Guest guest Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Well, the Holidays are behind us. This, being my first year of IE, was a bumpy ride; but I survived, dreaded weight gain and all. It is what it is, though I guess I need to say that I'm surprised at the long shelf-life of my diet rebel who is always at the ready for a last supper event. This morning after eating something that really messed up my system last night, I vowed to stop eating foods that don't honor my body. (I know, I thought it was a good idea.) I spent a significant amount of time waiting for hunger and chose a breakfast that felt like it was what I wanted. After eating it, I realized I could barely see what I was reading - then realized I was having a silent migraine. Dang! My perfect breakfast didn't work for my body at all. (I wonder sometimes if any food works for my body - or what I was listening to when I made my choice for breakfast.) So in despair and a to hell with it attitude - I ate some of the fudge and I wasn't goint to eat it any more... Not a great start for the New Year. But truth is, today is only the day after yesterday and the one before tomorrow. It's just another day. And I am rowing in my boat across a sea of confusing and confused diet messages along with everyone else who struggles with food, diet and emotions. Which is probably a lot of company. But re-joining Weight Watchers for the hundred time is not on my To Do list. I have no interest in the hormone shot diet, I do not believe that counting calories or fat grams helps and I am growing more and more aware of the absurdity of our national fixation on achieving the perfect body followed by commercials for chocolate cake. By the way, has anyone noticed that the skinnier the models and movie stars become - the larger the plates and glasses they sell are? I bought a box of wine glasses for a party the other day and when I got them home and took them out of the box I was shocked at how big they were. They hold 12 ounces. How often do you want to serve 12 ounces of wine to dinner guests? Holy cow! And, the cupboards in my old house aren't big enough for my new dishes so I have to keep them on a new rack I bought. Does that reflect an obvious paradox in our thinking or what?! Well anyway aside from all of that, my goal (if you can call it that) is to try and be conscious and mindful and then act with what I observe and stay with the process, whatever path it takes. I have several IE type books I've been reading lately - but figure it's time to dig out the real IE and read it some more. Probably never finished it anyway, but I don't frankly remember. Cheers all - and I'm not clinking one of my 12 ounce wine glasses as I write this. Sandarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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