I am not sure what it was this evening, but something got me thinking. Does Dieting mean Giving Up Something? Or Should it mean that rather. This is still a debate for me.
Ever since I have felt the need to lose weight (Junior'ish in High school) I have felt that I had to give up something to get the weight off. Now I know giving up candy bars is necessary, but I'm not talking about Candy, or the obvious things here.
Through out the end of my high school years I dabbled in giving up food all together. I remember clearly eating little to nothing during the day, but not being able to continue once I got home. I never lost weight.
About a year after I graduated, I did it again. This time it worked. I was able to get through the day with little to nothing to eat, and I was showing results. It was easier this time around because I was busy with College, Work, and Tutoring. This went on until I met Mike, which was in 2003. Then I fell in love, and got comfortable, and gained all of what I lost and then some.
I remember at one point I wanted to lose the weight and new I couldn't give up food, so I gave up Carbs. That didn't work, so I gave up Sugar, ALL SUGAR. At this point we got married and pregnant, and baby fat was cute to have :-) I didn't think about dieting for months after having Angelina. But then the urge to give up food snuck up again. Needless to say it didn't work.
Then I decided to give up Meat, then it was all processed foods, when that wasn't giving me the results, I just moved on to something else to "give up"
I am currently not consuming Dairy. I thought I would try it for a week and see what happens.
I think I have some sort of mentality that I have to Give Up something. Like I am punishing myself. Or disguising my want to lose weight. I was discussing this is Mike, and I mentioned, maybe I have the need to cover up what I'm doing, the end result is to lose weight, but I have to tell people that I am not eating "something" so they wouldn't know I'm actually on a diet. Is this making sense to anyone out there? Wow I am a mess aren't I?
So this is where this leads me. I am not going to deprive myself of anything. I am going to just use small portion control, listen to my body when I'm full, and just LIVE!!!! No worries, and see how I feel. Of course I will keep you all updated, and if anyone has any thoughts or suggestions or anything that you think might help me out, please let me know!!!
P.S. I know how bad not eating is, and I will never do that again! Thanks for always reading! Hugs!
My hubby & I recently had to give up Grains & Sugar, not by choice, but because his health & life depends on it. He's diabetic & grain intolerant (inflammatory process). It has been VERY VERY hard at times, one of his favorite foods in Potatoes & he can't have those anymore, but we are slowly finding alternatives to the things we love, tonight we had grain & sugar free pumpkin cheesecake. I know how hard it is to give stuff up and I have done it in the past with trying to low carb etc, but going grain & sugar free hard as it has been, has been one of the best things for my hubby & his health. I think if you truly want to give something up, you can, I just think there needs to be substitutions if that was your 'food crutch' so to speak.
ReplyDeleteJust know you are not alone! I have even tried the little to nothing diet as well when I was younger. I think what you are planning on doing is a great thing! I think portion sizing instead of giving up something is easier ( unless you need to medically). It is still something that I am trying to work on as well. Before I would say I am never going to eat say chips for example when i know reality is I am . I still allow myself them, but know I can not keep a big bag in the house. So I buy smaller bags instead. I know you are going to do it! You are really inspiring, in everything you do. If you ever want to work out or anything I am here. Hope you have a great night!
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