[MegaMegan2012]

Over the weekend, I was glancing over a book about losing weight and these words struck me. "Stop using food as entertainment." I know that's what I have been doing. My body deserves to be fueled! It's a machine, not a dumpster! Why do I think it's okay to stuff my face with things that have no positive affect on my body? Everything I eat needs to be beneficial to my health. I wonder why I have no energy, I wonder why I don't feel great and have a happy attitude...It's because my body isn't getting the right fuel.

I know that this is an obvious concept, but it just came to me as an epiphany.

[bargoo]

Thanks for the reminder.

[SuperCecilia]

Good reminder. Food = fuel. I have definitely found this in working out. If I eat crap and then go out for a run, it feels pretty lousy. But if I eat veggies, beans, and sweet potatoes for lunch, or a big salad with a banana as a snack for some carbs right before I go out - it's like nothing can stop me. I have found doing this kind of experimenting really has changed my perspective on what I eat and why.

[EagleRiverDee]

It is a good reminder. I have often thought if food was more boring or had less variety that I wouldn't eat so much of it, so obviously I'm eating because it tastes good and not because I actually need the calories.

[PreciousMissy]

One poster said food is not my best friend. It's not there to comfort me or entertain me. I'm paraphrasing...I should really go find it, lol, it was absolutely brilliant!

[Palestrina]

"I'm not a child, I can tell myself NO" quote from - Brain over Binge

Hunger is not pain!