Ok, so day 2 down now. I tried to up my food intake a bit today to try to curb the hunger that comes in now and then. I do want to make clear that it is not severe hunger by any means, I am not torturing myself. I just notice that I am hungry more often. I have always heard that you should eat snacks and small meals throughout the day, but I never imagined the need for it.
Most people are shocked when I say that I rarely would even eat three meals a day, there were days when it was just dinner that I ate. So many seem to believe that if you are overweight you must be eating a lot of food or excess calories. Our bodies are very intricate and complicated machines and so many factors can play into weight gain. Eating too little can be just as damaging to your metabolism as eating too much.
So this is me trying to learn a new way of life. Learning to eat to live and not live to eat, as they say. When I try to explain this experiment to the more skeptical of my friends I compare it to a computer needing to be hard booted and restarted. I am hard booting my body, taking things down to the most simple and healthy they can be in order to install a new program of healthier eating and living. I don't know what lies beyond this 26 days, but I will have a very healthy base point in which to build from.
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Ok now I seem to have a lot of interest in the dinners that we choose to make here in my house, so I have included another picture above. Tonight, Mike made a lentil soup with celery, tomatoes, carrots, and onions with basil and a side of whole wheat roll. It was actually very yummy and filling. I didn't feel deprived at all. :)
Most people are shocked when I say that I rarely would even eat three meals a day, there were days when it was just dinner that I ate. So many seem to believe that if you are overweight you must be eating a lot of food or excess calories. Our bodies are very intricate and complicated machines and so many factors can play into weight gain. Eating too little can be just as damaging to your metabolism as eating too much.
So this is me trying to learn a new way of life. Learning to eat to live and not live to eat, as they say. When I try to explain this experiment to the more skeptical of my friends I compare it to a computer needing to be hard booted and restarted. I am hard booting my body, taking things down to the most simple and healthy they can be in order to install a new program of healthier eating and living. I don't know what lies beyond this 26 days, but I will have a very healthy base point in which to build from.
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Ok now I seem to have a lot of interest in the dinners that we choose to make here in my house, so I have included another picture above. Tonight, Mike made a lentil soup with celery, tomatoes, carrots, and onions with basil and a side of whole wheat roll. It was actually very yummy and filling. I didn't feel deprived at all. :)
Healthy Snack: I am originally from Washington state where at every Mexican restaurant they serve what they call Cabbage Salsa. I love this stuff so much that years ago my sister tracked down a recipe and now I make it all the time. It is healthy and good for you with cabbage and tomatoes, red onions, jalepenos, and cilantro. I can fill up on this and not feel guilty at all. If you want the recipe let me know!
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