dieting and enjoying food
Many people subconsciously sabotage themselves because they think dieting and maintaining a slim weight means never being able to enjoy food again.
I was one of them.
Having been dieting and maintaining for a year in total (I started after returning from my Easter holiday), I feel that the opposite is the case. The more comfortable I became with the regime and the more weight I lost the more I find I can enjoy food, and I think the reason is that food is no longer a threat to me.
Take 74kg-me in a restaurant, for example. I carefully chose what I would feel least guilty for afterwards, but afterwards, I`d find that I still ate more than I would have at home and still felt guilty. I`d try to compensate the next day by eating less and excercise extra hard. I always had a "fat day" after being to a restaurant. Besides, I`d check out other women and almost hated them for being slender and showing it off.
59kg-me is totally different. Having learnt to handle food I confidently chose what fits my regime and, within these parameters, what I fancy most on the day. Being confdent that my body can handle everything within these parameters (to me, that`s low carb at night) I enjoy my food and feel no guilt afterwards. I don`t feel a need to make up afterwards because I have not broken the diet. I don`t need to envy slender women because I`m one of them.
Or take baking. I always wanted to learn to bake but fat me was worried that she would lose it if there was cake in the house and eat herself to the size of a house. Now that I am slender *and* have learnt how to handle food, I have started to bake. Since Saturday lunch time, we have a cheesecake in the fridge, and I just had my second slice, having flly enjoyed every morsel of it.
I certainly feel dieting and slimming has enhanced rather than reduced my enjoyment of food.
Can anyone relate?
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