it’s still a hard battle against the forces of Oreos. Hang in there, you’ll win eventually!!