Oh well, I'll just get straight to the point. Today I realized that I've been guilty of being judgmental of some of the posters on 3FC concerning the area of measuring food portions, and I want to apologize to them for being so ignorant and immature. I'm going to be honest; I've always thought that weighing and measuring food and beverages was a bit compulsive and obsessive. I turned up my nose at it, and I was wrong on all counts. I was wrong because measuring your food portions is not a sign of mental instability, and I was wrong because holding yourself accountable for your daily food intake is a good way to lose the excess pounds and to get healthy. But of course, as I turned up my nose at the folk who were weighing and measuring, my weight has steadily moved up on the scale.
However, my expanding waistline wasn't the smoking gun that showed me the error of my ways. Believe it or not, caring for my flower garden brought about this epiphany for me. This morning as I was measuring out the correct amount of water soluble fertilizer and fish emulsion per parts of water for my finicky yet beautiful plants, it hit me...Why am I measuring fertilizer and supplements, etc. for these plants, yet I "poo-poo" the mere thought of food measuring, supplementing, and meal planning for myself? I love my plants, which is why I put in so much effort to make sure they're healthy. The question is, "Do I love my plants more than I love myself?" All of the evidence would point to the following answer, "Yes, I do love the plants more than I love myself." After all, they're healthy, and I'm not. We both have the same caregiver--me."
This nearly knocked me off my feet. I love the plants more. I have a higher regard for them. So the food "measurers" and "weighers" are not fanatical and overly controlling. They care about themselves, which is something that I need to learn. Later on in the day, I went to the 3FC forum to see what I could find on the topic of self-love because quite frankly I didn't even know where to start. I was blessed to have found a great thread by Justwant2BHealthy AKA Rosebud. Her insights are helping me to make sense of a lot of things. If you're like me and you have trouble loving yourself, check out her thread:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/fait...-how-heal.html
It's quite an eyeopener.