100 Days of Weight Loss By: Linda Spangle
So I have been away from EP for a long time. You wonder what have I been up to - well I have been up 100 Days of Weight Loss, mini daily lessons to help you achieve weight lost success with any program. I have been diligently doing Medifast and proudly report a 10.6 weight loss.
Here is what I have learned these last 10 days.
What I have learned in days 21 to 30 of 100 Days of Weight Loss. We must eat with awarness without distractions that contribute to mindless overeating. Slow down with your food and focus. However, there are times when you can multitask with food as long as you stay focused on our primary function which is to eat and enjoy flavors and textures. Savoring food raises our level of consciousness and eliminates the need to eat more. To savor and enjoy food eat slowly withou guilt or remorse. If you eat what you think you want and still do not feel satisfaction from the flavors or textures you are probably trying to fill an emotional void that eating will not fill. To avoid temptations and overeating plan to eat smaller amounts, less often. You can always eat that cheesecake as long as you eat a smaller portion, less often. Food can be disappointing, if the food you want doesnot taste like you expected let it go. Food is not perfect. Be selective and picky with your deserts, not all deserts are special and not all occassions call for eating desserts that can put you over your calorie limits. We only eat to fuel our body or to appreciate flavors stay away from eating food because it is there. We can ignore food or we can postpone eating specially handheld foods and deserts such as cookies. To manage hand held food always put a certain amount in a bowl or on a plate and think before you get up to get seconds. With deserts or at a restaurant (rolls or chips on the table) postpone until at least 10 minutes before the social event is over or until after the check is paid for at the restaurant.
With these tips and tricks we can manage social events and we can control food instead of food controlling us.
I am guilty of eating too fast and of poorly managing handheld foods such as cookies and crackers. However, I found that this week I didn't eat a homemade carrot cake that my co-worker brought to the office because I simply didn't think it was special enough for me to throw away my hard work on Medifast. There might be another time when the desert and the people are alot more special and worth it - till then am 100% OP and counting.
I learned about on Days 1 - 20 as well. However I won't recap those here as to not bore anyone reading.