Hello GGs! It is a beautiful day and we are hoping to accomplish a lot around the house. Dh is going to mow the lawn for one, and I have to rearrange the office as yesterday I moved stuff for the window guys. Good time to declutter a bit too.
Started my day with my chocolate chip pancakes again! I've been thinking that I really don't only want discipline but I want food to not be so important in my life. This diet is helping me with the discipline and it's because I'm never hungry and have no cravings, but I still really look forward to eating. I wonder if it is possible for me to ever be like my dds who never seem to think about food that much....they truly seem to eat to live not live to eat...and I want to be that way. Even now that I don't really crave anything, I'll see food on TV and think that looks good, can't wait until I can eat that again etc. I'm not sure whether this is normal or still obsessive. I think I've always been somewhat obsessive about food even when I was young and skinny...in those days I would eat a tiny bit of regular food but then would go to my room and eat three candy bars and a pack of sunflower seeds! I got by with that (weight-wise) until I gradually started eating more at my meals as well as the junk ..and that's when I started to gain weight. I also have always been obsessive in that if I really like ANY food...whether its potatoes (it's usually carbs), meat or junk food I eat too much. Of course I am not behaving this way right now but I'm thinking ahead to when I transition back to regular food...I really want to overcome these behaviors as I feel only then will I truly succeed at this diet thing. I think the reason MF keeps me feeling so full is because every meal is high protein and high-fiber plus packed with vitamins/minerals yet is low cal/carb. So I'm assuming I will have to learn to do that with regular food somehow. They are suppose to teach me. I am doing it now with my mochas, veg beef soup and diet shakes but other foods are trickier. I've always thought I was good with nutrition but I obviously wasn't getting enough of these things at EVERY meal before and I think that's the key for me.
slmn1 - I agree to not liking to drive in the snow/ice. We get the black ice here more than snow and it's scary! Another reason, I love retirement!